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Outlook: gloomy
I agree that the industry is in decline. I thought a trade would serve me for life but now with an ever-increasing amount of red tape I feel that many people like me would opt for another career
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CommentDouble act
Mark Hammond says: “These men in Dubrovnik were making quite a good job of pointing the ridge tiles, but it makes you shudder to think how they got up there, or down again!”
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CommentFour little letters that say ‘pay up’
Here’s another contract-not-in-writing-so-you-can’t-go-to-adjudication-but-do-anyway-so-everyone-ends-up-in-the-High-Court case. With a twist …
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Common mistakes in ... multiparty disputes
In the third in a series on dos and don’ts on major projects, Ben Mullard offers his tips on how to better your chances of victory in multiparty disputes
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CommentReturn to grub street
Open mike Remember how grimy our cities were until not so long ago? Well Cabe helped transform them by homing in on design quality, so its demise should worry us all, says Roger Madelin
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CommentSo this is sharing the pain?
Everybody is asking everybody else for a discount just when they are least able to offer one. We all end up losing out and undermining the relationships we need if we are to thrive
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CommentM is for Mediation, N is for Novation
Baffled by legal jargon? Don’t know ab initio novation from non-binding mediation? Luckily, we can tell you all about it. This week: M and N
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CommentPassivhaus diaries: Life at Denby Dale
Living in the Denby Dale Passivhaus still feels like something of a physics lesson to owners Geoff and Kate Tunstall (but in a good way). Here they give an update on how they have found their first summer and autumn in the house and their thoughts as they head into ...
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CommentIf the City punters are right brace for a double-digit fall in house prices
Traders are betting on a 6% fall in house prices next year
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CommentCala Homes vs Eric Pickles: Who will be the ultimate winner?
The court may have ruled that scrapping regional housing targets was illegal, but that won’t change the government’s localism agenda
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CommentBenefits of QS work placements
The young QS started life as a geography student, but a summer placement with a construction contractor changed his career direction
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CommentBuyers and sellers abandon the housing market
And that’s bad news for house building numbers
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CommentIs the Green Deal a good deal?
This is the only government initiative targetting the energy efficiency of existing homes but it should be seen as just the start…
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CommentMixed messages and some worries as payment delays in construction grow again
Over last quarter both construction and property sectors have taken longer to pay
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CommentTimeline: why Rok's in a hard place
The history of Rok from its formation in 1939 to the suspension of its shares this morning
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CommentPaul Morrell's first year at Whitehall: Paul's plan
The government’s construction advisor has been in the job for a year - we take stock
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CommentWill I win?: Early neutral evaluation
If only there were some way of finding out if you were going to win your case before you spent £200,000 on it. Well, actually, there is something rather like that …
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Heartless: The case of a builder sued for having a heart attack
A builder suffered a heart attack during a job and could not finish the work. When his client sued him, the case turned on the rarely seen defence of frustration
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Collaborative law: A new use for lawyers
US family lawyers have devised a dispute resolution method - collaborative law - that rethinks the roles played by clients’ legal advisers. Now it’s being used in commercial disputes
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CommentStandardised prequalification form: Save while you slave
The coalition has a bright idea to save you billions of pounds on procurement. It’s a form called PAS91 and it’ll only take a couple of weeks to fill in…