Opinion – Page 308
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SFO means business
It is sometimes said compliance with the new Bribery Act is impractical in the construction sector (“Where the buck stops”, 29 October, page 34)
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Don't speak too soon
This week’s latest survey from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (Cips) confirms recent warnings from the Scottish Building Federation that the rise in construction output witnessed in the early part of this year was never going to last
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CommentMakes scents
I read your article “Galliford bags sewage job” (2 November, building.co.uk). There is something I have been banging on about for years. I have written several letters to various bodies about this issue: simply that the largest waste water facility in Europe must produce one hell of a lot of ...
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Outlook: gloomy
I agree that the industry is in decline. I thought a trade would serve me for life but now with an ever-increasing amount of red tape I feel that many people like me would opt for another career
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CommentDouble act
Mark Hammond says: “These men in Dubrovnik were making quite a good job of pointing the ridge tiles, but it makes you shudder to think how they got up there, or down again!”
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CommentReturn to grub street
Open mike Remember how grimy our cities were until not so long ago? Well Cabe helped transform them by homing in on design quality, so its demise should worry us all, says Roger Madelin
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CommentSo this is sharing the pain?
Everybody is asking everybody else for a discount just when they are least able to offer one. We all end up losing out and undermining the relationships we need if we are to thrive
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CommentM is for Mediation, N is for Novation
Baffled by legal jargon? Don’t know ab initio novation from non-binding mediation? Luckily, we can tell you all about it. This week: M and N
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CommentPassivhaus diaries: Life at Denby Dale
Living in the Denby Dale Passivhaus still feels like something of a physics lesson to owners Geoff and Kate Tunstall (but in a good way). Here they give an update on how they have found their first summer and autumn in the house and their thoughts as they head into ...
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CommentIf the City punters are right brace for a double-digit fall in house prices
Traders are betting on a 6% fall in house prices next year
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CommentBenefits of QS work placements
The young QS started life as a geography student, but a summer placement with a construction contractor changed his career direction
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CommentBuyers and sellers abandon the housing market
And that’s bad news for house building numbers
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CommentIs the Green Deal a good deal?
This is the only government initiative targetting the energy efficiency of existing homes but it should be seen as just the start…
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CommentMixed messages and some worries as payment delays in construction grow again
Over last quarter both construction and property sectors have taken longer to pay
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CommentTimeline: why Rok's in a hard place
The history of Rok from its formation in 1939 to the suspension of its shares this morning
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CommentPaul Morrell's first year at Whitehall: Paul's plan
The government’s construction advisor has been in the job for a year - we take stock
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Short and tweet: Julian Hakes
The architect juggles his career as an architect and an emerging shoe designer
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CommentMy digital life: Darren Shirley
“What’s on your iPod?” iPod, get with it daddy-O. iPods are for luddites
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CommentHansom: For one week only!
Roll up, roll up … see the strong man lift the BSF bid document using only two transit vans! See Mr Memory forget his own policies! And, of course, we have beautiful buildings … totally nude!
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CommentSnakes and ladders
Our sustainability targets are well within our reach. The only problem is working out which technologies will give us a leg up, and which will send us sliding back to square one