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<b>Don’t throw those bidding spears at me</b> There is no sign yet of a young Michael Caine and his fellow South Wales Borderers behind the sandbags at Rialto Homes’ HQ building - but the Zulus are beating their shields for one final terrifying charge acr

[MMC-IMG=40-A=Left] Time to reveal PPG3 truth

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<b>A kick in the Europhiles</b></b> It can be frustrating being a Europhile in modern Britain. Every time you make headway with considered arguments about investment opportunities, single market benefits and a cosmopolitan future for Britain, the European

Thermal task

Andrew Leech reports that while the insulation industry is heavily involved in designing robust acoustic insulation constructions for Part E of the Building Regs, the arrival of a new CPD directive on thermal insulation testing is no cause for immediate c

Under cover

The popularity of solid or engineered timber flooring continues to surpass that of a range of other floor coverings on the market, finds Andrew Leech.

legal FAQs

Housebuilder’s legal team from Campbell Hooper - Heather O’Sullivan, Sara Hampson, Stuart Jordan and Susan Hawker - explains the usefulness of performance bonds, what “practical completion” really means, and how to handle a misguided planner

Bridport, Dorset - Churchill Retirement Living

The McCarthy boys are looking to take on their dad’s firm and make real in-roads into the retirement market. Steve Menary on some of the first steps of Churchill at Bridport

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the WALRUS

Construction is the new glamour industry when it comes to career choices - or so we’re telling young people. But does it really make the grade?

Nigel Davis

[MMC-IMG=17-A=Right] Nigel Davies 58, has `gone plural’ with his sales and marketing consultancy and clients include Linden, CALA, Ward’s, Laing, Ben Bailey and Countryside