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Features
Dear Robert
This month, how to become an architectural technologist, and some advice on tax
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News
Council takes Arup to task over masterplan
A planning application for a 160 ha mixed-use scheme on a disused airfield near Weston-super-Mare looks set to be submitted despite criticism from the council.
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Nortel signs global deals on net provision
Five construction companies have signed global agreements with internet firm Nortel Networks.
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Consultation begins over King's Cross megaproject
Developer Argent St George has begun the consultation exercise over the regeneration of King's Cross, soon to be the largest development site in London.
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Forum given a year to deliver
Sir John Egan will review the future of construction's new strategic forum next year.
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M4I backs environmental benchmarking
The Movement for Innovation is pressing to incorporate a building's environmental performance into the planning process.
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Industry mourns Sir Ian Dixon
The construction industry is mourning one of its leading figures after the death of Sir Ian Dixon, 62, from cancer last week.
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Government measures to speed planning
The government has introduced a range of measures to speed up planning after its general election promise to revamp the "slow and cumbersome" system.
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Government pushes road deals
The Highways Agency intends to set up five-year framework deals with contractors to speed up delivery of its roadbuilding programme.
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Magna set to regenerate Rotherham land
The success of the £45.5m Magna Adventure Science Centre in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, is likely to lead to the regeneration of land at a derelict steelworks nearby.
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DTLR set to call in £750m Stevenage development
Council opposition to 5000-home plan likely to lead to government scrutiny of the scheme.
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New NHS arm to compete for health contracts
Health service to set up "Inventures", a public–private firm that will bid for jobs worth less than £20m.
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Construction scores in green survey
Construction and building materials firms have been urged to do more to raise investor awareness of the environment, despite being judged the most improved sector in a new survey.
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Mitie posts record results
Building and support services company Mitie this week posted record results and said it was well-placed to ride out a recession.
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Birmingham project managers to merge
Birmingham project manager Graves is to merge with Elias Topping to create a single £4m-turnover business.
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Construction activity continues to grow
Tender prices increased 7.5% in the year to June compared with the same period last year, but the rate of increase will slow over the next 12 months, according to QS Davis Langdon & Everest.
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Comment
Emergency exit
Asking the engineer for an indemnity is not the best way out of the fix Carillion got itself into with Blyth & Blyth. But fear not – there are other ways of escaping
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Comment
Speaking volumes
New editions of important books: the first does wonders for our understanding of dispute management; the second is a weighty tome on contract law
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Peace, love and understanding
Those who already approach partnering in the right spirit will probably welcome the new NEC partnering option's emphasis on a less confrontational attitude
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All very civil
The pre-action protocol can settle a dispute with the minimum of cost and delay, and the maximum preservation of good will. Why don't we use it more often?