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    Don't hold back, now

    2002-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The archaic practice of retention is senseless, unfair and damaging to all parties – and there are much more agreeable alternatives. Let's stop it once and for all

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    Green Haus

    2002-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The headquarters of the Norddeutsche Landesbank in Hanover is a startling building in a boring city. But, says Marcus Fairs, the one thing it isn't shouting about – its green technology – is its most impressive feature.

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    Cry freedom

    2002-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Just how can a contract administrator be expected to be impartial when they answer to the client? Exempting them from liability would set them free

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    A hit or miss affair

    2002-11-01T00:00:00Z

    PFI contracts often include incentives and penalties to ensure good performance on services. But if they are not well targeted, they'll miss the point

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    A special relationship

    2002-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Reebok was so set on making its flagship UK sports club the mirror image of its US chain that it insisted its fit-out contractor use American workers and materials. Cue much head scratching, jargon translation and getting used to strange building practices – like no tea breaks … Thomas Lane ...

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    Brushing up

    2002-11-01T00:00:00Z

    David Hill, managing director of building services engineer Hills Electrical & Mechanical, takes Building through his experience of gaining a CSCS card

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    Cost model: 21st-century university building

    2002-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The government wants 50% of 18-30-year-olds to be educated to degree level by 2010, and expects universities to compete in international research markets. So what buildings are required to help meet these objectives? In its latest cost model, Davis Langdon & Everest examines the 21st-century university building

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    Prefab doubt

    2002-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Government handouts for housing associations to embrace prefabrication have been largely rejected, as so far only half the cash has been taken up. But why – and what can be done to convince them that off-site construction holds the key to affordable housing?

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    Appointments

    2002-10-31T14:27:00Z

    This week's movers and shakers

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    Whitehall creates tsar to deliver hospital programme

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Department of Health creates role of capital spending chief to ensure 100 hospitals are built by 2010.

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    SMC Group buys architect in aggressive growth drive

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Bullish architecture group makes the top 10 after finalising purchase of Corstorphine & Wright.

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    Good, bad and just plain ugly

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    At next week's urban summit, deputy prime minister John Prescott will be called to account for his regeneration policy. To show the kind of problems he faces, Mark Leftly examines three exemplary schemes that met very different fates

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    Pass master

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Accelerating Change is a clarion call for risk-sharing. Some hope, when Jarvis and others are busy amending the standard form of subcontract to pass the risk downstream

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    Where did Atkins go so wrong?

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    After five years of extraordinary growth, consultant Atkins had become so big that nobody really understood the whole business. So in a bid to create a coherent structure, its new chief executive introduced a centralised accounting program – and a year later its shares were almost worthless. The question is, ...

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    Greenwich Millennium Village may double in size

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Countryside Properties and Taylor Woodrow aim to increase the number of homes from 1377 to 2500.

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    Wimpey to close Laing Homes' Milton Keynes HQ

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Integration of Laing's housebuilding business expected to cost £7m, mainly in redundancy payments.

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    Young man in a hurry

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    The dynamic new head of English Heritage is out to blow the dust off the conservation quango. Martin Spring meets charismatic super-curator Simon Thurley.

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    Amey FD will need five months to audit books

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    City sources this week claimed it would take acting finance director Eric Tracey until next year to get a clear picture of Amey's accounts.

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    Construction is ignorant of Egan initiatives, says report

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Survey finds only 12% of construction firms have partnering deals and 10% use key performance indicators.

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    Birse writes off £5.5m as Leicester City goes broke

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Contractor gives up on final payment for £27.5m stadium after football club calls in administrators.