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CommentMore regulation isn't the answer to poor design
Boris Johnson鈥檚 housing design standards won鈥檛 be as effective as simply giving consumers tools to make an educated choice at the point of sale
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Global job opportunities: Think the unthinkable
Why you should consider working in Saudi Arabia
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CommentIt will take a joint effort to improve BREEAM
If we want an effective way to rate refurbs and fit-outs we need the BRE and the RICS to work together, argues RICS head of policy
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CommentCoalition government鈥檚 first 100 days: the industry鈥檚 verdict
As the government marks its first 100 days with tough-talking speeches, leading industry figures give their opinion
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CommentCity Inn vs Shepherd Construction: concurrent delay
This case went all the way to Scotland鈥檚 Inner House where the court backed a practical approach to analysing the causes of delay
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With a little understanding
The 鈥渂ig society鈥� is working well, then (Prescott 鈥檊rowth areas鈥� pull plans for thousands of homes, 6 August, building.co.uk)
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Right tool for the job
Your article, Government鈥檚 carbon compliance tool 鈥檌nadequate鈥� (2 July, building.co.uk) raises an important question: why is the government continuing to spend money expanding the capabilities of SAP, when other alternative tools are already available in the form of SBEM and DSM?
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Set-off on the right foot
The law governing situations where two parties owe each other money is murky. But a recent Court of Appeal case sheds some useful light
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Smaller fish are endangered
Aecom鈥檚 deal to buy Davis Langdon for 拢204m will further reduce the opportunity for smaller consultancies to win major projects (5 August, building.co.uk)
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CommentHansom: The end is nigh
This week, we contemplate our mortality in the form of moribund school programmes, vanishing staff, and Brits making their final exit from the Middle East 鈥� meanwhile, death stalks the Euston Road
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Don't trust Shapps
How surprised are we in the architectural profession that another government promise has been broken (Shapps delays definition of zero carbon, 30 July, building.co.uk)?
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Don't trust Gove
Perhaps if Michael Gove identifies where the funding was coming from for both the capital and the revenue, the Academies Bill might be more believable (Gove defends 鈥渞ushed鈥� Academies Bill, 20 July, building.co.uk)
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CommentDavis Langdon takeover: Making painful progress
So the industry鈥檚 worst-kept secret is out: Aecom is taking over Davis Langdon
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City Inn vs Shepherd: How much sand is a snowstorm worth?
Let鈥檚 delve deeper into City Inn vs Shepherd. At first glance, it looks like the three appeal judges came to different conclusions on relevant events. Look again 鈥�
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CommentPFI can鈥檛 take sting out of cuts
Public sector clients tempted to reintroduce cancelled projects as variations to existing PFIs may be breaking the rules
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint ... for Humberts leisure
In the seventies you used to get lots of buff women with heaving breasts in vampire films, but now it鈥檚 just buff men
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CommentRIBA conditions of appointment: A return to a simpler time
The RIBA鈥檚 latest conditions of appointment aren鈥檛 perfect, but they鈥檝e swept away many of the onerous obligations in the 2007 edition
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CommentDavis Langdon - An Aecom company
One of the best known and respected consultants in the UK has been bought by a US firm 10 times its size. Here, Tom Bill asks whether DL was forced into a marriage with Aecom, and what will happen to the 91-year-old brand once two become one
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CommentBSF collapse: Acrimony, angst and anger
The collapse of 星空传媒 Schools for the Future has left a lot of bad feeling, but in some ways the programme deserved to die - and we now have the chance to do it better
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CommentAbolition of regional planning strategies: NIMBYism at work?
Abolition of regional housing targets risks putting planning decision in hands of reluctant locals