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A decade of chapter 4.1
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the introduction of chapter 4.1land quality- managing ground conditions into the NHBC standards and also the provision of contaminated land cover for new homeowners under NHBC’s buildmark warranty. Simon Barrett, NHBC’s senior engineering manager explains further...
 
The case for customer-led change in the laboratory sector
Is your soil testing laboratory delivering? The National Laboratory Service (NLS) is challenging the status quo, attempting to become the leading soils testing and analysis laboratory through its customer service.
 
The Construction Act becomes law but is not yet in force

 

The Act

The changes proposed to the law on construction contracts in the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill have at last reached the end of the parliamentary process, as the Bill received Royal Assent on the 12th November 2009. Whilst the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act is now on the statute books, the part relating to construction contracts (Part 8) (and indeed most of the core policies in other parts of the Act) is not yet in force, and awaits the issue of a commencement order by the Secretary of State.
 
What price reputation?
The contractors named and shamed by the OFT should never work in the public sector again, says an industry source. strong words, but it reflects the sense of dismay the scandal has provoked. Mark Cantrell reports.
 
The National Brownfield Strategy for England
Dr Richard Boyle, Brownfield Technical Consultant, the Homes and Communities Agency, says unlocking brownfield land is the key to a sustainable future.
 
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