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CommentHansom: uncomfortable moments
Awkward questions are raised at a government press conference, Barratt鈥檚 staff decide against keeping a low profile and Murray Coleman wears pink lycra
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CommentWebmaster review: Terry Farrell & Partners website
Terry Farrell & Partners' website shows that minimalist architecture may not work as well on websites as on buildings
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CommentAn old foe with new faces
Many of our present economic difficulties are really different forms of the same problem: our sclerotic planning system. Time to do something about it, says Michael Gove
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CommentMy digital life - Rob Pratt
This engineering services consultancy director enjoys a bit of Coldplay on his iTunes but online it鈥檚 all about West Ham, EastEnders and jaunts to the south of France
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Some confusion
In a recent issue, I was quoted as saying that LEED certification can be reached without considering energy points.
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint 鈥� for the RIBA
For the final head-to-head in the presidential race, the RIBA spurned its modern-classical marble and chrome palace on Portland Place in favour of the neo-gothic stone and timber Palace of Westminster.
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CommentOpen mike: 星空传媒 control 鈥� Who鈥檚 watching the watchmen?
The government鈥檚 consultation on the future of building control has ignored the ridiculous anomalies that exist between private and public sector inspectors, says David Strong
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CommentLook who鈥檚 footing the bill
Using outsiders to bankroll disputes has been treated with some suspicion by the courts. But the construction industry would be well advised to explore it
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Plan of battle
Next Monday, parliament is to debate the planning bill. This looks like it will turn into a savage battle over human rights and economic necessity. Here鈥檚 why
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Setting off LADs: Avoncroft Construction Ltd vs Sharba Homes (CN) Ltd
This was an application to enforce an adjudicator鈥檚 decision awarding Avoncroft Construction Ltd (鈥淎voncroft鈥�) 拢56,380. Avoncroft applied for summary judgment. Sharba Homes (CN) Ltd (鈥淪harba鈥�) resisted this application on the basis that it was entitled to set off LADs. Alternatively, Sharba sought a stay of execution, or ...
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The way to 13,500
Your leader on the industry鈥檚 ability to meet government employment targets was not accurate (13 June, page 3).
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When even the good news is bad news you know it's time to take cover
A massive leap in retail sales. Excellent news surely. But no. Even if you are in the shopfitting business, this is does not make comfortable reading.On figures like these the markets are pricing in interest rate rises. This reaction encouraged, do doubt, in part by the tough words by the ...
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It's simple: act now or the house building industry collapses
When asked to do this blog I had hoped to steer clear of indulging in raw comment. But, even as cynical as I have become as a journalist over twenty odd years, I had not expected to encounter such fundamental ignorance and dithering as I see within Government ahead of ...
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Prepare for massive jobs cuts, recession is upon us
Construction is heading for two years of recession says the Construction Products Association in its latest forecast.It puts output down 1.3% this year and 1.6% next year, before a sluggish recovery starts in 2010.The net result is that activity will fall by more than 5% from the where it was ...
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Consensus grows on 20% house price fall
The new parlour game for economists seems to be guessing where the bottom is for house prices. The latest consensus position seems to be coming in at about 20% judging by reports in the Guardian and the FT.But that will be an average, so get ready for stories of houses ...
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Carnage if 70,000 fewer homes built - an 拢8 billion hit for construction
The Observer this Sunday claimed 70,000 fewer homes would be built this year.We face the biggest post-War slump in house building it said after interviewing Barratt chief Mark Clare.Frankly that would be carnage and, if the figure proves anywhere near accurate, it would mean a cut of about 拢8 billion ...
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More gloom for US housing market
Confidence in the US housing market has been further dented by a sharp rise in foreclosure (repossessions) in May according to RealtyTrac figures.
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House prices are still up on a year ago, says FT survey
It flies in the face of other house price measures, but the FT house price survey puts prices in England and Wales up by 2.7% on a year ago, despite a 0.6% fall in May.