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CommentUniversity of Brighton vs Dovehouse Interiors Limited: Wrong nominating body
鈥楾he adjudicator resigned having realised that the correct nominating body was not the RICS鈥�
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CommentSpain comes out of the rain
Spain鈥檚 economy is off the emergency ward - and that goes for its property and construction sectors too
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CommentWonders & blunders with F茅licie Krikler
If the Palais des Festivals wasn鈥檛 such an overbearing bunker, it might enjoy the amazing views, says F茅licie Krikler. Whereas the Museum of the History of Tel Aviv-Yafo is so well composed, it is the view
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CommentEFA needs to go back to school on costs
The news that contractor Bam has been dropped from five London schools worth almost 拢50m, after, it is understood, claiming it could not deliver two of them without making a loss, has thrown the problem of cost inflation firmly into focus
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CommentHansom: A walk on the wildside
Something fishy is going on in Gibraltar and an otter takes against HS2, but birds and ready mix concrete find themselves oddly at ease with each other - plus, the future has hoverbuses but no tea breaks
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CommentWe need a Garden City vision fit for the 21st century
Planners should look to the ideas behind Apple and Glastonbury rather than attempting to re-invent Letchworth
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CommentThe rise of start-ups and the self-employed
Cloud computing has given small design teams a real chance to compete with the big players and could fundamentally change the dynamics of the building industry
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CommentLearning from primary school data
The Department for Education has created some excellent scorecards for local authorities assessing their need for primary school places. This is invaluable information for construction
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CommentReducing embodied carbon is our next challenge
The industry is leading the way on reducing the embodied carbon in its products
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CommentCould embodied carbon be the answer to zero carbon homes?
Work for the RICS on a robust framework for measuring embodied carbon opens up a range of possibilities
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CommentSeize this chance for change
The government鈥檚 Payment Charter takes us a step closer to fixing the industry鈥檚 ills
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CommentTime for a Green Deal rethink?
The construction industry is capable of making an energy efficiency retrofit market work
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CommentHousing: Check facts about coalition housing record
Nick Raynsford hits back in the latest round of his war of words with Andrew Stunell on the issue of social housing
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CommentHousing: A maths lesson for Labour
Andew Stunell MP responds to Nick Raynsford鈥檚 critique of his coulmn on coalition housing policy
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CommentNew York's housing stock challenge
New York already has some of the lowest emissions per capita of any major international city, but this recent report highlights areas where it could go further
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CommentHansom: Stepping in
This week, the Treasury has its say on sustainability policy, Willmott Dixon goes to the rescue of those affected by flood damage and a business park gets assistance from a feathered friend
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CommentScottish independence would be madness
I implore construction colleagues north of the border to vote no in the independence referendum