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CommentPF2 - Where are we now?
Are we about to see a successful come-back for PFI? There are five questions to answer first, says Jon Hart
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CommentPrevious adjudicator鈥檚 reasoning: Arcadis UK vs May and Baker
This case raised questions about the extent to which it is legitimate or unfair for an adjudicator to take into account or adopt the reasoning of a previous adjudicator鈥檚 decision
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CommentCarillion's cash flow: Cold comfort
As the contractor announces 120-day payment terms, it feels like winter has set in for construction
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CommentReality check
Rick Wheal, consultant at Arup, on why our approach to sustainable building has to change
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CommentMy digital life 鈥� Guy Scilly
The Multitech Site Services managing director on keeping up to date with boxing news, listening to The Jam, and learning to love his Kindle
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CommentHansom: Dining out
On this week鈥檚 menu, an architect鈥檚 in the back of Burger King, Next is on the warpath, a Hansom hack is all at sea, and Boris smells something fishy. Plus, rappers and runners are here to inspire us
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CommentAn exemplary office building
British Land鈥檚 Ropemaker Place is a green scheme to be proud of
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CommentMy beef with the Budget
Richard Steer laments a speech that offers no real nourishment to the industry and, what is worse, shows the chancellor to be deaf to the demands of construction
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CommentWonders & blunders with ... Angus Morrogh-Ryan
Angus Morrogh-Ryan is stunned by Oscar Niemeyer鈥檚 Niter贸i Contemporary Art Museum but the same architect鈥檚 Museum of Cinema is just a sad, unused shell
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CommentAudio clip: 好色先生TV's editor on Help to Buy
好色先生TV鈥檚 editor Sarah Richardson speaking on the BBC鈥檚 Today programme about the effect of the housing measures announced this week
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CommentMy digital life 鈥� Tim Garratt
The Innes England director on blogging at all hours, communicating with his squash team via Facebook, and late Xmas presents
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CommentDodgy suspension
An ingenious solution to finding a parking space in an inner city shopping precinct
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CommentMiddle-aged folks homes
Finding a model of retirement living that appeals to 60-something baby boomers is the key to solving the housing shortage, argues Richard Morton
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CommentHansom: 鈥楥annes do鈥� attitude
We reflect on last week鈥檚 Mipim where BoJo bashed the French, the weather threatened to flood the place, a Turner Townsend employee reminisced about bath time, and we got our hands on some boules
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CommentBIM: Method in modelling
The new BIM protocol and standard should finally put an end to the industry鈥檚 ad-hoc approach to managing information, says Simon Rawlinson
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CommentWould retention trust funds work?
Should trust funds be set up to ensure subcontractors get retentions?
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CommentOnly big firms can lead on direct payment
A reader鈥檚 view on John Lewis鈥� idea to pay subcontractors directly