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You need help
As a quaintly named 鈥渉eritage professional鈥� dealing with 鈥渉eritage assets鈥� and their management, I can understand Simon Tolson鈥檚 frustration with the lack of standard procedure in dealing with historic buildings (5 February, page 47)
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CommentHansom opportunity lost
Chance favours the prepared mind, which is bad news for Grant Shapps, Chris Cheshire, the RIBA press office and the government of the UK 鈥� and very good news for a certain consultant
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CommentThe great divide
Given the importance of school work, contractors need to dedicate much more thought to getting education experts and construction experts to work together
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CommentDetached housing policy
Grant Shapps鈥� plans for the housing market fly in the face of expert opinion and will seriously hinder the recovery
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Nuclear new-build: Proceed (with caution)
The nuclear new-build programme has a lot to offer, as long as you can navigate the regulatory and contractual minefield surrounding it
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint 鈥� for EC Harris
It鈥檚 pretty well understood that if you gather any group of English people over a certain age together in any one place for any period of time they鈥檒l start talking about house prices...
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CommentMind, body and soul
I read the article on 鈥渂roken homes鈥� and Amanda Levete鈥檚 article (22 January, page 20 and page 22) and neither discussed one of the main reasons why we should deliver better homes and workplaces
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Flawed board
James Wates鈥� appointment as chair of the CITB CSkills board (12 February, page 10) has some clear benefits for the sector, and he will bring real strengths to the role
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Silk bloomers
In the article 鈥淢ind the gaping hole鈥� (5 February, page 20), you say that 鈥淐hris Bolt, the QC who is acting as independent arbiter鈥� threw out Tube Lines鈥� recent 拢327m claim against London Underground
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About time
At last someone who spells out clearly what the taxman is doing to the industry (鈥淕overnment burglars鈥�, 5 February, page 3)
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CommentWhy we need Charter 284
This week 星空传媒 is launching a campaign to argue for five policy goals that the winner of the general election should implement
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118 000 a number to remember 鈥� 240 000 a number best forgotten
118,000: The number of new homes that were completed in England in 2009, according to the latest official data.240,000: The number of new homes to be created annually in England from 2016, according to the targets set when Yvette Cooper, Minister for Housing and Planning at the time, announced the ...
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Fewer redundancy in construction, but the future remains bleak on jobs
For the optimists in the construction industry there is much hope to be gleaned from the latest employment figures.Equally for the pessimists there is plenty within the numbers to fret about.So what should we make of the latest batch of labour market numbers that, among other things, show that 163,000 ...
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RICS sees workload slump deeper in late 2009 - providing more fare for the double-dippers
It鈥檚 tempting to see the latest construction market survey by the surveyors鈥� body RICS as yet more evidence of a likely double dip in construction 鈥� however you want to define that.And I鈥檓 not going to sit here and argue against that possibility.But there is a case for some cautious ...
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Top security
I have read with interest the response in these pages to the fires at the Green Acre Homes鈥� Peckham and Camberwell building sites, and how many people seem to believe that the security issues surrounding these fires can be addressed with a generic solution
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CommentIn your own time
While Tory campaign managers, a finance director and a London mayor show up long past the hour appointed, a certain Nick Raynsford will just be glad to be invited back
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In the mix
Your coverage of our results on page 16 of last Friday鈥檚 issue, 5 February, was led by a most unfortunate sub-headline that stated that Countryside Properties 鈥渞ues its exposure to mixed-tenure regeneration market鈥�
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CommentThe revenge of Judy Veakins
A company鈥檚 liability for harassment or bullying by one of its managers was brought to attention by a recent case. Tony Bingham sums up the facts 鈥�
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CommentThis time, it鈥檚 personal
Beverley Flynn聽Data protection laws are set to become much stricter, so now is the time for any company holding employees鈥� personal details to pay more attention to the rules