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CommentBrian Green on ... recession
Continuing hard times will see others follow Balfour Beatty’s lead
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CommentSchool places: Making a virtue out of necessity
A skint government needs to find new ways of meeting demand for school places. So it should ease up on regulation and allow the industry’s creativity to come to the rescue, says Peter Buchan
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On the wrong track
Comparing the features of present day buildings with those of 45 years ago isn’t fair
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Green light
To get consumers excited about the Green Deal we need to have the right incentives in place
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CommentThe 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!
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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
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CommentThe Building Information Modelling minefield: Bimming hell!
Rightly, we’re all getting excited over Building Information Modelling, but if you don’t get your head around some of the contractual implications, things could get heated
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CommentHansom: In it to win it
This week, Crossrail has some fighting talk for Bam Nuttall, West Ham’s owners get excited about their Olympic stadium bid and Foster’s team battles more opposition in its quest for a South-east airport
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CommentMy digital life … John McRae
For the director of this architecture practice, Linkedin and Twitter are useful tools for staying up-to-date while you can’t beat face to face communication for explaining design
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CommentWonders & blunders with Bridget Sawyers
Bridget Sawyers thinks the elegant simplicty of the Olympic velodome deserves a lap of victory, but St George Wharf on the Thames should be disqualified
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CommentNew asbestos regulations: Legal points to remember
Contractors dealing with non-licensed work will have to give asbestos regulations a little more thought after the changes from 6 April
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CommentFeed-in tariff timetable: Compensation for firms
We all know the government’s timetable for cuts to the solar feed-in tariff was illegal but how do those who suffered from the over-hasty announcement go about getting compensation?
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CommentPositive possibilities emerging from some very negative probabilities for construction
Brian Green explores the bad-news-would-be-good-news conundrum ahead of the next quarterly GDP figures
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CommentA summit to remember
Building is proud to join forces with BIS and the Cabinet Office to host an event that brings together industry leaders and policy-makers
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CommentRights of light: CIP Property Ltd vs Transport for London
A recent case involving a future Crossrail site demonstrates that you can’t start legal proceedings over a potential rights of light claim too early
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CommentCareful who you trust
Your dealings with a consultant are only secret if that consultant is a solicitor or barrister - whether you like it or not
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CommentCut out the cowboys
Simple solutions, cut the rate of VAT payable on building repairs and improvements to 5%