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Poking the paymaster
Without fear or favour, blind to all blandishments and valient for truth, an adjudicator must severely upset a party they're relying on for their daily bread. Hmmmm
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BPF sets up construction clients' body
The British Property Federation has set up a body to replace the Confederation of Construction Clients, which was wound up late last year
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Firms queue up to bid for Solihull housing scheme
Bryant Homes, Lovells, Bellway and Scott Wilson in frame for multimillion-pound, 20-year regeneration scheme
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New face in line to replace Mason at Amec
Speculation about who will succeed Sir Peter Mason to the top job at Amec took a twist last week when the contractor announced that an American businessman was to join the board
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Costs of schools refurb to rise to £60bn
The government's plans to refurbish every secondary school in the country is likely to cost up to £60bn – double the early estimates
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Alsop and Canary Wharf to tackle dockland deprivation
Architect and developer to concentrate planning gain from North Quay scheme on depressed Poplar district
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Ex-Railtrack boss targets key rail sites for Irish developer
Helen Gordon, a former head of Railtrack developments, leads new firm aiming to build on land near stations
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Trio win £50m Islington housing job
A team including Pollard Thomas & Edwards Architects and housing associations the Grainger Trust and the Guinness Trust has won a £50m housing scheme in Islington, north London
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Stratford tenants experiment with trial by television
Residents of east London housing estate to debate and vote on masterplan using interactive TV and internet
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Check list
Those tough new sound regulations apply to residential houses and flats, too. Alex Smith has 10 things you need to consider to comply with Part E
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Lifetime costs: Part M access
What is the most cost-effective way to deal with disabled access for new or existing buildings? Peter Mayer of Building Performance Group considers the whole-life costs of implementing the proposed Part M
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FeaturesThe new skool rules - OK?
Oi, you at the back – pay attention! Superstrict new sound regulations for school buildings are set to test the abilities of every education specifier in keeping the noise down. So no messing about, or else … Alex Smith takes the class
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Local lowdown
Huge regeneration projects are turning Wales into a recruitment hotspot for professionals of all levels
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New age classes
The government wants school architecture to inspire and stimulate young minds. Building looks at nine trailblazing projects that have tapped into children's imaginations and created very grown-up designs
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I'm talking serious money
Slow payment is a bad habit that the industy has got used to. It's just possible, you know, that by speeding it up we could solve quite a few other bugbears
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No industry is an island
Most construction laws are made in Europe, not Britain. FIEC vice-president Peter Andrews tells Building how we need to learn effective lobbying from our EU neighbours