Opinion – Page 219

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    Reader competition: Spot the Ðǿմ«Ã½

    2013-05-17T06:00:00Z

    In this photo montage we have five schemes, can you identify them?

  • Sarah Richardson, editor of Ðǿմ«Ã½
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    Celebrate 170 years (online!)

    2013-05-17T06:00:00Z

    Register on building.co.uk this week for a host of special digital features, absolutely free …

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    BIM: Cultural shift

    2013-05-14T09:35:00Z

    A survey by RICS shows that nearly half of the sector is still not using BIM. We must work to overcome the barrriers to engagement, says Alan Muse

  • Neil Jefferson
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    Neil Jefferson on building sustainable homes

    2013-05-10T06:00:00Z

    Ðǿմ«Ã½ truly sustainable new buildings isn’t just about regulations

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    Unblocking the arteries

    2013-05-10T06:00:00Z

    Megaprojects shouldn’t be at the expense of smaller transport infrastructure upgrades that have a more immediate impact on our working lives

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    Hansom: Ah, the memories

    2013-05-10T06:00:00Z

    Let’s go back in time with thought-provoking graffiti from the sixties, a return to the slow pace of barge travel, and the recollection of how the 2012 Olympics promised so much for contractors

  • James Buratti
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    My digital life … James Buratti

    2013-05-10T06:00:00Z

    The Faithful+Gould senior project manager on the joys of using BT MeetMe, his love for rugbydump and getting words lost in translation

  • Sarah Richardson, editor of Ðǿմ«Ã½
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    We're off

    2013-05-10T06:00:00Z

    At last, the government has launched the privately financed element of its school building programme

  • Cornerstone
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    Listen closely

    2013-05-10T06:00:00Z

    All the noise from Westminster is about saving another £11.5bn. But more quietly, some areas of government are working to rationalise estates and provide construction work

  • Matthew Woodthorpe
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    Wonders & blunders with Matthew Woodthorpe

    2013-05-10T06:00:00Z

    Matthew Woodthorpe thinks he may have found the perfect cemetery chapel in Stockholm, but finds St George Wharf in Vauxhall discomforting to look at

  • Ed Miliband
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    A taxing problem for construction

    2013-05-10T06:00:00Z

    The government should use targeted VAT cuts to boost the construction sector

  • useful
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    Industry needs investment, not gimmicks

    2013-05-10T06:00:00Z

    The coalition should replace a patronising attitude with incentives to build

  • useful
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    Remove energy firms from equation

    2013-05-10T06:00:00Z

    It doesn’t make sense to rely on energy firms to reduce their profitability

  • Steve Beechey
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    TIF of the iceberg

    2013-05-03T06:00:00Z

    Battersea’s Nine Elms development has got the green light to use tax-increment financing. Does this mean the industry has overcome the funding impasse?

  • Killian Hurley
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    My digital life … James Baker

    2013-05-03T06:00:00Z

    The chartered surveyor on why he doesn’t use a Mac, becoming an iPhone convert, and online shopping

  • Glasgow School of Art
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    Wonders & blunders with Alice Milligan

    2013-05-03T06:00:00Z

    Alice Milligan admires Glasgow School of Art’s main building, designed by aluminus Charles Rennie Mackintosh, but finds the neighbouring Bourdon Ðǿմ«Ã½ lazy

  • hansom for i pad
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    Hansom: High society

    2013-05-03T00:00:00Z

    We’re up in the social stratosphere this week: dress sense at the Lords, Canary Wharf Group’s plans for the great unwashed, and One Hyde Park’s elusive residents - only high jinks at the Shard lower the tone

  • Joey Gardiner
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    A long way to go

    2013-05-03T00:00:00Z

    The Balfour Beatty’s latest troubles and the collapse of Rowecord Engineering indicate that construction is far from being out of the woods

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    Shedding light on sports halls

    2013-05-03T00:00:00Z

    Good daylight, good insulation and renewable energy shouldn’t be set in competition against each other

  • useful
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    NEC is behind the times

    2013-05-03T00:00:00Z

    The JCT issued project bank account documentation in 2010