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CommentIt doesn鈥檛 have to be this way 鈥�
Open mike 鈥� People who run small businesses are no dummies, but even they are bamboozled by our 星空传媒 Regulations and their endless revisions. Here鈥檚 how to make life a bit simpler鈥�
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CommentWonders & blunders
Alright, Brompton bicycles and bendy buses aren鈥檛 buildings, but they do make a world of difference to the way we enjoy London鈥檚 architecture, says Oliver Richards
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CommentThe mother of all contract wins
Congratulations to the CLM consortium of Mace, Laing O鈥橰ourke, and the American engineer CH2M, aided by Davis Langdon, which this week won the race to become the delivery partner for the 2012 Olympics.
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CommentEat the elephant
Clients now regard sustainability as a requirement when choosing a contractor. But how can contractors tackle such a huge subject given what they鈥檝e got on their plate already?
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CommentBelieve it or not
Link between Lemley and Bechtel exposed! Arsenal party central upset! Halcrow celebrates birth of twins shock! Builders blank sexy girls horror! Well what are you waiting for? Start reading!
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CommentNo need for this
Don鈥檛 be fooled by the chatter about sustainability 鈥� if you look at the way we actually do business, the waste piles up so fast you need wings to stay above it
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CommentVoices from the rubble
Lebanon鈥檚 bloggers have been turning their attention to their government鈥檚 chances of rebuilding all the civil infrastructure destroyed by the Israeli Defence Force. David Rogers listened in
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An exclusive deal
The respondent, Stainforth, obtained a loan from the appellant company, Lexi, to purchase a property. Stainforth had difficulty in re-financing the loan and asked Lexi if it knew of anyone who might be interested in buying the property. Lexi knew of a property investor who expressed an interest in buying ...
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CommentSummer larks
After a summer break, your diligent correspondent returns with a silly season round-up including a crackdown on peeping Toms in Bahrain, a Google-wide search for Totty and party animals in Cowes
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CommentDont do it, son!
Matt Bastone writes: 鈥淟ike another recent contributor, I鈥檝e just returned from St Petersburg, where I saw a repair being carried out to a rainwater downpipe. Access was gained by suspending a wooden platform beneath the overhang. As I took the photo the operative was being helped by his mates back ...
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Window of opportunity
Paul Jackson is by no means the only homeowner to find that planners do not favour his efforts to reduce carbon emissions by upgrading his Victorian house in the Highbury conservation area in north London (4 August).
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Im backing Jackson
Many councils seem to be trying to get energy policy right, and have written strict requirements in their Local Development Plans to achieve a high standard of sustainability and energy efficiency 鈥� often citing BREEAM and EcoHomes standards as the benchmark. Great, but the requirement will probably not apply to ...
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But on the other hand
Paul Jackson complains that the planners prevented him putting in double-glazed replacement windows in a Victorian house in a conservation area. Good! It鈥檚 not just the oversize plastic sections, it is also the blue tinted glass and the peculiar hollow in the reflections that make such windows look horridly out ...
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CommentThe real story
Your news report on the Liverpool demolitions (4 August, page 19) misses the point. The significance of this story is that after weeks of intense negotiation the council has accepted its responsibility for ensuring good design.
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Precast concrete has matured
While delighted that Bob Barlov of Pascall + Watson recognises that precast concrete is a robust, durable cladding material (7 July, page 90), I am disappointed that he has been allowed to criticise our industry with comments that are obsolete, ill-founded and unjustifiable.