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NewsUrban Splash slams ‘drug dealer’ utilities
Urban Splash’s Nick Johnson likened energy companies to drug dealers this week as he called for reform of the utilities markets
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NewsSmall firms seek Gordon Brown's help
Forum of Private Business wants big firms forced to pay suppliers promptly and banks' lending practices overseen
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FeaturesFormaldehyde-free insulation
Knauf Insulation has launched a new mineral wool insulation incorporating ECOSE Technology, which, it claims, has less embodied energy than existing mineral wool products
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1,000 new homes join £1bn RSL backlog each month
Housing associations fear low sales could seriously impair ability to build homes for affordable rent
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NewsMetropolitan Workshop triumphs with Libyan conflict museum design
UK architect beats off the competition for Tripoli museum with design inspired by Bedouin tent
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NewsStrategic Forum launches new safety initiatives
Communications group aims to improve industry awareness while new plant group will expand crane work
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E.ON prepares to build nuclear reactor in Gloucestershire
German energy firm understood to be considering £4bn plant for site, which is just one of a number of potential acquisition targets
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Stamp duty down £500 million a month
The latest figures for tax receipts suggest that the Government is down about £500 million a month in stamp duty revenue.Taking the three months to October the revenue trawled in £2,162 million in stamp duty. This compares with £3,926 million over the same period a year earlier.The bulk of the ...
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Housing figures underline the haemorrhaging of construction workload
The latest starts figures appear to support the view that house building will drop by about a half next year as current projects completed and few if any new sites are opened.That would mean a loss of about £10 billion in construction workload.Put another way that is about half the ...
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Is the frozen housing market beginning to thaw?
Looking at the most recently released housing market data for October it is tempting to interpret it as showing signs of a thaw in a market that has almost frozen solid.On the month transactions rose according to the revenue figures, lending was up according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders ...
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FeaturesGuide to winning work in… education
With a new primary school investment programme joining Building Schools for the Future and the academies scheme, education is still a rich source of work
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CommentMy digital life: David Eastgate
Not your average chief executive, this ex-punk band member spends his online time surrounded by drums and drumming paraphernalia. Unless he’s on holiday, when you’ll find him talking to Building
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CommentComedy of errors
This week, causes for confusion include a mysterious marketing campaign, a dubious safety claim, a phantom contract and a rather naughty search term – plus, the RIBA’s clever job creation scheme
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CommentYou’ve made one tiny mistake: Absolute obligations
Even if a brief seems straightforward, beware of taking it on as an absolute obligation. After all, you never know what might happen
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CommentAll over bar the shooting: Frameworks
What better way to work, you say, than a lovely, co-operative framework deal? Fine. Just don’t expect it to be bloodless, painless, dispute-less or litigation-free
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Not lost in translation: Using NEC3 contracts abroad
There’s no reason why civil engineers and others shouldn’t use the NEC3 contract abroad – but bear the following points in mind …
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FeaturesProcurement: Single-stage tendering
Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon sets out the pros and cons of the single-stage strategy and offers some guidance on how clients and contractors can use it successfully
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FeaturesGulf State Building awards 2008
The first Gulf States Building Awards were held last week at a glittering evening ceremony in Dubai’s Madinat Jumeirah hotel, where the award-winners hobnobbed with top English rugby players