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NewsEC Harris buys property advisory business
Consultant acquires 20-strong Corporate Property Advisers
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CommentHealthier by design
Experts have suggested that up to £1bn a year could be saved on healthcare if the UK introduced better town and city planning
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CommentGuaranteeing the guarantees
What happens when a firm agrees to deliver a bond or collateral warranty and then fails to do so? Mr Justice Ramsey, it seems, thinks ordering specific performance may be a solution
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FeaturesSustainability: Facilities efficiency
As construction becomes ever more energy efficient, attention is turning to facilities management to deliver greater carbon and cost savings. Phil Birch of Sweett Group examines how the purchasing and management of cleaning and catering operations can reduce a building’s environmental impact
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Housing
This week, we go through the keyhole at some of the UK’s most genteel new residences, including a Buckinghamshire country house with timber leaded windows and a rapidly rendered home in Poundbury
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FeaturesFair payment charter: Cheque’s in the post
Few issues are more contentious in construction than payment practices. So will a new fair payment charter that asks contractors to commit to shorter payment times actually work - or merely add to the pile of previous failed attempts to reform the industry?
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NewsGovernment unveils new construction payment charter
Contractors and the government have agreed to pay all suppliers within 30 days from 2018
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NewsAsda bucks big four trend with superstore expansion plans
Retailer steps up expansion plans, with most developments planned for the south of England
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CommentListen to students when it comes to university estates
With research showing students value facilities almost as highly as courses themselves, universities need to choose carefully where to invest
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NewsLondon tube appoints firms for £330m upgrade work
Atkins, Capita and Giffin Group among winners to deliver upgrade programme across 70 stations
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NewsCrunch talks over London tube station pay dispute
Contractor NG Bailey set to meet union Unite to avert disruption to Tottenham Court Road station project
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NewsAverage cost of repairing flood-hit home as high as £30k
RICS analysis finds average cost of repairing three-bedroom hit by flood damage is £30,000
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NewsCabe appoints first woman chair
Pam Alexander is to replace Paul Finch as chairman of Cabe at the Design Council
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NewsFarrell shrugs off lack of government response to review
Architect says a formal government response to his review of architecture “wouldn’t be worth the paper it’s written on”
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NewsBeijing exhibition centre gets BREEAM excellent rating
A Beijing exhibition centre designed by Bogle Architects and engineered by Arup has been awarded a BREEAM outstanding rating
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NewsTravis Perkins office engulfed in racism row
A Travis Perkins regional head office has been engulfed in a racism storm after staff circulated racist jokes on email
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NewsRace starts for £60m nuclear job
Nuclear reactor decommissioning forms core part of project at Winfrith set to be the first fully decommissioned UK site
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NewsProject team picked for £200m Aberdeen exhibition centre
Turner and Townsend, Aecom and Arup among those appointed to work on the scheme
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NewsThomas Vale boss targets 'complex projects' for growth
Incoming managing director wants to growth business organically