Opinion – Page 219
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Reader competition: Spot the Ðǿմ«Ã½
In this photo montage we have five schemes, can you identify them?
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Celebrate 170 years (online!)
Register on building.co.uk this week for a host of special digital features, absolutely free …
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BIM: Cultural shift
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
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Neil Jefferson on building sustainable homes
Ðǿմ«Ã½ truly sustainable new buildings isn’t just about regulations
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Unblocking the arteries
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
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
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My digital life … James Buratti
The Faithful+Gould senior project manager on the joys of using BT MeetMe, his love for rugbydump and getting words lost in translation
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Listen closely
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
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Wonders & blunders with Matthew Woodthorpe
Matthew Woodthorpe thinks he may have found the perfect cemetery chapel in Stockholm, but finds St George Wharf in Vauxhall discomforting to look at
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A taxing problem for construction
The government should use targeted VAT cuts to boost the construction sector
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Industry needs investment, not gimmicks
The coalition should replace a patronising attitude with incentives to build
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Remove energy firms from equation
It doesn’t make sense to rely on energy firms to reduce their profitability
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TIF of the iceberg
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?
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My digital life … James Baker
The chartered surveyor on why he doesn’t use a Mac, becoming an iPhone convert, and online shopping
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Wonders & blunders with Alice Milligan
Alice Milligan admires Glasgow School of Art’s main building, designed by aluminus Charles Rennie Mackintosh, but finds the neighbouring Bourdon Ðǿմ«Ã½ lazy
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Hansom: High society
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
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A long way to go
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
Good daylight, good insulation and renewable energy shouldn’t be set in competition against each other
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