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CommentThe camera sometimes lies
Open mike聽Thermal imaging is an invaluable tool, but beware: in the wrong hands, those pretty pictures don鈥檛 always tell the full story, says Rod Appleyard
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CommentInsolvency law: Flogging a dead horse
Despite changes to the law since the last recession, Chris Hill and Amanda Greenwood say that, as far as insolvency is concerned, adjudication rights are unclear
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CommentWebmaster review: Foster + Partners website
Architect Foster + Partners' website, fosterandpartners.com, scores well on usability but badly needssome search engine optimisation
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Housing market grinding to a standstill, says Hometrack
There is further evidence that the housing market is grinding to a standstill in the latest monthly figures provided by Hometrack.Hometrack figures put the annual drop in average prices at about 6.2%. This is a more modest drop than the figures produced by Nationwide and Halifax, but as I have ...
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Honesty 鈥�
I have just been reading about the Olympic media centre being 拢90m over budget. Can we never get it right?
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CommentThe Games people play
I very much enjoyed reading your article on the 1908 Olympics (5 September, page 42), but noticed a couple of historical errors.
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Insulation for the nation
Regarding plans to insulate all UK homes by 2020, the level of energy efficiency necessary to achieve carbon emissions reductions is four times higher than that which cavity wall and loft insulation can provide.
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Let鈥檚 get one thing straight
With reference to 鈥淢overs and makers鈥� (5 September, page 74): the article announced that PVCu window maker Duraflex had received approval from Birmingham council for its A-class system for doors and windows.
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星空传媒 buys a pint 鈥� for Elementa Consulting
Chosen venue: The George, Borough High Street聽Ambience: Olde Worlde pub crowded with not so olde worlde afterwork drinkers聽Topics: sustainable pubs, softball and water divining聽Drinks: 7 pints of Guinness, 4.5 pints of bitter, 1 pint of Fosters, a half of Becks, 2 white wines
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CommentTopsy-turvy
Architects get mistaken for moneylenders, engineers try to be journalists and there鈥檚 snow on the horizon in Saudi Arabia. All in all, it鈥檚 been a rather bizarre week 鈥�
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CommentMy digital life: Chris Lynn
Engineer and sports addict Chris Lynn is happy to admit he uses his computer to play games, watch the Olympics and visit football websites, but is a bit more secretive about the present he鈥檚 bought his wife
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CommentSupersizing Cabe
Cabe is happy to condemn the work of 鈥榗ommercial鈥� practices but seems rather reluctant to do the same for the A-listers, such as Rafael Vi帽oly鈥檚 Walkie-talkie
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Now here's a thing
Might the solution to the Olympic officials' worries over filling the skills gap left by returning Polish workers be staring them in the face?There's a property-led recession in Ireland that is freeing up construction workers at a fair rate of knots?Mind you, perhaps they need look no further than our ...
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Treasury faces 拢4.5 billion hole as house sales and stamp duty receipts slump
The steady decline in the UK housing market has been underlined by the latest numbers to come out of HM Revenue & Customs. They show sales of homes dropping to 72,000 in August, compared with 164,000 last August.The figures show a continuing slide that not only highlights the collapse in ...
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Why house prices indexes seem insane and short-term forecasts are futile
The Council of Mortgage Lenders is bang on when it says it is futile to try to update its house price forecast.Frankly it is probably sufficient to say that houses are worth less than they were a year ago and in a year's time they will probably be worth a ...
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CommentA question of charisma
Some regenerated areas become fizzing centres of creative energy whereas others are, well, a bit dull. But what is it that makes the difference? Amanda Levete has a theory 鈥�
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CommentStanding up to the mob
Discussion about the merits and demerits of immigration usually takes the form of endless tabloid flood warnings. Nick Raynsford urges us to put the other side of the argument
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Transparency in awarding contracts
The CaseOn 15 March 2007, the London Borough of Newham (鈥淣ewham鈥�) advertised its intention to enter into framework contracts for the procurement, maintenance and management of private sector leased properties. The tender evaluation criteria stated that the contracts would be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender, ...
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint 鈥� for Bompas & Parr
It鈥檚 a Thursday night, I鈥檓 in Dalston, and I鈥檓 scared. The 鈥渁rchitectural food curators鈥� Bompas & Parr have brought me to an Egyptian ballroom in the middle of east London, stuck a fez on my head and popped a miracle berry in my mouth.