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CommentMy digital life ... John Davies
Twitter is out, but YouTube is in for this bargain-hunting head of sustainability
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CommentThe outlook for outsourcing
Services groups that don’t share Kier’s pessimism about public sector outsourcing might do well to remind themselves exactly how local politics works
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CommentWonders & blunders with Matthew Cousins
Matthew Cousins follows the yellow brick road to the diverse Accordia housing development in Cambridge - but is stopped in his tracks by a soulless Libeskind building in Holloway
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CommentConstruction employment holds up in 2011 - but fears remain over job prospects
Flat national picture masks significant regional variations that bode poorly for the North
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CommentWhy not NewBuy to Let?
Yolande Barnes asks if the government mortgage scheme can be extended to institutional landlords
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CommentBy how many will NewBuy boost house-building numbers?
A useful bump, maybe. But the Government scheme is unlikely to have a major impact on overall home sales.
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CommentLatest construction output figures support recession fears
Broadly-flat figures should not lull us into donning rose-tinted spectacles, argues Brian Green
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CommentPublic procurement: Don't take it lying down
Challenges to public contract awards are rising - and judges are stepping in where regulators have failed to tread
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CommentDesign and build contracts: There's always a risk
Design and build contracts were meant to prevent claims arising but, as the M6 toll road project shows, the one-stop shop approach can still lead to the courts
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CommentWest Tankers vs Allianz Spa and others: Declaratory award
This case highlighted the court’s power to allow an arbitral award to be entered as judgment, a broader interpretation of section 66 of the Arbitration Act
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CommentA quick guide to creditors' voluntary liquidation
A quick guide to the process of creditors’ voluntary liquidation (CVL) of an insolvent company under the Insolvency Act 1986
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CommentPlaying global
How do you apply the UK QS model to an international one? The complexity of global client management is about the only thing everyone agrees on
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CommentNew refurbishment funding is a missed opportunity for energy efficiency
A pot of £70m is being distributed to bring empty properties into use - and what better opportunity to undertake a deep low carbon retrofit?
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Comment'History of mis-selling could threaten Green Deal success'
Careful oversight of the Green Deal is needed to prevent breaches of the code of conduct leading to the swift discrediting of the concept
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CommentDicing with disaster
Refusing to pay an adjudicator’s award because you think it will be overturned further down the road can be a dangerous and expensive game
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CommentHansom: We happy few
It’s a good news week with tales of a chuffed chief exec, punctual projects, a royal baking challenge and a party for the lucky teams that made it onto the exclusive Building Awards shortlist
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CommentInterim decisions and disputes: The benefit of hindsight
Decisions made during a construction project that are later reviewed can split opinion, with some parties in a dispute asking an adjudicator to ignore what actually went on to happen
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CommentRefusing to pay an adjudicator's award: Dicing with disaster
Refusing to pay an adjudicator’s award because you think it will be overturned further down the road can be a dangerous and expensive game
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CommentNew procurement strategies and legal contracts
The government’s plan to become a smarter client is coming into clearer focus with the publication of three procurement models, to be trialled alongside three different contracts
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CommentPublic procurement decisions and EC rules
The unfair treatment of a Scottish council tenderer raises the question of whether EC procurement rules apply if the contract is of no interest to parties outside the UK