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CommentConstruction Growth Drives Economic Recovery? Really?
ONS said that GDP in 2010 Q2 grew at double the rate that macroeconomic forecasters were anticipating and that the main driver was construction... really?
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CommentThe times they have a-changed
When the head of construction at John Lewis says competitive tendering gets projects done for 10% less than partnering, it鈥檚 clear the paradigm has shifted
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CommentThe beggar鈥檚 banquet
The Scottish courts have expressed their opinion about whether the loser of an adjudication has to pay the winner if that winner appears to be on Carey Street
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CommentClarification: Public spending on construction
How much public cash has actually been spent on construction?
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Schools out for tender
It鈥檚 a new order for those involved in building schools after the coalition鈥檚 savage cutbacks. But the changes should bring opportunities for smaller contractors
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Hidden agenda: the weakness of adjudication
Because it takes place in private, adjudication is preventing judges from developing construction law - and lawyers aren鈥檛 improving the contracts they draft
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CommentHow does the state imagine?
The next decade is going to reinterpret, reorganise and abolish much of our familiar world, so we鈥檒l need creative thinking from government. Which could be a problem
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CommentQuentin Shears: Free schools and the Continuity PTA
鈥橳hey鈥檙e already looking at sites, trying to work out how many kids you can fit in an abandoned Zavvi鈥�
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Hansom: Fruit loops
Though life鈥檚 no bowl of cherries for construction, our resilient colleagues have been going bananas on the 2012 site, tapping away on BlackBerries and spilling raspberry juice over a top chef鈥檚 kitchen
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Schools are too expensive ...
The number of people involved and the massive fees that are paid, no wonder the cost of the schools is off the scale
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Let's get falls to fall
Recently released Health and Safety Executive figures, showing that worker deaths were down from 178 fatalities in 2008/09 to 151 in 2009/10, are testament to the work of safety practitioners across the UK
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Have glass, won't travel
Here鈥檚 a new feature concept: 鈥満蒙壬鶷V buys a pint for 鈥� anyone outside London.鈥�
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Q+A from the 好色先生TV forum
好色先生TV鈥檚 Forum regulars don鈥檛 always focus on serious topics. This week, something from the busy General Chit-chat section
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CommentA bridge too far
Simon Whitehead spotted this instructive scene in Dulwich, south London, which demonstrates that the 鈥渙h, it鈥檒l probably be okay鈥� approach doesn鈥檛 always work out 鈥�
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CommentGreen refurbishment won't happen without cash incentives
The government must bring in financial incentives in its Green Deal to encourage homeowners to upgrade their homes
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CommentJust how biased can an adjudicator be?
A court case last week showed that overturning an adjudication by claiming bias is an uphill battle
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CommentAlternative medicine
The gp consortiums will not be a few go-getting practices clubbing together - they鈥檒l be huge organisations that operate over whole counties
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CommentA last hurrah for construction before the axe falls
Output in the last quarter was the best since Lehman Brothers collapsed. Alas figures won't be as high again for the foreseeable future