Opinion – Page 258
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Inbox: 23 March 2012
This week one reader wonders why SMEs are treated so badly; others are confused over the state of the housing market… and the Construction Act; while the railways get a passenger scratching his head
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Boom and bust design theory
Our economic cycle, constantly revolving between feast and famine, will never encourage good, sustainable architecture. It is time we found a better way, says Jack Pringle
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Hansom: Use your assets
This week, a high-vis clothing firm enlists the help of a former Ecuador president, an architecture boss hopes animal behaviour will help her win The Apprentice, and the Energy Saving Trust generates heat
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A great three days at Ecobuild
Kriss Akabusi, cucumber coolers and the discovery of the elusive Lego panda all contributed to an excellent second day on the UBM stand at Ecobuild
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Collaboration is the key to our green ambitions
Ecobuild speaker Dan Labbad explains why he accepted an invitation to join the Green Construction Board
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Infrastructure plan puts UK on the right road
Arup’s Alex Jan argues that David Cameron’s roads announcement has the ability to dramatically change infrastructure work in the UK
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Five bold steps that would kick start UK infrastructure investment and growth
Richard Threlfall, KPMG’s UK head of building, infrastructure and construction on the government’s infrastructure push
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Steady as she goes- Budget 2012
What does Osborne's latest Budget mean for public sector organisations across the country?
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Green shoots are everywhere at Ecobuild
Green Ðǿմ«Ã½ Store director Bill Butcher offers his pick of the world’s biggest sustainable design and construction conference
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Let's celebrate the faces of the future
Ðǿմ«Ã½ requests your presence at our Ecobuild stand, to meet the Top 50 Rising Stars of Sustainability
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Having a 'Crystal' ball at Ecobuild
Emily Wright gives an action-packed rundown of sustainable-building’s biggest jamboree
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The trouble with handing roads to private firms
Brian Green questions whether David Cameron really understands the difference between privately managing the water supply and trying to do the same thing with the roads network
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Derelection and duty
Does a council have the right to step in if a building is falling down and the owner does nothing? It’s not quite that simple …
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What will the world look like in 2050?
The built environment may not look radically different in the future but major change is needed to meet sustainability demands - and we need a plan now
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Hansom: When in Cannes
Eurostar travellers arrived at this year’s Mipim event - after an extended journey - hungry and peeved
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My digital life ... John Davies
Twitter is out, but YouTube is in for this bargain-hunting head of sustainability
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The outlook for outsourcing
Services groups that don’t share Kier’s pessimism about public sector outsourcing might do well to remind themselves exactly how local politics works
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Wonders & blunders with Matthew Cousins
Matthew Cousins follows the yellow brick road to the diverse Accordia housing development in Cambridge -Â but is stopped in his tracks by a soulless Libeskind building in Holloway