All ɫTV articles in 06 November 2009 – Page 4

  • ɫTV

    Future under scrutiny

    2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

    The Smith Institute has published a book examining the future of the Thames Gateway

  • ɫTV

    First wave of Kickstart programme gets funding go-ahead

    2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

    The Homes and Communities Agency this week approved funding for 91 housing developments under the first wave of the government’s £925m Kickstart programme, announced in July

  • Comment

    Existential matters: Novation

    2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

    It is not always easy to tell whether a novation has taken place. Here’s a case that ended up in court because one side swore blind that the contract had been novated

  • Features

    Educating mena

    2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

    The Middle East’s grand schoolbuilding plans present a great opportunity for UK firms, so long as they appreciate the unique challenges of the market – as two speakers at December’s BSEC MENA conference explain

  • Features

    I'm still here: Expats surviving in Dubai

    2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

    When the recession brought work in Dubai to a virtual standstill, it triggered an exodus of expat professionals. But not everybody went home. ɫTV talks to some of the survivors to find out how life in the UAE has changed

  • ɫTV

    New digs

    2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

    This is phase one of a £45m student housing project located next to Nottingham University’s jubilee campus

  • ɫTV

    Tories pledge to simplify Gateway delivery

    2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

    The Tory party would audit the £9bn Thames Gateway programme to make sure it “delivered and delivered well”, Stewart Jackson, the shadow regeneration minister, said yesterday

  • Sellafield
    ɫTV

    Sellafield decommissioning project faces year’s delay

    2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

    ‘Strategic review’ of £110m scheme raises questions over £20bn new-build programme

  • Comment

    A matter of life and death

    2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

    I found your article “Manslaughter rules could ‘signal end’ for small firms” (30 October, page 11) fascinating

  • Comment

    Minimum damage: Liquidated damages

    2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

    Liquidated damages are often fought over, but rarely understood. Here’s a guide to the pitfalls to avoid when trying to claim them …

  • ɫTV

    QSs hardest hit by fee cuts

    2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

    Quantity surveyors were confronted with more grim news this week as it emerged that their fees had fallen further in the past year than those of any other type of construction consultant

  • Comment

    Cut out the middle man

    2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

    I’m writing in reference to the recruitment agencies fined for price fixing (2 October, page 10)

  • Comment

    My digital life: Craig Shepheard

    2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

    What’s in your digital holster?

  • Clay Field social housing in Suffolk, which was built using hemp and lime
    Features

    Cost model update: Small projects

    2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

    Max Wilkes of Davis Langdon revisits affordable homes, extra-care homes and nursing homes to find out what effect changes in regulations and tender price deflation have had on the sums

  • ɫTV

    Construction purchasing falls further

    2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

    The decline in construction purchasing increased in October, according to figures from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply

  • Comment

    State of confusion

    2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

    ARK = AZ?

  • Comment

    Lifetime commitment

    2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

    I was bemused by Ian Ellingham’s “open mike” column (23 October, page 33)

  • Comment

    Hansom: Life coach

    2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

    Whether you’re an engineer drained of positive life forces, a shadow of your usual shadow ministerial self, or an architect who feels trapped in a never-ending regeneration scheme, I’m here to help

  • ɫTV

    Laing O'Rourke PFI team claims millions in costs

    2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

    A consortium including Laing O’Rourke and John Laing has launched a legal battle to reclaim millions of pounds in costs over the scrapped £711m Leicester Hospitals PFI scheme

  • ɫTV

    Citywatch: Pirc vs Perks

    2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

    Galliford Try received a shot across the boughs on Tuesday from investor lobby group PIRC, which urged shareholders to snub today’s vote on directors’ pay