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CommentWonders & blunders
Martin Chambers rejoices in the tuneful offerings of Birmingham International Convention Centre but deplores the Soviet-style design of Leeds鈥� Quarry House
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CommentYoung blood
Other professions may be more appealing to children, but they don鈥檛 all have their own GCSE or conduct multimillion-pound projects on school premises. It鈥檚 time construction made these factors count
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CommentWeb watch 鈥� Ecomarket sweep
Fear not specifiers, says Alex Smith. To help meet the barrage of sustainable standards that has been published recently, there is an assortment of green product resources on the internet
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After the event
This House of Lords decision concerns the assessment of damages to be awarded to an injured party to a contract that has been breached before the occurrence of an event which would give rise to a right to cancel (in this case, the Second Gulf War) and before the contract ...
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Kiss and tell
The wrangles between Multiplex and Honeywell at Wembley have thrown up an interesting problem about whether information in a negotiated settlement can be disclosed in court
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Do we need more housing?
Your leader (29 June, page 3) called for a national hearts-and-minds campaign to explain the need for extra housing. It might help if you first questioned whether there really is such a need.
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Quite a bind
Your last editorial had a number of good suggestions for increasing the rate of housebuilding. I have another 鈥� easier removal of covenants restricting development. I have a large site adjacent to my house that has planning permission for a detached house. My neighbours have a covenant that restricts each ...
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Work jollies
I was interested to read your recent 星空传媒 Buys a Pint with the networking organisation, Forum for the Built Environment (29 July, page 34-35). The topics ranged from the smoking ban to the hirsute nature of women in property and construction.
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CommentThe TA needs you 鈥�
Great article about the Territorial Army and the insight into what it offers. I recently joined and wish I had done so years ago.
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CommentTurning the tables
Things naturally fall apart, but that doesn鈥檛 mean you can鈥檛 have fun sticking them back together, as we demonstrate in many different ways this week, from dips in the briney to wooden hats
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CommentGordon Brown vs the housing crisis
There wasn鈥檛 too much we hadn鈥檛 heard before in Gordon Brown鈥檚 preview of the next Queen鈥檚 speech, and it was pretty short on detail, but the message came over loud and clear: if his predecessor鈥檚 top priorities were education, education, education, his are housing, housing and housing.
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CommentRiverbank tales
The film This is Tomorrow about the history of the Festival Hall prompted thoughts of yesteryear for Alex Smith. Luckily, there are some excellent web archives to help him trip down memory lane
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CommentSo where are we now?
So Brown鈥檚 government is to be 鈥渁ggressively pro-business鈥�, according to John Hutton, the business secretary.
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Getting our act together
The latest round of the Construction Act review has finally arrived, and although it provides useful additions to the previous proposals, there are some telling omissions
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CommentA few corrections 鈥�
As reported in Hansom, (22 June, page 29) I can confirm that I have recently resigned from the position of deputy chairman of the Construction Industry Council鈥檚 sustainable development committee. However, most other aspects of your short report are misleading.