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CommentToo much information
It has become common for clients to send bidders so much data that nobody has the time to produce tenders properly. Now there’s a campaign to change all that
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FeaturesGotta get through it: Halcrow builds the UAE's longest tunnel
This mountain range stands between Dubai and one of the UAE’s most important ports. Which is why a team from Halcrow is holed up there right now, enduring the heat and hard rock on the country’s longest ever tunnel project
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Features
Market forecast: Where are we now?
The plunge in tender prices has ended and costs are falling, but the outlook is still gloomy, thanks in part to the decline in the value of the pound. Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon crunches the numbers
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FeaturesBanking, but not as we know it: 3XN's Saxo Bank
3XN’s Saxo Bank shows a softer side of a beleaguered industry, says Dan Stewart – just stand clear of the lightning bolts…
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NewsOh, what's the point?
We can only assume that the chap carrying out this tricky bit of pointing has lost the will to live
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NewsJames Caan: 'I lost a fortune in Erinaceous'
The Dragon's Den star regrets his 'terrrible investment' but says now is the time to bag a property bargain
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NewsIn defence of Tesco: 'A good client willing to innovate'
The Simons Group chairman feared Tesco's reputation as a client but found a firm willing to work to Egan's principles of delivery
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NewsRefinancing boosts Taylor Wimpey shares 9%
Report of £1.84bn loss for 2008 fails to dampen optimistic mood at housebuilder
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NewsLabour MP: Bring back London height restrictions
Battersea MP calls for new limits on the heights of the capital’s tall buildings
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NewsHouse prices slip back in April, reports Nationwide
Fall of 0.4% dampens hopes spurred by 0.9% rise last month, as prices fail to follow usual seasonal pattern
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NewsNon-European QSs to be barred from UK jobs
Redundancy spike prompts committee to remove QSs and project managers from skills shortage list
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NewsE.ON and RWE secure two UK nuclear sites
German consortium will build up to six new reactors in Anglesey and Gloucestershire
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NewsVideo: Five-storey building collapses in New York
Front half of the building collapsed on a construction site in the Tribeca district
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NewsUK set to miss renewable energy targets
Top researcher says EU targets cannot be met without big rise in government support
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NewsCairo Tower's new night-time look
Phillips Lighting's colour-changing LEDs give a facelift to Egypt's fifties tower
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NewsLaing O'Rourke fined £135k over worker death
Judge says firm should feel 'ashamed' about safety breaches that led to fatal accident
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NewsDominique Perrault beats Foster to design Sofia city centre
French architect picked ahead of Foster, Zaha Hadid and Fuksas to £1.79bn job in Bulgarian capital
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NewsLack of funding and knowledge may hamper SUDS rollout
Water group warns government plans to make drainage systems widespread in England and Wales may fall short
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NewsDrake & Scull International to open Libyan office
UAE-based M&E contractor also plans expansion in Saudi Arabi and Qatar
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Comment
Further clues on house price movements from Land Registry
The latest Land Registry figures for house prices show a further fall in March of 0.4%.These figures appear consistent with the general picture emerging from the various surveys of falling prices, but an easing in the rate of decline.