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CommentFirst impressions: Projects by Gehry and Daniel Libeskind
Architecture students from Nottingham University look at five featured images from the 星空传媒 website and tell us what they think
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Deeper and down for US house prices
As we consider, or for that matter dismiss the possibility of a house price crash in the UK it is perhaps worth taking a look at the shape of things in the US.The most respected figures for house prices come from the S&P/Case Shiller index and this shows prices down ...
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CommentThe stranglers
One hand is called administrative efficiency. The other is called funding projections. Together they are throttling the life out of education in the creative arts. We have to fight back while we still can.
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An unfair adjudication: Humes 星空传媒 Contractors Ltd vs Charlotte Homes (Surrey) Ltd
Humes 星空传媒 Contractors Ltd sought to enforce by way of summary judgment an adjudicator鈥檚 decision for 拢158,486.26 plus VAT. The building contract was based upon a JCT Intermediate Form of 星空传媒 Contract with Contractors Design 2005 Edition. Relations between the parties deteriorated and the defendant purported to terminate the contract ...
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CommentBecoming one
Many projects go wrong because the way they鈥檙e set up means they have no chance of going right. But what has that got to do with the Zen of marine engine repair?
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Reinwood vs Brown: You again?
The highest court in the land has just given its second decision on the Construction Act. Never mind the parties, it鈥檚 two wins out of two for the JCT鈥�
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CommentIcon, you con, we con, they con 鈥�
Open mike To say you鈥檙e going to produce an iconic building is an act of hubris, a confession of illiteracy and a good indication that you don鈥檛 really understand design.
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Construction boom forecast to slump
The latest forecast from Hewes & Associates is not one that will fill the faint hearted with comfort as they return to work from their Easter break.Hewes's rather bleak take on the prospects for UK construction suggests that the industry is heading for a fairly prolonged recession taking output in ...
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Government housing strategy holed below the water line
As if Gordon Brown hasn't enough on his plate at the moment, this morning he received a letter from the Home Builders Federation telling him that his housing policy doesn't stack up.The letter sent by HBF Executive Chairman Stewart Baseley warns Mr Brown that he faces stark choices between the ...
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Costly mistakes
Late payment is to do with weak legislation, of which the big boys take advantage.
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Room for improvement
In reply to Joe Martin鈥檚 letter 鈥淓asy as LCC鈥� (7 March, page 39), I thoroughly endorse his exhortation to do life-cycle costing (LCC).
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Material matters
I am glad Mr Woolas has spoken out, as recorded in your article 鈥淢inister predicts death of brick and concrete in decades鈥� (3 March, building.co.uk).
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Ken again?
It鈥檚 debatable whether the London Plan was anything other than a pointless waste of taxpayers鈥� money, as noted in the article 鈥淪hould we vote for Ken again?鈥� (7 March, page 3).
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CommentBack to earth
With the glamour of Cannes but a distant memory, we return to humbler distractions, such as staring blankly at Facebook, grumbling about students, and nursing our sore saddles
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CommentTop project managers' websites: Mismanagement
In the latest of our series examining the accessibility of the industry鈥檚 websites, Martin Hornagold looks at what works and what doesn鈥檛 on project managers鈥� pages
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint 鈥� for Scott Brownrigg
It鈥檚 not every day that a mouse interrupts an evening out. Not even when 星空传媒 buys a pint.
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CommentWonders & blunders
When it comes to materials, Sir Bernard Ingham finds his soul lifted by the power and grandeur of stone, while modern alternatives suggest mere derangement
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CommentAll your regs in one basket
Hallelujah. The government is finally taming the 星空传媒 Regulations.