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FeaturesCSTT Training Day: So who knows what a QS is?
The Chartered Surveyors Training Trust is fighting to survive with new government funding cuts
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NewsGleeds wins contract on Foster + Partners' resort
Consultant will cost manage the £100m scheme at Corniche Bay in Mauritius
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CommentLearn as you go
The construction and built environment diploma is to be launched this September, and the industry is working well with colleges to expand its reach. But how do we make sure it succeeds?
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NewsKeith Miller adamant family dispute has been resolved
Chief executive optimistic after Bank of Scotland helps buy out rebel Miller Group shareholders
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NewsPlanning applications: March 2008
Number of new homes at detailed planning stage falls 43% in March, with the North hardest hit
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CommentSurvival of the fittest
At the start of the year we carried a comment piece from David Pretty, the former Barratt chief executive, detailing two scenarios that housebuilders would have in place in the run-up to the spring selling season.
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CommentWeb watch - Jury service
Manchester’s Civil Justice Centre may have found favour with Building’s eminent panel of judges, but the verdict went in favour of Kingsdale School in our web poll, reports Katie Puckett
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NewsPrison contractors face penal damages for delay
Government to hit firms for cost of housing prisoners in police cells if schemes are late
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Government steps in to overhaul BSF programme
Revised timetable will tie £45bn school building programme in with wider regeneration projects
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Non-compliance with pre-action protocol: Orange Personal Communications Services vs Hoare Lee
This judgment arose out of an application by the remaining defendant in the claim, for a stay of the proceedings pending the implementation of the process laid down by the pre-action protocol for construction and engineering disputes.The claimant engaged Kier Regional Ltd to carry out the fitting out works to ...
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NewsOpen sesame
Increasing density in our towns and cities is a more sustainable option than building new towns full of eco homes. But unlocking the funds that make this approach possible is not easy, says Jon Rouse
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NewsWates plans first acquisitions in 110 years
The Wates Group is planning to make its first major acquisitions in order to hit a £2bn turnover target by 2012, according to its chairman and chief executive, writes Tom Bill.
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Consultant offered £500,000 if eco-town bid succeeds
Developers desperate to win one of Gordon Brown’s 10 eco-towns are offering planning consultancies up to £500,000 in no-win, no-fee deals.
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Contractor Bullock sold for £100m
Bullock has been bought by Lloyds Development Capital for an estimated £100m
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NewsTwist House: A nightmare to wallpaper
Former member of Zaha Hadid Architects, AquiliAlberg reveals its preliminary designs
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NewsNetwork Rail names main contractors on Thameslink
Balfour Beatty, Laing O'Rourke, Costain and Skanska win contracts on three main London station upgrades
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NewsBA delays moving long-haul services to T5
Remaining operations will be moved to troubled Heathrow terminal by June, promises airline
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NewsWNSL chairman Mike Jeffries to step down
Jeffries lead the troubled £747m Wembley Stadium development on behalf of the FA
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NewsBarratt puts Wilson Bowden Developments up for sale
Housebuilder expects to make £195m from the sale of the business it bought last April