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CommentHow fair is the HSE's recovery scheme?
The HSE needs to convince the industry that its new cost recovery scheme is a deterrent against health and safety breaches and not just a method of lining its own pockets
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CommentUK guarantees: a boost for the industry?
The UK Guarantees scheme was supposed to provide a much needed boost for the industry, but it will not benefit the small-scale projects that need funding the most
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CommentWonders & blunders with Dieter Kleiner
The RCKa director believes the Royal Festival Hall embodies all that is great about London, whereas Zaha Hadid’s Evelyn Grace Academy fails to provide any meaningful substance
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CommentRecycling materials: The great recovery
Some of the core materials construction uses have become scarce - eventually everything we use will be. We have to stop jettisoning materials and design so they can all be recycled
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NewsHansom: That extra mile
This week, there may be a problem with the Olympic drainage system but the longest toy train track in the world shows British engineering at its best - as does last minute marathon woman, Freya Murray
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FeaturesCost of the Olympics: Was it worth it?
Everyone’s agreed that the Olympic park was hugely successful. But with questions raised over the cost of procuring the Games, is this a model other public sector projects should follow?
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NewsUKTI boss says contractors should look abroad
UKTI chief executive Nick Baird calls on major British contractors to take greater advantage of overseas opportunities
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CommentBeck vs UK Flooring: Severing a decision
This recent case clears up uncertainty over whether courts are willing to enforce parts of an adjudicator’s decision while severing others
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CommentThe right to remain silent
A recent case raises the question, how long must a letter of complaint stay unanswered before a dispute is inferred?
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CommentSchool break
Greater clarification on the government’s approach to school building is needed
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CommentSecond-class treatment
Olympic marketing rules are relegating construction to a second-class activity
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NewsCapita appoints business transformation director
Jonathan Simcock will help deliver large scale business transformation and turnaround projects
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NewsHill appoints new director
Contract and project manager hired for the construction claims and consulting group
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NewsResearch seeks to preserve threatened Omani heritage sites
Nottingham Trent University awarded £135,000 research and consultancy bid to help save site
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NewsEngineers' Olympic effort celebrated on YouTube
Film from the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Olympic Delivery Authority already seen by 9,000 people
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NewsTaylor Wimpey to submit new Olympic planning application
Chief executive Peter Redfern says it will submit plans before Christmas for Chobham Manor
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CommentUpskill for the Green Deal
Now is the time for the industry to respond to the need for Green Deal insulation installers and acquire the right skills
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NewsWhitehall slashes £205m off cost of Crossrail
A further £72m in savings made across other construction projects as part of £5.5bn efficiency drive
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NewsConstruction Rocks: Wall of sound
Tune up for Construction Rocks – UK construction’s battle of the bands
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NewsRevenue and profit fall at Bouygues
Bouygues UK saw profits halved last year, while turnover across the business down nearly a third to £145m