All Comment articles – Page 63
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CommentThe Small Builders Housing Revolution
The government has a lot to learn from the experience of small builders
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FeaturesWorld (table football) Cup: Passion play
What is it about the World Cup? We staged our own finals in east London’s Bar Kick and it began to feel like the real thing. Sarah Richardson and Roxane McMeeken tell the story of plucky underdogs and amazing new talents
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CommentThe end of garden grabbing: what it really means
Housebuilders shouldn’t fear anti-garden grabbing measures – there are worse planning changes afoot
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CommentHow to avoid World Cup sickies
If you want to avoid a sudden rise in sick leave among staff over the next month you need to take some practical steps now…
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CommentWhat if everything we did was wrong?
For example, we use much more material than we need to keep a building up, and we follow codes that make absurd demands on design. Fortunately, there’s a simple remedy
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CommentHansom: Childminding
This week government officials babysit their ministers, architects make sure we mind our p’s and q’s, multibillion-pound rail projects scream and shout - and Building practises its keepie-uppies
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CommentShould you be tempted by Brazil?
Beach volleyball as the sun goes down, caipirinhas on demand and £360bn of government-assured infrastructure investment.
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CommentPassivhaus: the power of shared ideas
A road trip to Dresden reinforces the Passivhaus ethos – and provides an ego boost
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What the coalition means for health and safety
The Tory and Lib Dem’s election pledges on H&S issues differ widely, so what should the industry expect now?
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CommentMaking fonts appear clearly on building.co.uk
If our new-look website isn’t looking too hot, here are a couple of computer tweaks that could help…
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CommentThe HCA must survive
We’re living in anxious times. And if you’re in the social housing world, it’s as nerve-jangling as it gets
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CommentThe end of life as we know it
Waste in the building process makes us a costly place to build, but the deficit is a spur to act on this
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CommentLuke Wessely: Greek tragedies, British farces
Before we get too comfortable as armchair critics of rapacious footballers and financially illiterate European states, we should take a long, hard look at ourselves
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CommentQuentin Shears: The Americano takeover
’We need to talk about rebranding - you have a brunch meeting at three’
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CommentSix billion pounds of spending cuts - and many more to come
This is just of foretaste of cuts we face in the June Budget and autumn spending review
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CommentWhat’s going on?
The coalition has stated that it will review spending commitments made since January using its own value for money criteria, and it’s obvious that the £55bn earmarked for schools renewal is not going to survive this process unscathed
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CommentA day at Moscow's OfficeNext conference
Russia’s capital has experienced a recent boom, so it’s about time it had a commercial office exhibition to reflect the fact - BDG Workfutures’s Phil Hutchinson was there
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Brickonomics: Plummeting private housing completions
It’s time for a reality check on just how bad the situation is
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Will London's new bus win our hearts?
Not all Heatherwick’s adaptations to the Routmaster are successful but at least it’s an attempt to revive one of the capital’s best loved icons