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CommentWonders & blunders with Ben Derbyshire
HTA鈥檚 Ben Derbyshire was moved to tears by the beauty of Thomas Heatherwick鈥檚 Olympic cauldron whereas One New Change makes him weep for other reasons
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Comment星空传媒 on Flickr: Basketball Arena
The BasketBall Arena for the London 2012 Olympic Games, photographed by Kevin Button
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CommentBank of England agents give construction a gloomy assessment
In the sober judgement of banks, construction is getting worse faster
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CommentMy digital life 鈥� Pero Maticevic
A Fletcher Priest Architects partner reveals a digital dependency and love of navigation apps
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CommentCompany restructures: Wake up and shake up
Some of the UK鈥檚 biggest contractors are restructuring 鈥� but the drive for efficiency goes beyond cutting staff numbers
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CommentRather than provide growth, private sector new construction has gone into reverse
Private new work in commercial, housing and industrial combined has declined steadily since the start of the year
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Comment星空传媒 on Flickr: Chobham Academy, Stratford, London
Chobham Academy, Stratford, London, by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, photographed by Timothy Soar www.timothysoar.co.uk
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CommentResi: Yes, it's Groundhog Day
Joey Gardiner finds government money and planning reform fail to lift the mood at this week鈥檚 RESI 2012 conference
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CommentHansom: Mistaken identities
This week, Danny Alexander is lost in time, a career change is suggested for Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, Berkeley looks to heavenly ladies to sell property and Grant Shapps bids farewell to the housing brief
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CommentMy Digital Life ... Ben Johnson
John Rowan and Partners head of asset management talks fridge magnets, Phil Collins and Samurai versus Zombie defence
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CommentCabinet reshuffle: The pain game
Despite firms going bust, and young people being denied entry to the industry, the government is still posturing. It needs to act
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CommentBarriers to building new homes
Constant tinkering of planning policy and short-term political reasons are hindering development
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CommentMarket needs PFI certainty
What confidence can we have now that we will actually see some direction for PFI this autumn?
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CommentScotland expects
The building industry will look to Ms Sturgeon to hit the ground running with measures to kick-start life back into this crucial sector
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CommentThe 'conservatory tax' is dead. Long live consequential improvements
Ministers should ignore 鈥榗onservatory tax鈥� media hysteria and press on with consequential improvements, says Andrew Warren
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CommentIs the UK rapidly building up a future construction skills gap? Probably
Figures indicating how much the pool of labour has shrunk are disturbing
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CommentWonders & blunders with Linda Morey Smith
Linda Morey Smith loves London鈥檚 Victorian palace for dinosaurs, but is less keen on what鈥檚 happened to the Elephant
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CommentThe housing market is in a coma and the drugs don鈥檛 work 鈥� a bit more verve perhaps?
More potent and perhaps more directly applied medicine might be needed to get Britain building homes
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CommentTime is running out for construction as private sector new orders run thin
Without new orders coming in fast the prospects look bleak
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CommentPlaytime's over
Most government initiatives identified as a way of boosting the economy through the construction has floundered in the execution