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CommentAutumn statement response: A step forward but where to?
Quite a package of interventions but an overall infrastructure vision is still missing, says Richard Threlfall, KPMG’s UK head of infrastructure
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CommentAutumn statement response: New ways of raising the readies
Of real interest is what the chancellor said about funding, says Simon Rawlinson, head of strategic research & insight at EC Harris
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CommentGreen Deal proposals: Deal or no deal?
The government wants to reduce our utility bills and cut emissions at no cost to itself. Its answer is the Green Deal, published last week: get private investors to offer loans to pay for insulation. So what kind of reaction have the proposals received?
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CommentNo Christmas cheer from the ONS new orders figures
Numbers up in the third quarter but still on a downward path on a yearly basis
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CommentCarillion vs Smith: Don't take part if you don't agree
If you don’t think an adjudication should take place, don’t just go ahead with it - either press pause or get out altogether
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CommentCarillion vs Smith: Adjudicating the same dispute
The principle that the same dispute cannot go to adjudication twice has just been upheld in the court, making it clear that simply repackaging the issues is not acceptable
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CommentMy Digital Life…John Marriott
There’s no going halfway for this project manager - everything is done quickly and in large volumes!
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CommentHansom: Do pay attention
This week an energy minister and architects’ board make glaring slip-ups, but there’s no room for error in one firm’s ‘grand opening’. Elsewhere, employees strive towards perfectly sustainable homes
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CommentDeeds: Signed, sealed, delivered
Deeds hark back to the time of Dickens and used to be delivered by hand. But how do they work in the 21st century? A recent case reveals the answer
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CommentAiming for zero (carbon)
The government is consulting on the feed-in tariff cut, but Dan Jestico says it should also be asking the industry for views on how non-domestic buildings can be zero carbon by 2019
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Inbox: News analysis
Readers interpret recent news of government funding for housing and architects’ unemployment
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CommentWonders and blunders with Joe Griffiths
Joe Griffiths wants to keep New York’s precious Chrysler Building firmly in his sights but had a lucky escape from London’s equivalent of the gateway to Mordor, Archway Tower
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CommentA quick guide to starting an adjudication
If you decide you need to start an adjudication, how should you go about it? This quick guide helps you through
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CommentGeorge: It’s time to show confidence in construction, not use it as a political prop
Here’s a graph (below) that probably illustrates as well as you can the economic plight we face.
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CommentA hi-viz low-impact “budget” for construction
Who’s been advising the Government on construction?
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CommentAutumn statement at a glance
The key points for construction, including a list of the infrastructure projects confirmed today
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CommentDetails of Osborne's bold infrastructure plan unclear
Success of the chancellor’s infrastructure plan hinges on the involvement of pension funds, which is unclear
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CommentGeorge's announcements welcome but drop in spending remains
The government is taking investment in the built environment seriously but plans lack substance
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CommentLiability for CITB levy: CITB vs Beacon Roofing
In this case, the meaning of the contract and context were taken into account rather than the reasons for entering the contract