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CommentDifferent classes
聽If a government adviser on education design spent a day in a modern school for boys with emotional problems, what would she learn?
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint 鈥� for Fulcrum Consulting
We鈥檙e in the Old China Hand, which is a 30-second dash across the road from Fulcrum鈥檚 Clerkenwell office.
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CommentLive from the BRE
If you can鈥檛 get to BRE鈥檚 Innovation Park yourself, log on to the 星空传媒 website for a guided tour of the site, as well as in-depth interviews with the teams involved, says Alex Smith
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Wonders & blunders
Simon McWhirter picks two lots of housing: one a happy and healthy sustainable development, the other a decrepit and depressing tower block
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Not good, but still the best
Charging fees for the use of a courtroom has got many people鈥檚 blood up. But in fact, even with the trial fee, litigation is a cheaper option than arbitration.
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CommentConsider the bat
So, the competition was to design a des res for a few hundred flying midge munchers, but the results were revelatory 鈥� and strangely important for all of us鈥�
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John F Hunt Demolition Ltd vs ASME Engineering Ltd
This was a preliminary issues hearing relating to a main contract dated 30 June 2002, whereby Kier (Whitehall Place) Ltd (鈥淲hitehall鈥�) engaged Kier Build Ltd (鈥淏uild鈥�) to design and construct commercial office premises at Whitehall Place, London. The contract incorporated the JCT Standard Form of 星空传媒 Contract with Contractor鈥檚 Design ...
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CommentPC or not PC, that is the question
James Bessey聽鈥楶ractical completion鈥�, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder, but if you get it wrong on a PFI project then things can turn very ugly indeed鈥�
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CommentThe mix master
Gordon Brown has worked hard to find a delicate balance between continuity and change since becoming prime minister, and his policies on eco-towns, Crossrail and the PGS show what a shrewd operator he is
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Making whoopie
Well, clients do want to get into partnering. Their hearts are in the right place. Trouble is, says Greg Verhoef, their hearts don鈥檛 always know what other parts of their body are up to
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A little respect
After more than 30 years in building control, I feel a little unappreciated by recent views on whether the regulations work. I believe, and have told government departments, that we should have a simpler set of regulations and approved documents for domestic work.
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A time for heroes
It was interesting to read your article on leadership (28 September, page 54) as it is an area the industry needs to take more seriously.
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Get your own house in order
How can a government department that was widely criticised for the way it introduced Part L a year ago suddenly chastise building control so vehemently (5 October, page 42)?
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CommentNo need to fight
The possibility of the first hostile takeover in living memory of one contractor by another has sent shockwaves through the sector over the past week.
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A power sharing deal
The signs are that the government is going to make it much easier to install wind turbines, and other microgenerators, by removing the requirement for planning permission
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CommentA matter of conscience
It surprised me to find an article recommending that materials should be sourced from China, a country that doesn鈥檛 recognise human rights (remember the students鈥� protest in Tiananmen Square?) and that is buying illegally forested timber from Malaysia, leaving it struggling to sustain its natural diversity (12 October, page 14).