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*lunchbox

2004-05-14T00:00:00Z

Where to schmooze Chloë McCulloch's guide to the best restaurants for impressing your clients

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Marketwatch: retirement housing

2004-05-14T00:00:00Z

In 2001 there were 9.4 million people aged 65 or above in the UK, a 51% increase from 1951.

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Hansom

2004-05-14T00:00:00Z

A fog has descended over us this week, through which the eerie keening of civil servants can be heard, the moons rise and the shadows fall …

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Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

2004-05-14T00:00:00Z

Ann Minogue welcomes us to the tedious, futile, wasteful, aggressive, pointless, hypocritical, irrelevant, bullying, baffling and pretentious world of her top 10 pet hates

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Permanent fixes

2004-05-14T00:00:00Z

The Institution of Chemical Engineers has a model form that seems to eliminate disputes. So should any of it be adopted by the construction industry?

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*Cosying up ...

2004-05-14T00:00:00Z

Why you should get chummy with the rapidly expanding Pegasus Retirement Homes

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*Tips on protecting your business from terrorism

2004-05-14T00:00:00Z

The government's security advisors, MI5, recently published advice on putting security measures in place to protect against terrorism as well as crime. Here's the top, er, 11 …

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Wonders & blunders

2004-05-14T00:00:00Z

Anthony Wilson picks two modern Mancunian buildings, one a triumph of architectural art, the other … er, you’d better read it yourself

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Shula, I've been thinking

2004-05-14T00:00:00Z

Using oilseed rape as a fuel, whether popularised on The Archers or not, could be the answer to getting communities to embrace renewable energy

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The asbestos challenge

2004-05-14T00:00:00Z

Asbestos rules are about to be updated, and they affect all those who manage business properties. And if you don't comply, you may face criminal charges

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Diary of an architectural practice, aged 4½ months

2004-05-14T00:00:00Z

This month staff at Make have careered from the sublimely fit to the ridiculously unhealthy, with a marathon effort and an impromptu doughnut-athon

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10 years on

2004-05-14T00:00:00Z

The review of the Construction Act is not going to be Son of Constructing the Team – there aren't enough hours in the day – but it will be timely

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What's in a name?

2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

The defendant changed its trading name from "Alfred McAlpine" to just "McAlpine" as part of a re-branding exercise, which aimed to remove the old "muddy boots" image of the group and replace it with one that better suited its present emphasis upon capital projects, infrastructure services and business services.

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Open mike: Raised on voodoo

2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

In our latest guest column, Paul Foot explains how the PFI has developed into a sinister force that can make buildings – and democratic accountability – mysteriously vanish

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Hold up!

2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

The adjudicator thought he had spotted an ambush. But by heading the highwaymen off at the pass, he robbed them of their chance to defend themselves

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Not such a high price to pay

2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

The recent difference of opinion between the Sustainable ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½s Task Group and the House Builders Federation has been interesting.

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Hansom

2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

The guv'nor at the Housing Corporation may be hard as nails, but the firemen at the Gherkin are running scared and we're now terrified of public toilets

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Window dressing at the RICS

2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

Your otherwise excellent leader (2 April, page 3) calls on the RICS to "make its members happy that they are receiving the service they deserve for a mere 32% hike in their fees".

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Peabody distrust

2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

Regarding the benefits the Peabody Trust has offered the industry (12 March, pages 18-22).

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Six letters that spell disaster

2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

Here’s a case involving Arup and a power station in the Philippines – and it demonstrates the kind of damage one man can do in five seconds armed only with a biro