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CommentSupport your supply chain
According to Building’s new white paper, specialists fear the pain is about to get even worse - which makes the issue of fair payment more critical than ever, says Suzannah Nichol
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Fresh standards
The government hasn’t moved away from standardisation for school designs - it’s just avoiding being too prescriptive
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Knowledge is power
The government should publish its post-occupancy schools research - it doesn’t matter when it was commissioned
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CommentThe bad side of good faith
‘Good faith’ clauses might sound like a bit of modern touchy-feeliness, but they carry a real sting if you fail to heed them
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Battersea: why not demolish it?
The site should be used as efficiently as possible to provide housing and other facilities
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Fuel poverty looms for many
Most of the comments on the FITs debate seem to forget that there are legions of people who spend a considerable portion of their day at home
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CommentRegional strength: Those who can, reach
It may look like big beasts Bouygues and Balfour Beatty are adopting radically different UK strategies, but both know the importance of regional strength, says Alastair Stewart
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CommentBuilding plays host at … The Building Awards
Kriss Akabusi’s achievements and yacht size got this table talking at the Building Awards
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CommentMy digital life … with Ian Blacker
This week, confessions are made to monopolising an iPad, using the Ocado app and listening to Paul Weller
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CommentThe secret schools report: Failings are all too familiar
The post-occupancy evaluation, leaked to Building, contains some depressingly familiar statistics
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CommentDavid Tonkin on the Government Construction Summit
Atkins UK chief executive talks of ‘exciting’ shift in ministers’ approach
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CommentPaul Morrell on the Government Construction Summit
Chief construction adviser says ministers ‘want sight of where the sector is heading’
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CommentPlunge in construction pushes UK into recession
Brian Green predicts sharp edges will be shaved off latest GDP data as gloominess proves ‘overdone’
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CommentThe secret schools report: Learning from the past
The government wouldn’t reveal its post-occupancy review of schools - so Building will
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CommentWhy last week's rise in inflation should not have been a surprise
Brian Green argues that the latest Office for National Statistics figures were entirely predictable and underline the challenges ahead
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CommentA quick guide to the Party Wall Act 1996: what it is and what work it covers
A quick guide to the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 (PWA 1996), explaining what the Act does and what works the Act covers.
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CommentWhy all the outrage over the 'conservatory tax'?
Misunderstanding, emotion over taxes and a lack of knowledge about the Green Deal have contributed to a bad public image for consequential improvements
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Comment20 years in dispute: The antique road show
Nothing moves as slowly as the law - a dispute dating from 1991 is back in court and the arguments haven’t moved on an inch. Unlike the costs