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CommentSchool buildings: Could achieve great things
Schools need results and, with a new building programme on its way, the design and construction industries are the best people to deliver
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Inbox: Hot topic
The solar debate heats up this week as one reader explains the reasoning behind the feed-in tariff cuts, while another draws our attention to a solar energy technology being left in the shadows
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CommentGiving up on green
Economic realities are serious impacting on the sustainability agenda - but what鈥檚 at stake in this delay?
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CommentWhy BIM doesn't have to be 3D
QSs may adopt BIM more quickly if they stopped thinking of it as a 3D tool. BIM鈥檚 about more efficient ways of working not just computer models
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CommentThings may look slightly better in the housing market, but I wouldn鈥檛 get too excited
What are the medium-term prospects of the housing market?
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CommentFear of charging motorists leaves UK on road to nowhere
A new report from Arup says roadbuilding in the UK has ground to a halt despite obvious economic benefits of new schemes
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CommentAre customers loyal or just too lazy to go elsewhere?
Our marketing expert explains how earn loyalty from your customers
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FITs: Time for a rational response
Feed-in tariffs should have been brought down gradually over a period of time instead of the knee-jerk reaction we鈥檝e seen
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Interview: The most influential surveyor on Twitter
Ben Muir of chartered building surveyor Avalon topped the first tCnRICS100 list of most influential users of Twitter
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CommentMy Digital Life: Erland Rendall
A forward thinker, it鈥檚 not just apps and tweeting that gets Erland鈥檚 digital buzz going
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CommentHansom: hitting the big time
The lure of celebrity proves too much to resist as industry members rub shoulders with Strictly contestants, reveal their own love of performing and start morphing into famous figures themselves
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CommentSafety in numbers
Nobody is safe from the acquiring arms of foreign firms (apart from architects), but is this the grisly end of UK independence or just small companies fighting for survival?
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint ... At construction rocks
This year our industry experts let their hair down in Camden
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Inbox: On balance
This week, readers weigh up the arguments for and against PFI, decide the Green Construction Board is missing an academic voice and urge the Scottish government to reconsider its capital budget cuts
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CommentThe big time
You鈥檝e got to be in it to win it, but who is going to win this consultant sector battle?
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CommentFITs due a haircut but government has butchered PVs
There is some merit in cutting subsidies for a technology with falling costs but a sudden U-turn seriously harms sector
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CommentIf the Government wants to a boost from construction it better be quick about it
Government rhetoric suggests long-term investment in infrastructure - it needs to act quickly before a construction recession sheds jobs and skills
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CommentPre-action disclosure: PHD Modular Access Services vs Seele GmbH
Think carefully before seeking pre-action disclosure, as it will only be granted where court proceedings are anticipated