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CommentMy digital life ... Vincent Kane
Davis Langdon’s head of culture reveals his online addictions and why he loves the Barclays Boris Bike app
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You can now download the entry form here and will be sent a link to a short staff survey soon.
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CommentA job well done
The Olympic build is a massive achievement for the industry – let’s hope its passing is not the end of a golden age
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CommentTurn on the power
In the first of three articles looking at key risks for contractors on energy projects, we examine a typical contract structure for a power station build
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CommentCalculating compensation
Here’s a case where homeowners took a builder to court for damages when cracks appeared in their homes. The question was how to calculate what compensation to pay
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CommentAll things considered
The Public Services (Social Value) Act will change the face of public procurement, requiring authorities to consider social, economic and environmental well-being
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CommentA: Alfred McAlpine Capital Projects vs Tilebox
In the first of a new series, we look at a ruling that shows how difficult it is to overturn reasonable liquidated damages agreed in a contract
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CommentPFI: Road to nowhere
The coalition’s attempts to attract private finance to infrastructure projects merely postpones the inevitable return to PFI
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CommentHansom: Hidden depths
This week, Grant Shapps is unmasked as a ‘bot’, RIBA’s Angela Brady reveals herself to be multilingual (sort of), and Wilmott Dixon tries to alert school children to the hazard s of getting plastered
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CommentLet’s get radical
Yes, please for more infrastructure investment - but let’s make sure enlightened procurement becomes the rule rather than the exception
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CommentLost opportunities
The no marketing rules are impeding knowledge sharing as well as publicity opportunities
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CommentSmoothing over the cracks
Here’s a case where homeowners took a builder to court for damages when cracks appeared in their homes. The question was how to calculate what compensation to pay
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CommentMy digital life … David Barrett
John Rowan & Partners’ head of retrofit on treasure hunting, the Temple Run app and the best groups on Linkedin
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CommentInvesting in Angola: Between extremes
Understand these regulations and you could tap into one of the fastest-growing markets in Africa
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CommentWonders & blunders with David Bickle
The Hawkins/Brown partner is mesmerised by Living Architecture’s enigmatic boat on the roof of London’s Southbank Centre, but all wound up about Anish Kapoor’s Orbit tower
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CommentRenewables subsidy review is a 'shot in the arm' for UK plc
But we need to be careful to maximise the economic benefits
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CommentDay 2: Key Olympic moments
Three major events in the construction of the most extraordinary project the capital has seen
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CommentShocking yes, but we should have expected a sharp fall in construction output
Construction output is volatile and the figures are plausible - but uncomfortable reading