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Backing Brown鈥檚 green towns
I was interested to read the article 鈥淏rown鈥檚 eco new town will fail green test鈥� (18 May, page 9). It is critical that initiatives such as these have the industry鈥檚 support. Brown鈥檚 eco towns will benefit companies and agencies working on sustainable alternatives to the construction process. By stimulating research ...
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Take the fourth
I read Laurenz Maurer鈥檚 useful article (11 May, page 66), but he errs when advising readers 鈥淚f you are subject to the current 鈥� Construction Industry Council (CIC) adjudication terms then notify the responding party that you intend to follow the Scheme instead鈥�.
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CommentHappy as a herring
More zany fun with Britain鈥檚 most surreal industry, which this week tries to sell a chief executive while carting around a 12m mechanical plant and coaxing John Prescott out of that broom cupboard
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint 鈥� for Arup
As I鈥檓 meeting Arup for a pint, it鈥檚 fitting that the venue is a pub called the Engineer. I鈥檓 expecting a sombre place, inhabited by locals drinking at half-a-pint-an-hour beneath the fobbed belly of IK Brunel.
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CommentGet it together
A subcontractor that feels ripped off by the main contractor will hardly sing the praises of partnering. But as long as the whole team is involved, it really can work
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CommentGreen for go
A recent sustainability conference came up with some bright ideas for carbon-cutting products, projects and codes. But the time for talking is over. How do we take action?
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CommentReform is a wonderful thing 鈥�
After a decade of busily making the planning system worse, the government has finally given the industry some hope that it might actually improve it.
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CommentGooglitarianism
The next step in Google鈥檚 total domination of the internet is iGoogle 鈥� a facility that means you no longer need any other websites.
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Why don鈥檛 we talk any more?
The Technology and Construction Court鈥檚 caseload rose by almost one-fifth last year. But with all this litigation and arbitration, we seem to have lost the ability to negotiate and to mediate
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The search for meaning
Rhodia vs Huntsman is the case you鈥檝e been waiting for 鈥� the one that explores what 鈥榬easonable endeavours鈥� and 鈥榖est endeavours鈥� really entail. Martino Giaquinto explains
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Now pay for your fun
Of course some of us have drunk too much in our distant 鈥� or indeed recent 鈥� past. The difference with the RICS young surveyors鈥� party (18 May, page 11) is that it does not necessarily involve what would in any other scenario be called mindless vandalism.
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Joining the cubs
This has certainly raised the profile of the RICS. Until now, the average Joe had us down as a shadowy outfit somehow connected with lions.
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One rule for them ...
Further to the item in Hansom on 11 May (page 29), I would like to voice my disgust at the item concerning Andrew McAlpine and his use of iTunes.
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Telecoms firm, heal thyself
I read with interest the article about BT鈥檚 encouraging more working from home (11 May, page 54).
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Blame where its due
The jury is still out on the Health and Safety Executive鈥檚 (HSE) record on prosecutions resulting from construction fatalities following Ucatt鈥檚 Levels of Convictions report and the HSE鈥檚 counterclaims. The results paint a confusing picture of the actual number of convictions.
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