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CommentFirst impressions: Projects by Make and Sheppard Robson
Another veteran First Impression panellist, this time from Nottingham University, returns to comment on recent images of new projects on the 星空传媒 website
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CommentLegal special: The OFT and us
Mark Jones and Victoria Slater kick off the analysis by explaining the background to the OFT鈥檚 interest in the building industry 鈥� which shows no signs of subsiding
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CommentIt just gets worse
When the Office of Fair Trading accuses the supermarkets of price fixing, consumers don鈥檛 demand assurances at the checkout that the butter they鈥檙e buying has been fairly priced.
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Joint names insurance: Tyco Fire & Integrated Solutions vs Rolls Royce Motor Cars
Rolls Royce Motor Cars Ltd built a new manufacturing plant in West Sussex. Tyco Fire & Integrated Solutions (UK) Ltd was contracted to provide fire protection services, including a sprinkler system.Unfortunately, during construction, one of the mains supply pipes burst and caused a flood, damaging both the construction works and ...
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CommentYour questions answered: Julia Barfield discusses design and BSF
Last month architect Julia Barfield took part in our webinar on Builidng Schools for the future, here she responds to questions sent in by readers at the time
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Your questions answered: Bidding for BSF schemes
After last month's 星空传媒 Schools for the Future webinar, EC Harris' James Bowyer responds readers queries on tendering, whole life costs and resources
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CommentThe bright side
I know, I know 鈥� the OFT inquiry is a bit like being sprayed with chicken excrement while eating a three-course meal. But trust me, it doesn鈥檛 have to be like that
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CommentThrowaway remarks
Our throwaway society may find it hard to imagine a building made up entirely of recycled components, but that is just what we have to do, says Tarek Merlin
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So, what鈥檚 the damage?
Construction companies accused by the OFT will be wondering how bad things are going to be for them. Here鈥檚 the answer
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CommentWonders & blunders
An 18th-century reworking of a German palace is first class, but a student hostel in Oxford barely scrapes a third, says Daniel Moylan
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Falling pound adds fuel to inflation fire in construction
The latest inflation report from the Bank of England and the comments from the Governor Mervyn King have effectively put paid to hopes that interest rates are on the way down.Consumer Price Inflation leapt back to 3% in April and the Governor has prepared himself to write a series of ...
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Gherkins and the City
Have you noticed that there is a new measure in town - the Gherkin.Here are two recent examples.In the story about CEBR's estimate of 6,200 job losses in the City one gherkin equates to just over 3,000 City jobs.In the story about the estimate by Drivers Jonas that there will ...
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Is private house building heading for its worst ever recorded downturn?
The latest Government house building figures appear to add weight to growing fears that unless there is a dramatic turnaround in fortunes the number of private homes built this year could fall by a quarter or more.A fall of this scale would beat the 1974 drop of 24% in homes ...
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CommentWeb watch Back to schools
The three guest speakers at our online seminar on 星空传媒 Schools for the Future attracted a lot of interest and questions. Chlo毛 McCulloch gives a round-up and looks at the results of our viewer polls
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint 鈥� for Abatec
鈥溞强沾� magazine has ruined my sex life,鈥� says Tim mid-way through the evening. On the surface it鈥檚 not a ringing endorsement for the publication, but he quickly explains: 鈥淚 read it in bed because I need to know what鈥檚 going on, but the missus gets fed up.鈥� Cue jokes ...
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CommentKeep it vague
Mastering detail isn鈥檛 everyone鈥檚 strong point, of course, so it鈥檚 easy to think you鈥檝e built more homes than you have, forget just when it was your boss left or fail to remember way back in March when T5 opened 鈥�
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New towns, same old story
Like many others, I predict that the 15 eco-town proposals (11 April, page 30) will prove contentious.
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Anglo-Saxon attitude
I am afraid Wayne Hemingway鈥檚 argument (9 May, pages 44-46) is very shallow and fails to justify why we need to destroy pretty areas of England to encourage yet more overpopulation.
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Treasury trove
Your leader column (9 May, page 3) reports that the first year for gathering figures for projects completed on time was 2001.