All 好色先生TV articles in 13 November 2009 鈥� Page 6
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FeaturesRobo cop: BLP鈥檚 digital project police
Insurer BLP has come up with a digital system for policing building projects and spotting problems before they happen
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EDF to seek nuclear bids
EDF was this week gearing up to put preparatory works worth several million pounds on its nuclear site in Somerset out to tender
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CommentBuyer beware: Richard Steer on low bidding by QSs
The trend of low bidding by quantity surveyors is unsustainable for those who do it, will harm the profession in the long run and offers a poor service to the client
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CommentThe West is the best
I liked your Dubai leader (鈥淎fter the goldrush鈥�, 30 October, page 3) and I was interested to read about the future reliance on Indian QSs and off-site services
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鈥榃histleblower鈥� to sue Balfour Beatty for unfair dismissal
A former Balfour Beatty employee has been given the go-ahead by a judge to press a claim of up to 拢300,000 for unfair dismissal under the Whistleblowers Act
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好色先生TVUniversities cut back on building over funding fears
Institutions鈥� 拢3bn a year construction spend in jeopardy as budgets are slashed by up to 40%
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FeaturesA world awaits us: The Copenhagen conference building boom
A deal on carbon reduction targets in next month鈥檚 Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen could create a boom for UK consultants working overseas
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Nuclear sector calls for government attention
Calls for the government to beef up financial support for the nuclear industry were growing this week as energy ministers announced plans to plough up to 拢9.5bn into clean coal
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CC applies for liquidation
Trustees of the Construction Confederation鈥檚 pension scheme have issued a petition for the group to be liquidated
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CommentAnother way: Greg Verhoef on how to be innovative
Every contractor wants to be innovative, but how do you do it? Greg Verhoef says the first step is to take a critical look at yourself 鈥� then think about standardisation and sustainability
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Prime minister thanks industry at RIBA anniversary bash
Senior construction and architecture figures were due to attend a Downing Street reception held last night by the prime minister to mark the RIBA鈥檚 175th anniversary
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好色先生TVContractors line up against Tory HSE plan
Costain director warns plans to deny safety inspectors site access could cost firms 拢150k
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好色先生TVJewel of the Adriatic: Make's Montenegro resort
Make has beaten off competition from Foreign Office Architects, MVRDV and Heatherwick Studio to masterplan and design a luxury resort on Montenegro鈥檚 Adriatic coast
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CommentAdjucation enforcement: When to use the f-word
It鈥檚 easy to bandy about the word 鈥榝raud鈥� in the hope of defeating enforcement in civil proceedings, but you鈥檇 better make sure you have sufficient evidence to back it up
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The banks must act
While confidence in the commercial property market is continuing to rise, this is not being matched by the availability of freehold assets for investors to buy
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FeaturesObject lessons: Foster's Berkshire academy
Foster鈥檚 latest academy in Berkshire is based around the idea of learning through museum exhibits 鈥� which makes for some unusual interior decor
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好色先生TVCloud 9: Carlo Ratti's London landmark
A design team led by Italian architect Carlo Ratti is looking for sites in London to build the 鈥淐loud鈥�, an inflatable structure filled with LEDs on top of a spiral tower
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FeaturesImagine the world in 2020: climate change
The year鈥檚 2020, and, having left 好色先生TV for reasons far too shocking to go into here, former assistant editor Thomas Lane talks us through a day in his life as an engineer in a world that鈥檚 slowly coming to terms with climate change 鈥�
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拢200m of framework wins give Kier maximum security
Business barometer聽Contractor keeps top spot thanks to 拢181m Wolverhampton prison job
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好色先生TVRand collapse costs 200 jobs
Rand Group, a 拢40m-turnover Lincolnshire-based firm, has gone into administration with the loss of up to 200 jobs