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NewsNew body may oversee local housebuilding regulations
Grant Shapps proposes menu of approved options for councils to choose from
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CommentSome room for optimism to be found in the Experian forecast
Data is more upbeat about construction's medium-term prospects than other recent forecasts
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CommentIs Iraq still scary?
With security improving more UK construction companies are considering moving in
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NewsView from my office: Fides Gardiner
The Hill project manager overlooks the reconstruction of McCarren Pool and Bathhous from his trailer office
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CommentWinning on penalties
You may have agreed a sum for breach of contract, but there’s an old common-law doctrine that could see it struck down as a penalty. Fortunately this does not happen often, says Tim Elliott
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Features
Three of a kind: Dublin airport's Terminal 2
Dublin airport’s new Terminal 2 consists of three different elements, straddling a road. What unites the building is the curving roof form - made up of more than 300 flat panel shapes. Stephen Kennett meets the designers
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CommentThis is never going to work
Retention funds waste everybody’s time and achieve nothing of value. Here’s a case that shows, yet again, why we should ditch them
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FeaturesSustainability: Zeroing In
Cyril Sweett reviews the recommendations from the Zero Carbon Hub’s Carbon Compliance Task Group and considers the implications for the definition of a zero-carbon home from 2016
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CommentIt's PFI, Jim, but not as we know it
Reports of the death of PFI are exaggerated, but the funding model is going to have to change to reflect a time of public sector austerity
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CommentLow-carbon: A trillion miles begins with a single step
Paul Morrell’s ideas for getting construction to help deliver a low carbon future are light on design, says Chris Wise. Odd, because in fact we can design out much of our carbon footprint
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FeaturesRobert Deatker: High flyer
Turner & Townsend’s Robert Deatker is the man responsible for ensuring the smooth delivery of one of the UK’s most mind-bogglingly complex schemes - the 2 million ft2 London Bridge Quarter, which includes the 310m Shard. And he’s determined to pull it off
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FeaturesNew industrialists: Waste and power station design
Dark satanic mills were once, in fact, exuberant celebrations of technology and design. Now Cabe’s new guidelines on power stations and waste facilities will try to put the architecture back into industry
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FeaturesA VAT gift to cowboys?
The government’s VAT hike to 20% this month has been met with dismay throughout construction. But while some sectors will be exempt, small builders are bound to be hit as cash-strapped homeowners turn to the black market
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VAT for domestic building ...
I hope this government knows what it is doing, because interest rates will have to rise soon as well (VAT increase could cost 11,000 jobs, 17 December, building.co.uk)
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VAT on domestic animals
Funny how Labour’s 1% hike on NI was a “jobs tax” that every CEO in the country seemed to want to scream about and sign carefully staged letters about, but now a 2.5% rise in VAT is being introduced by this shambles of a government with barely a word from ...
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Don't curb your enthusiasm
I really like Kulveer Ranger’s enthusiasm (26 November, page 36) - these large infrastructure projects need huge amounts of positive energy from those in the driving seats to make them successful
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How to do architecture right
I don’t entirely disagree with Lucy Rogers’ points (inbox, 10 December) in relation to my column (19 November, page 31)
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News2012 Olympic stadium: Foodlighting system
Lighting manufacturer Philips has supplied its Arena Vision MVF404 floodlighting system for the 2012 Olympic Stadium
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Features
Clay roof tiles
Tile maker Redland’s Rosemary clay tiles have been used to reroof a house in Perth, Western Australia