More Comment – Page 395
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Network rail shake-up: light at the end of the tunnel
Roy McNulty’s interim report on how to get value for money from the railway sector suggests that train operating companies are set to be turned into quasi developers
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CommentMichael Gove: The bad boy in school
The education secretary got his knuckles rapped for bad-temperedly tearing up the BSF rule book. But it won’t stop him getting his way
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CommentBack to basics with professional indemnity claims
There may be any number of clever ways to reduce the risk of professional indemnity claims. But why not start with the simplest?
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CommentMore inflation worries as plant hire prices bounce back
Data from ONS shows year-on-year 2.2% rise in Q4 2010
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CommentA new-look Middle East: threat or opportunity?
Could a rise in people power prompt a shift in what is built in the Middle East?
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Comment3XN to design Swedbank's Stockholm headquarters
V-shaped structure will house 2,500 office workers
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CommentVinci appoints regional director for Yorkshire
Keith Shivers will take charge of nine BSF contracts worth £170m
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CommentTime for a construction revolution?
SMEs are getting squeezed by the big boys and no-one’s taking up their cause
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CommentValue discount payments are counterproductive
Passing pain down the supply chain is harming the whole industry
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CommentArchitectural and engineering firms see drop in turnover in 2010
Turnover is now 8% less than the peak in 2008
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CommentCabe - why it must keep the name
News this week that design quango Cabe’s name may ultimately be up for grabs in its long-heralded merger with the Design Council prompts that age-old question – what’s in a name?
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CommentLocalism: A recipe for building homes in the wrong places
Real powers will help economic growth, but limited localism could just further seal off leafy suburbs to development
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Credit where it's due
Your leading article on the rebuilding of Blackfriars station (28 January, page 44), was both interesting and informative.
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Stranger than fiction
I write regarding your piece on architects in film, (28 January, page 34). It was entertaining but, being limited only to American architects, remained firmly in fantasyland
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Budget for buildings
The Scottish budget deal agreed by MSPs this week is not the budget for recovery that the building industry has been crying out for
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Keep the receipts
If the government is concerned that they are overpaying for the services supplied by major contractors (building.co.uk, 9 February), a good start would be to investigate the legality of the bulk order discounts that are obtained from suppliers.
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CommentLocalism is a good thing for developers
Yes, the bill is ambitious but, if used correctly, could have a very positive effect on housing production
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CommentLocalism thinks small; we need the bigger picture
It’s all very well delivering small schemes but what about larger, infrastructure boosting developments?