All ɫTV articles in 18 November 2011 – Page 3
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Inbox: Quick fix
This week, readers want to help unemployed graduates, solve the problem of congestion on the M25 and see the government consider the consequences of reducing feed-in tariffs
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Government infrastructure push hit by eurozone fallout
Whitehall looks to pension funds for project financing as banks withdraw long-term lending
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Disclosure of Incentives Forms: A help or a hindrance?
From October new rules require housebuilders to make lenders aware of incentives offered to buyers - the idea is to ensure a mortgage offer is based on a true valuation of a property
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High profile names join Davis Langdon exodus
Directors of the firm’s office, retail and residential sectors are to lose their posts
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Stone unturned: Crest Nicholson interview
Two years ago Crest Nicholson almost came a cropper under a deluge of debt. Chief executive Stephen Stone tells ɫTV how its buy-out, and some sheer nerve, has enabled it to stay around
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Survival of the fittest: Courses to improve your CV
Is your CV as good as it could be? With 2012 looking tough, now’s the time to upskill and gain knowledge to win the race for jobs and further your career. Here are three courses that could put you in the fast lane
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Construction and the eurozone: Make it happen
The eurozone is in a mess, but then again so is the UK economy. What we need is to invest in design-led manufacturing so we earn a reputation for excellence
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Grass is greener: Hab Oakus' housing project complete
The Triangle, a £4.2m social housing project by Hab Oakus, the development company spearheaded by Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud, is complete and fully inhabited. The Swindon scheme comprises 42 eco-homes built around a “village green”. The project was designed by Glenn Howells Architects and built by Willmott Dixon.
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Commercial Offices Index: Offices construction hit by eurozone crisis
October saw the commercial offices index fall by 9%
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Public sector cuts: Client feedback
Public sector clients slashed projects in response to the chancellor’s swingeing cuts. But as the results of the Constructionline ɫTV Index show, the pain is by no means over
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Country focus: China
China’s GDP outstrips almost everyone else’s, but, says Philip Darby from EC Harris, there are concerns about inflation, bank lending, house prices and construction safety
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My digital life…with Carmen Erwee
This associate partner’s digital life is punctuated with emoticons :P
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Former Mace bosses set up own construction firm
Ian Eggers and Bob White have joined forces with architect Gareth Stapleton for PM company
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Crest boss warns of NPPF delay
Stone said that a serious delay would be a ‘tragedy’ for the UK economy
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Wonders & blunders with Keith Pickavance
Keith Pickavance delights in the eccentricity of the Lloyd’s ɫTV but the Prince of Wales’ fire station in Poundbury deserves to have the hose turned on it
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Mediation: When's the best time?
At any stage in a dispute there are reasons to reject mediation, but, says John Redmond, that doesn’t mean you should
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Arts-led regeneration projects: Join the culture club
These days museums, art galleries and concert halls are built not for their own sake but in the hope they can transform deprived urban wastelands into vibrant communities. Ike Ijeh looks at the resounding successes - and some abject failures