Opinion – Page 304
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CommentForecasters expect a fall in house prices in 2011
Most predictions see a drop next year, but they did last year and house prices rose 1% in 2010
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CommentFuture’s traders see long slump in house prices
City speculators see no recover in house prices until at least 2015
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CommentLittle cheer in public accounts or growth figures as construction prepare for the big squeeze of 2011
There's not much left in the xmas box for capital spending
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CommentOnce upon a year ...
For many of you, 2010 has been a year of little comfort and even less joy
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CommentPublic Procurement: Exel Europe vs University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Here we look in detail at Regulation 47 of the Public Contracts Regulation, concerning the award of a public contract; a reworking of American Cyanamid Co vs Ethican
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Hansom: Crackers, anyone?
Christmas is always a real challenge for this column - how to reconcile the season of goodwill with our irrepressible satirical tendencies? Move over Santa …
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CommentRulers were made for…
You can’t measure the value of design with any kind of measuring stick - and anyone who suggests you can deserves a rap on the knuckles
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CommentQuentin Shears: Secret Santa
Quentin Shears is a senior partner at quantity surveyor Newt UK, the Hertfordshire outpost of US multinational GatorCorp. As the year grinds to an end, Quentin usually finds himself undergoing intensive anger management therapy merely to make it through the Christmas party season. This year, however, has found him in ...
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CommentA bonus worthy of Scrooge
The government wants the new homes bonus to spark a resurgence in housebuilding. But it is too complex, bureaucratic and riddled with anomalies to work
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CommentWonders & blunders with Pedro Roos
Pedro Roos thinks the Pompidou Centre’s masterly manipulation of the space around it puts One Hyde Park in the shade. Who’d have thought they were by the same architect?
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CommentYou couldn’t make it up
Throughout 2010 readers shared their favourite health and safety horrors from around the world
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CommentImports figures support official stats showing a strong bounce back for construction in 2009
Brickonomics reveals new import data that offers some backing to the ONS's output figures
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CommentCan the war on clutter ever be won?
Is no architecture safe from the march of the dreaded bollards - the latest to succumb to an ill-positioned lampost is a restored Victorian gem next door to St Pauls
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CommentDelivering Change - Public Sector in 2011
There are positive signs going into 2011, but there is no doubt the year will be a challenging time for all public sector organisations as they try to deliver better public services more efficiently. Bold leadership will be needed to drive through initiatives to enable these efficiencies.
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CommentConstruction firms axe jobs ahead of double-dip downturn
17,000 construction jobs were lost in the last quarter
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CommentThe Localism Bill is radical but fraught with difficulty
Last night the Bill was finally published, and now we can see the full extent of the challenges ahead
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CommentIt's even tougher out there
The world is about to get nastier for construction. Having endured months of uncertainty and finger-in-the-air budgeting, you’ll no doubt want to wrap your 2010 numbers up and dump them in the bin, along with those of 2009 and 2008
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CommentLatest output data suggests the stimulus-generated surge in construction might be over
Harsh winter could push output into negative territory in the fourth quarter
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CommentHansom: Building with the stars
It’s all glitz and glamour for construction this week, as it takes a whirl on Strictly, scores celebrity autographs at an awards event, and - stop press! - creates its very own Christmas single