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CommentHansom 鈥� summer lovin鈥�
It鈥檚 hugs and smiles all around this week (unless you鈥檙e a housebuilder, of course), with bosses getting plenty of TLC, fathers learning from daughters, and Boris feeling the wind through his hair
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint 鈥� for Cornhill construction
It鈥檚 still summer in London, just about, but it goes without saying that it鈥檚 raining. As the team from Cornhill trudge into All Bar One on New Oxford Street sporting skin tones ranging from subtly bronzed to lobster chic, it鈥檚 clear they鈥檝e not spent all of the past three months ...
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The cost of being green
We read with interest the article 鈥淧lundered with impunity鈥� (8 August, page 20).
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It鈥檚 an ill wind
I am afraid that your article on the gathering momentum of the wind farm gravy train (8 August, page 36) fails adequately to emphasize the most basic fallacies and errors in the government鈥檚 blind pursuit of wind power in its quest to comply with its EU renewables obligation.
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CommentAn incy-wincy complaint
I am writing to complain about the advert that you placed on a recent online edition of 星空传媒 magazine.
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A new architectural tradition
Robert Adam makes a good point (1 August, page 26) in saying that the public prefers traditional styles.
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A sound suggestion
Noise complaints are still on the rise in the UK, but it鈥檚 not only our neighbours who are to blame.
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CommentLondon vs Beijing
For now the eyes of the world are filled by afterimages of Beijing, but they will shortly begin turning expectantly towards an area of waste ground in east London.
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Back issues聽鈥� fair competition rules and the accuracy of estimates
May 1858 Architectural designs
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Fall in construction worse than thought drags economy to a halt
If you take the figures at face value, things have just gotten a lot worse for construction and a recession now seems inevitable and potentially deeper than first thought.According to the newly revised GDP figures for the second quarter of this year UK economic growth has come to a grinding ...
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A tale of two statistics and why accuracy isn't about decimal places
I received an email late last night suggesting that I might like to blog on the sudden pulling of the property transaction figures - that is the recently introduced dataset that measures residential sales over 拢40,000.I lead a thrill filled life...Anyway the figures have plunged of late and the statisticians ...
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London sellers take the lead in cutting asking prices for homes
The latest Rightmove figures providing information on what sellers are asking for their homes suggest there has been a swift downward turn in the London market, with more than 拢20,000 cut from average asking prices between July and August.This adds another hint to hints we picked up in the recent ...
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CommentWho will be the champion?
The most important proposal in the Construction Matters report is that construction should have a champion in government. Sir Michael Latham sets out a job description
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CommentLetter of intent
The CaseThe Defendant wished to have refurbishment and regeneration works carried out to a number of houses and flats on the Clapham Park Estate. The Claimant tendered for these works and a Letter of Intent (鈥淟OI鈥�) was sent to the Claimant in June 2007 recording the Defendant鈥檚 intention to enter ...
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CommentThrow us a lifeline, not more red tape
Small construction businesses are one of the few sectors that can save the economy from sinking without trace. So why, asks Colin Harding, is HM Revenue and Customs doing its utmost to make sure they go down with the ship?
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CommentHow to get money out of a bank
Instead of waiting for the downturn to end before trying to secure finance, you can steal a march on the competition by acting now.
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Comment星空传媒 goes sailing 鈥� with Franklin + Andrews
It鈥檚 nine in the morning on the Isle of Wight but, technically, we begin this 鈥溞强沾� Buys a Pint鈥� halfway through the drinking session.
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CommentMy digital life 鈥� Chris Millington
Analyst Chris Millington works from dawn till dusk, and takes his Blackberry with him to the beach. Even his little leisure time is full of drive (Wii Tiger Woods鈥� golf drive, that is)