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CommentNo crime and punishment
Contracting authorities can ban bidders from their tenders for certain crimes and also for non-criminal acts that amount to ‘grave misconduct’
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CommentWant to be in the Good Employer Guide 2013?
Would you like your company to be independently recognised as one of the industry’s best places to work?
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CommentMy working day: Claire Hunt, ADP
What does a typical day for a landscape architect involve? ADP’s Claire Hunt explains what keeps her busy in working hours
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CommentLatest new orders figures provide little to be cheery about
The disturbing fact is that the volume of orders being won has been the same for the past four years
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CommentWhy jobs in construction are increasingly valuable for the UK and should be nurtured
Construction can provide a vital opportunity to school leavers
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CommentWelcome to reality
More direction from government is needed in order for the Construction Strategy to have any impact
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CommentConstruction activity: Light and shade
On the one hand, construction activity is at its lowest level in 14 years. On the other, there are some signs of a slowly improving situation - that’s if you’ve survived this long
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CommentWe'll need suitably skilled workers to maintain growth
The housing sector may be witnessing a recovery but with growth comes challenges
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CommentHansom: Name that tune
There’s a live performance from the Town and Country Planning Association, a former QS faculty chair at RICS makes a comeback (in Coventry), and is the government still on-song with its Part L plans?
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CommentKnowing who you're in contract with
Problems with a retaining wall led to a dispute for damages. But who had the engineer signed a contract with - a business or an individual?
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CommentMAC clauses: Phantom menace
Material Adverse Change clauses are often included in commercial contracts but rarely enforced. Developers need to be aware of what can happen when they are, as a recent case has shown
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CommentCavity wall industry needs incentives
Having little work to win could jeapodise the future of a trained workforce
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CommentAct now to avoid energy crisis
We are losing time to put the necesary infrastructure in place to ensure stable energy provision for the UK
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CommentReader competition: Spot the building
Identify the six construction projects in this photo montage and you could win £25 of vouchers
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CommentSix of the best Serpentine Pavilions
Giant sphere or wafer thin canopy? Vote for your favourite past pavilion from our shortlist …
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CommentWonders & blunders with Brian Johnson
Brian Johnson compares two UK schools - one that captures the worst of the brutalist movement in post-war Britain, the other, a blueprint for the future
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CommentSerpentine Pavilion: Better from afar
Fujimoto’s Serpentine Pavilion is a dazzling vision from a distance but disappoints on closer inspection
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CommentWhy we need DECs
The current focus on Energy Performance Certificates is a distraction from the vital monitoring that’s needed to reveal how buildings perform when people are actually using them
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CommentRepudiatory breach of contract: Once more unto the breach
A repudiatory breach by the other side allows you to terminate a contract. But you will need to be sure it is such a breach if you don’t want the courts to put you right