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CommentBuilding buys a pint ... At construction rocks
This year our industry experts let their hair down in Camden
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NEC3 and the global market: World domination
Although Tony Bingham and others criticise the NEC3 for its administrative burden, in the global construction market it has a vital role to play in good project management
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FeaturesThe Tom Bloxham interview
For 20 years, renowned regeneration company Urban Splash grew and grew. Then in 2008 the bottom fell out of the market and soon after the firm found itself on the ‘brink of collapse’. Its founder tells Emily Wright how it changed everything - and nothing
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Inbox: On balance
This week, readers weigh up the arguments for and against PFI, decide the Green Construction Board is missing an academic voice and urge the Scottish government to reconsider its capital budget cuts
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FeaturesCost model: Small projects
With low availability of space and pressure to reduce costs, more small projects are being built - especially with high demand for affordable housing, care homes and office fit-out. Peter Fordham, Simon Hughes and Paul Donlen of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, cost it up
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CommentThe big time
You’ve got to be in it to win it, but who is going to win this consultant sector battle?
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NewsSt Mary's University's new wave of sports facilities
Morgan Sindall has completed a £6m sports centre for St Mary’s University College in Twickenham, south-west London.
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CommentWhen does the new Construction Act apply?
Working out when the new Act applies is tricky, but looking at past cases might help
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CommentPublic procurement: Getting the hang of it
Public procurement rules aren’t there to be broken - Brussels’ orders. But it will help if you learn to juggle with their terms
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NewsTim Byles lines up three architects for Cornerstone
Penoyre and Prasad, LSI and Cullinen Architects in discussion with ex-PFS boss
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NewsBDP to close four regional offices
Belfast, Liverpool, Winchester and Edinburgh will all be shut down, architect announces
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NewsA quarter of Davis Langdon directors face redundancy
Forty directors may go as consultant confirms senior level restructure in response to downturn
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NewsLend Lease's £700m Tithebarn scheme shelved
Preston redevelopment put on hold as anchor tenant John Lewis pulls out
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NewsRedrow boss accuses councils of using NPPF to stall applications
Steve Morgan says 5,219 Redrow plots have been delayed as councils wait for final draft of new planning framework
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NewsConsultants on £32bn High Speed 2 rail shortlist revealed
Winner will be revealed before the end of the year
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NewsNumber of new homes in England continues to fall
Number of new homes built in England fell 6% to 121,200 in 2010-11 according to DCLG
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NewsUnite plans ‘national day of protest’
Union to bus in protestors to target London’s Shard and Blackfriars station
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NewsGovernment confirms scrapped BSF schemes will not restart
Michael Gove delivers final verdict on six councils following judical review
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NewsRevealed: full breakdown of £500m funding for schools
Redbridge tops list of funds to deliver extra school places