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FeaturesCost model: Libraries
What is in store for the library? Daniel Pomfrett of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, and Stuart Hill of Schmidt Hammer Lassen, look at design and cost challenges for the next generation of buildings
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CommentPrivileged position: How claims consultants can protect themselves from disclosure
Claims consultants may not have the same legal professional privilege as practicing lawyers, but they can explore another route to protect themselves from disclosure
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CommentWhen judges let rip: Obliterated by obsession
The amusingly acerbic judgment from a Canadian case offers a darker reminder of what happens when reason fails
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CommentObliterated by obsession
The amusingly acerbic judgment from a Canadian case offers a darker reminder of what happens when reason fails
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CommentEPCM: Win-win procurement
Engineering procurement and construction management is widely used abroad. Is it time for UK companies to look at how they can benefit from this model?
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VAT rules cripple business
Essentially we’re paying someone else’s tax for the privilege of acting as unpaid tax collectors for HMRC
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It could be like buying a car
We could choose the right base model for a building off the shelf and personalise it by colour, alloys, fabric, and so on
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CommentWhy Labour must think long term
Most political crises come and go in a short period, which is why it is more important than ever for the opposition to focus on the big issues if they are to regain power, writes David Blunkett
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CommentThe UK economy: Kill or cure
Recent figures show the UK economy is back in recession - and it’s the construction sector that put it there. In the first of a two-part look at the handling of the economic situation Joey Gardiner examines why the government’s course of treatment is failing to deliver a recovery
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CommentMy Digital Life… Robert Deatker
The Turner & Townsend project director on why he doesn’t own a Mac, vaporizing Network Rail employees and dancing around the sitting room to David Guetta
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CommentHansom: Critical condition
It’s all a bit confrontational this week as Giles Coren offers his opinion on the Shard and David Lock takes on Nick Raynsford… let’s hope Sir John Armitt finds more satisfaction in his role as wedding planner
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NewsGreen measurement systems inadequate to meet targets
Higher carbon reduction goals for new buildings cannot be assessed reliably, industry warns ministers
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NewsBam Nuttall blames council boss in £55m busway dispute
Contractor says council official wanted Cambridge busway to resemble scheme in France that he ‘liked’
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FeaturesLord Rogers interview: 'Being old is alright, you know'
Lord Rogers is fast approaching 80 but that doesn’t stop him having ambitions to expand into the Middle East, attacking Boris Johnson’s record as London mayor or taking pleasure in a few glasses of red wine, as Emily Wright found out
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NewsExclusive: Shard architect primed for flagship Selfridges scheme
Renzo Piano set to embark on third high profile London project with major Oxford Street store extension
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NewsMorgan Sindall targets infrastructure
Contractor says rail, roads, aviation and energy are the key to financial success
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NewsUK firms urged to bid for £20bn Brazil projects
UKTI urges firms bid for Olympic, World Cup and mining work
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NewsArcadis makes top level appointments
Former EC Harris senior partner David Sparrow among the promotions
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NewsRay O'Rourke refused planning for own home
Laing O’Rourke boss wants to rebuild his mansion in conservation area of Essex