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CommentHansom: Coming clean
Honesty seems to be the favoured policy this week, which leads to some surprising sales pitches. I, meanwhile, plan to take to the high seas (or, at least, a North London reservoir)
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CommentThe vision thing
Boris Johnson has set out his Vision for 2020 in typical bravura style. But there’s precious little of the focused thinking that made the Olympics such a success
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CommentJoin the BIM conversation
The CIBSE’s new online service allows the industry to share knowledge and discuss BIM
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CommentSimplified BIM needed for FM
CAFM programs are process oriented solutions which are not suited to BIM data
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CommentHigh hopes for Garden Bridge
If Heatherwick’s garden bridge in London can be realised, the city will be a better place
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CommentWatch out for growth in a few key sectors
Data from the CPA/Barbour ABI index shows that construction contracts fell by 3% in May
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CommentSigns of stability in construction activity, but recovery looks a way off yet
We are yet to see real signs of a sustained improvement in the construction output data
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CommentJV agreements: Common provisions
Five of the most important provisions in a joint venture agreement
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CommentBahrain: Construction opportunities in the ‘land of the two seas’
Bahrain is a pure and sacred place known as “the Pearl of the Arabian Gulf” – and a place with an increasing number of opportunities for UK construction
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CommentBIM's next thing
Facilities managers are likely to get on board with BIM sooner rather than later
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CommentReady, steady … build
It’s not that the government isn’t doing anything, but it’s all taking far too long. Here are some ideas to speed up the pace
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CommentLimitation periods and adjudication
The idea of adjudication is that it has no bearing on any subsequent litigation or arbitration, but in this case a clever argument tried to get around that principle
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CommentEasements: What's yours is theirs
How easements - rights that people who don’t own the land can exercise on it - can hold up a development
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CommentBuilding buys a pint for … Bennington Green
Sailing, organic eggs and a bar with a view all feature when Bennington Green buys Building a glass of champagne
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CommentMy digital life … Pernille Stafford
Resonate Interior Architecture’s managing director reveals her worst digital habit and an unusual online purchase
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CommentHansom: You're bard
It’s a week of drama again for construction, full of joyous celebrations, a race to get a document ready, a wandering fox and both a reality TV star and our esteemed chancellor working up a sweat
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CommentReassess planning to boost housebuilding
The country’s planning policies, which thwart development, hinder the supply of new homes
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CommentMore needed for growth
Negative trends in the industry are likely to continue unless action is taken, such as investment in ‘shovel ready’ projects
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CommentWhat's the incentive?
Why bother with the Green Deal when the benefits just aren’t that great?
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CommentThe loss of capacity is as worrying as the loss of jobs to the industry
The worrying question is whether we have the numbers of workers needed to meet a boost to the industry