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CommentLetter: Scotland needs workers to drive recovery
The managing director of the Scottish Building Federation on how workers are needed to keep the recovery going
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CommentLetter: Can civilisation survive without surveyors?
A reader responds to one of Richard Steer’s columns
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CommentOpen letter: Lost in translation
The Housing Standards Review tried to consolidate a raft of different standards into Building Regulations. The trouble is, says architecture coalition 4HA, some important sustainable elements haven’t made it across
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CommentFinal certificates: It’s not over yet
Challenges to a final certificate through the courts or by arbitration are straightforward but if a contractor challenges via adjudication then procedural mishaps can occur
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CommentOnline poll: What next for Balfour Beatty?
Do you think the worst is now over for Balfour Beatty? Vote here
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CommentA test of loyalty
Leo Quinn’s ability to restore Balfour Beatty’s former glory relies on clients not being spooked by the firm’s latest woes
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CommentCDM regs: Two steps back
As a member of the working party that drafted the 2007 CDM regulations, Rudi Klein explains why the 2015 update represents a retrograde move for the construction industry
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CommentHands-free drive time
Despite resistance to the idea from a sizeable proportion of the public, the technology to create autonomous vehicles is already with us. What does this mean for the construction industry?
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CommentSerious irregularity: Secretary of State for the Home Department vs Raytheon Systems Limited
Before Mr Justice Akenhead. Judgments delivered 19 December 2014 and 17 February 2015
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CommentSearching for a level playing field
Will regulatory changes make a real difference towards SMEs’ access to public sector work?
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CommentHS2: Is it worth it?
The Labour party is hedging its bets in the run-up to the election over this key infrastructure project
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CommentElection uncertainty
Contract awards in February higher than a year earlier, pointing towards further growth
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CommentICC: There’s a new guy in town
Many employers procuring civil engineering projects have turned to the NEC reluctantly and for want of any alternative. Now the ICC has positioned itself as a genuine rival
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CommentInfrastructure Bill: More moral fibre, please
The government has withdrawn amendments that would have made life less risky for those introducing broadband fibre. The onus is on developers to act themselves
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CommentHansom: Party poopers
Mipim was as varied as a pack of liquorice allsorts this year with delegates from far-flung corners of the world such as Dagenham imbuing the fair with fun-filled exoticism - all the more puzzling that some failed to show
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CommentBudget 2015: It's the (local) economy, stupid
Osborne’s last coalition Budget signalled that the future of construction is local and devolved
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CommentOnline poll: Help to Buy ISA
How much do you think the government’s Help to Buy ISA will stimulate housebuilding? Vote here
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CommentChile: Turning challenges into opportunities
Since the 1990s, Chile has been developing its infrastructure, but, as in many other Latin American countries, much is still lacking
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CommentA Budget for the regions
The chancellor’s focus on regional growth was in contrast to his national infrastructure announcements, which lacked an integrated and coherent approach