All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 407
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Archive TitlesWe need to talk
There's no getting away from it: if you want planning permission, you have to engage with local people first. Kicking off our five-page guide to consultation, Kevin Howlett explains how statements of community involvement can help you bring recalcitrant residents round to your way of thinking. Overleaf, how an exhibition ...
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Archive TitlesCan you name this site?
For this month's site seeing competition we've decided to test your knowledge of the North.
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Archive TitlesMunich manoeuvres
Despite under-bidding contractors and a stern local authority, John Rowan & Partners still managed to get a German hotel ready in time for the start of next month's World Cup. Roxane McMeeken reports
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Archive TitlesPark life
You can't just throw up houses any more. These days, you have to make a place and build it to last without destroying the planet. Gardiner & Theobald explores the costs and savings of green placemaking
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Archive TitlesA lesson from Paul
Knight Developments used exhibitions and meetings to get backing for its plan to redevelop Paul's Maltings in Ipswich. Emma Walker outlines what it learned
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Archive TitlesLegal
Living in city centres means putting up with noisy, dirty building sites next door. But residents do have some protection
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Archive TitlesSite worker numbers not an issue for Olympics work, says survey
But ConstructionSkills claims manager roles will be lacking between 2006 and 2010
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Archive TitlesFrom where I'm sitting …
Should social landlords pay more for land than private developers can afford?
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Archive TitlesRipped from the headlines
The housing estates of France's banlieues are ghettos of deprivation. That kind of living environment fosters discontent, so it was hardly surprising when the situation erupted into violence late last year.
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When PFIs go wrong
There may be fewer disputes with PFI, but that doesn't mean there aren't any fundamental problems. Paul Thwaite (left) blames this on the government excluding PFI contracts from the Construction Act
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Archive TitlesFlick the switch
External lighting can transform projects and places - even turning a Birmingham car park into an urban artwork. Andy Pearson finds out more
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A fixed-price promise
Law firm Halliwells has launched adjudic8, a fixed price adjudication service for the construction industry
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Archive TitlesHow to find your way through the e-jungle
In the first of a two-part series on how the internet is altering industry practices, Paul Brampton (left) looks at online methods of contracting and measuring sustainability
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Ray has a dream
The construction cultural revolution dreamed up by Ray O'Rourke still seems far off.
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Archive TitlesNice day for a demolition
The housing market renewal initiative hasn't exactly been popular with the public or the newspaper columnists. So how did the Newcastle Gateshead pathfinder get away with demolishing 1300 homes and building just two
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Archive TitlesO'Rourke pleads for post-Wembley culture shift...
Contractor slams procurement methods that lead to £25bn of waste in the UK and Ireland
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Archive TitlesConsultation
Health impact assessments are the developer's new secret weapon. Here's how they work and why you need one
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Archive TitlesTories promise consistency for construction
Lack of strategic direction is the biggest issue facing the construction industry according to shadow construction minister Mark Prisk.