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Quentin Shears, 48, is a partner in Newt UK, a Hertfordshire-based quantity surveyor that its US owner, construction giant Gator Corp, has never been quite sure what to do with. Quentin has recently been making excellent progress in his anger management sessions, which he was obliged to take after several ...
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Reading, writing and … building
Ahead of next week’s BSEC event, Pascale Scheurer redefines the future of education building before
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FeaturesCost model: Food retail
The combination of recession and increasing interest rates will result in reduced delivery of retail space over the next few years. This means food retailers must maximise existing assets, say Paul Zuccherelli and Ben McCafferty of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company
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Construction output for 2010 not as bleak as first estimated
The ONS revises its fourth quarter figures for 2010
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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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BSF analysis: a hollow victory?
On 11 February, Mr Justice Holman seemingly handed down a victory for six “brave” local authorities that had challenged the legitimacy of Michael Gove’s decision to scrap the BSF programme and cancel funding for schools projects in their areas.The Department for Education has taken comfort from the fact that the ...
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BSF analysis: the future’s clearer – sort of
The two major developments in education over the past week - the outcome of the judicial review into the scrapping of BSF and news of how £800m of academies funding will be distributed - have solved some of the questions over the future of the nation’s school building programme.The judicial ...
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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?
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NewsDefence Estates savings to result in 2,500 job losses
New streamlined organisation to oversee management of military estates
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NewsLend Lease profits up as revenue falls
Lend Lease said its profits increased 17% as its revenue dropped a fifth in the first half of its financial year.
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NewsMorgan Sindall seals £500m Bournemouth PPP
Morgan Sindall has reached financial close on a Bournemouth town centre PPP project will run over 20 years
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NewsWestminster council paves way for Cucumber tower
Designs for controversial Paddington skyscraper approved
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NewsDesign for London may survive government cuts
Speculation mounts that GLA will absorb DfL into their structure
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CommentEngland sees 102,830 new homes built in 2010 – we built more in 1875
In some parts of the country rates of housebuilding has fallen by more than half
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NewsHousebuilding at lowest level for 88 years
Government figures reveal completions at lowest level since 1923