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CommentRichard Steer on Aecom's takeover of Davis Langdon
What does the takeover mean for the UK cost consultants who value their independence?
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CommentKnowles' knowledge: Improving your payment terms
In order to clinch a deal its easy to overlook poor payment terms, but you may be in a better negotiating position than you think鈥�
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CommentValue of UK homes rose 拢125.7 billion in 2009
Sounds big, but it's not so impressive when you consider inflation and stock growth
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Any which way
As money for schemes is squeezed, clients will opt for lowest price tenders. But contractors will then seek to boost their income through claims and variations, warns Sir Michael Latham
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Wonders & blunders with Greg Lomas
Greg Lomas marvels at 18th-century stone shelters in Italy, but derides a restaurant in south-west Africa
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CommentHansom: The guest list
David Beckham, Annie Lennox and Jay-Z hotfoot it to the Metropole, Mr Bill Ding has an appointment at the magistrates鈥� court and the communities department invites charges of hypocrisy
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CommentLow carbon agenda: Mixed greens
To a minister in Whitehall, bringing forward regs changes by a year may not seem like much of a leap. But for firms in the real world, it promises massive disruption
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Guess x estimate
Dare I suggest that your article on SAP has the world upside-down (23 July, page 22)?The science world has only the vaguest quantitative measure of global warming and the contribution to it of carbon dioxide; the possible contribution of the UK to making a change in this is swamped by ...
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Commit to low carbon
Given the continuing delays to the Renewable Heating Incentive (16 July, page 13) and the recent announcement of funding cuts for low-carbon technology, we could be forgiven for thinking the government has lost its conviction in the fight against climate change
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Miller Group
I refer to your article 鈥淏reaking the shackles鈥� (23 July, page 16), which includes Miller Group in a list of refinanced housebuilders, all of whom, with the exception of Miller Group, are majority owned or controlled by Lloyds Banking Group
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Take our advice
Your leader on the government鈥檚 health reforms and clients鈥� need for solid advice struck a chord with us (16 July, page 3)
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CommentNationwide joins other indexes to show house prices falling
House prices may be on the slide but there shouldn't be another collapse
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CommentA break in the clouds for construction's smaller firms
New surveys provide more evidence of a strong second quarter for building firms
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Video: London 2012 venues under construction
Watch Tim Crocker鈥檚 stunning film of London鈥檚 2012 Olympic venues
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CommentGreen 2012 expertise in danger of being lost
Government departments must harness the sustainable expertise gained from building the 2012 London Olympics
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CommentShepherd Construction鈥檚 court victory and why it matters
One of the lawyers acting for the winning party looks at what this case means for those assessing extension of time claims
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CommentDid construction really propel the UK economy this spring?
What were the factors behind the 6.6% growth in construction output in the second quarter?