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CommentDavis Langdon takeover: Making painful progress
So the industry’s worst-kept secret is out: Aecom is taking over Davis Langdon
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Don't trust Shapps
How surprised are we in the architectural profession that another government promise has been broken (Shapps delays definition of zero carbon, 30 July, building.co.uk)?
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Don't trust Gove
Perhaps if Michael Gove identifies where the funding was coming from for both the capital and the revenue, the Academies Bill might be more believable (Gove defends “rushed” Academies Bill, 20 July, building.co.uk)
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Right tool for the job
Your article, Government’s carbon compliance tool ’inadequate’ (2 July, building.co.uk) raises an important question: why is the government continuing to spend money expanding the capabilities of SAP, when other alternative tools are already available in the form of SBEM and DSM?
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Smaller fish are endangered
Aecom’s deal to buy Davis Langdon for £204m will further reduce the opportunity for smaller consultancies to win major projects (5 August, building.co.uk)
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With a little understanding
The “big society” is working well, then (Prescott ’growth areas’ pull plans for thousands of homes, 6 August, building.co.uk)
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CommentBSF collapse: Acrimony, angst and anger
The collapse of Building Schools for the Future has left a lot of bad feeling, but in some ways the programme deserved to die - and we now have the chance to do it better
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CommentBuilding buys a pint ... for Humberts leisure
In the seventies you used to get lots of buff women with heaving breasts in vampire films, but now it’s just buff men
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CommentDavis Langdon - An Aecom company
One of the best known and respected consultants in the UK has been bought by a US firm 10 times its size. Here, Tom Bill asks whether DL was forced into a marriage with Aecom, and what will happen to the 91-year-old brand once two become one
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CommentAbolition of regional planning strategies: NIMBYism at work?
Abolition of regional housing targets risks putting planning decision in hands of reluctant locals
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Secrets to doing business abroad
As the downturn in the UK prompts more of us to look for work further afield, working overseas presents a wholenew set of challenges. Charles Rich on to how to tackle them through cross-cultural training
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Mukund Patel: How free schools will work
Why BSF had to end and the new opportunities for construction in the next round of school delivery
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APC extras: M006 – Conflict avoidance, management and dispute resolution procedures
A mandatory competency to level 1, M006 also features as an optional competency on a range of different pathways
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M&S's Steve Fuller on collaboration
M&S’s head of construction and architecture says there should be more collaboration in the supermarket supply chain
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Mark Underwood: 'How local sourcing can secure planning for supermarkets'
Sourcing and recruiting locally can be a key tool in gaining planning approval for supermarkets says Mark Underwood, director of town planning at Drivers Jonas Deloitte
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John Lewis' Tony Jacobs on partnering versus tendering
It’s difficult to keep a partnering ethos in the supermarket supply chain when tendering always delivers better value, says Tony Jacob, head of construction and maintenance at John Lewis.
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CommentNo spring bounce in work say contractors… despite official figures showing a huge jump
The CPA says contractors were working less in Q2. So how does this tally with the huge jump in construction output reported by the ONS?
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CommentKnowles' knowledge: Downing tools and getting paid
Contractors and subbies are entitled to walk off site if they haven’t been paid, but they have to stick to the rules…
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Save Blackberry in the UAE!
Why blocking Blackberries will only worsen the building industry’s woes in Dubai and Abu Dhabi - Stephen Fidler, managing director, Exacta Consulting
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CommentRob Smith: DL wasn't forced into marriage with Aecom
Senior partner at Davis Langdon on getting into bed with an American giant