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CommentBeach volleyball stars distract Cameron from quelling riots
Volleyball replaced the mob in central London this week as Olympic organisers shifted tonnes of Surrey sand to Horseguards Parade
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CommentWho picks up the bill for the riots?
If you’ve been affected by the riots check closely to see if you can recover any costs of the disturbances
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CommentWhy PV panel installations fail
The feed-in tariff will see an explosion in solar PV installations but no current standard can mean a wrong specification and a leaking roof
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CommentForecasters’ views vary on depth and length of construction’s second drop into recession
Hewes forecast expects no growth before 2013 in any private sectors other than industrial
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CommentThe UK riots: Is architecture irrelevant?
What, if anything, can architecture do to address the social ills at the heart of London’s recent unrest?
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CommentPan-industry construction survey points to weak private sector recovery
The Construction Products Association’s latest survey confirms predictions that private sector cuts are taking effect
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Comment'Just and equitable': Carillion JM vs Phi Group
In this case the court considered the meaning of “same damage” and a “just and equitable” contribution under the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978.
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CommentGet your fix
Is the coalition’s reform of the planning system a canny solution, or will it backfire?
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CommentTime is money
If adjudication is used as an in-depth, sophisticated examination of a dispute, expect to pay the price for it - especially if you’re the losing party
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CommentDodgy payment practices: Save us from ourselves
Journalism isn’t the only sector guilty of abuses. Construction’s own dodgy payment practices are legendary - but to be rid of them it will have to fall back on its own resources
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Design defects: Careful what you claim
It’s a tough claims market out there with insurers taking a strict approach to the policy wording. Contractors should think twice before they splash out to resolve a design defect
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CommentHansom: raising eyebrows
There are some unlikely combinations this week - a surveyor turns model, a virtual brick app, a car that runs on wine and construction managers with a penchant for ponies. Takes all sorts, you know
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CommentProcure 21+: The £800m typo
The government set construction’s blood pressure rising recently by seeming to announce a sharp drop in funds for Procure21+. In fact, the life support system isn’t about to be turned off. Katie Puckett reports on how a tiny error shook the flagship health framework
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CommentInfrastructure: A thing of beauty?
Infrastructure can be seen everywhere so it’s a shame it’s often so ugly. Let’s hope for some inspired entries in the energy department’s competition to update the UK’s pylons
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CommentEngineering courses: Get real
Engineering courses give students a great theoretical grounding but to foster creative minds we need an earlier emphasis on encountering real life
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CommentMy digital life…David Mann
Little blue pills sneaking into his spam inbox, the death of the phone and speaker systems are on this man’s mind
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Inbox: In harmony
One reader reflects that working collaboratively brings great results. Not that it would necessarily do much to make energy saving in a conservation area cost-effective or help a full-time dad find work
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CommentWonders & blunders with Annabella Nassetti
Gaudí’s Sagrada Família has been a century in the building but still Annabella Nassetti would like to knock it down and start again. Thank heavens for La Pedrera, a monument that moves
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CommentRICS sees some positive signs in the private sector, but it's London and South-east driven
There are some positives in the latest survey but don’t get too excited until you read all the figures
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CommentMarketing products: Are you adding value?
How can you make your businesss stand out? And what’s the difference between adding value and just adding stuff