All Industry comments articles – Page 21
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NewsFinally, some good news: the Stirling prize is back
After months of mostly bad news in architecture, it’s good to have something positive to discuss even if it is a strange shortlist
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NewsCosting India
How do you launch a quantity surveying consultancy in India? The co-founders of London-based QS Box Associates will be writing a diary of their attempt to crack the market
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NewsCan public sector capital projects really stimulate the economy?
With spending cuts all round, whoever is in power, can infrastructure projects escape the axe?
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NewsTop five reader comments: 20 July
Strong feelings aired by readers on the blacklist issue, damage from a tax clampdown, and ruthless supermarket cost-cutting
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NewsThe eco-towns saga: how not to win friends
Just how did the clever idea of a showcase for building green communities turn into a policy exercise of such embarrassment?
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NewsTop five reader comments: 16 July
Damned lies and statistics on builders in distress; the M25 and the LDA get a hammering; and who does Kevin McCloud think he is?
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NewsTop five reader comments: 15 July
Frustration with health and safety bureaucracy, and fears for the future of both starchitects and surveying students
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NewsFive things that irritate me about school
Building's work experience student Eloise Sweeney gives us the inside track on the end-user experience of school and school buildings
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NewsTop five reader comments: 8 July
Tellytubby Land attracts accusations of fiddling while Rome burns – but some applause for honesty, while Part L draws the thought that "it ain't bust, so don't fix it"
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NewsHopes of recovery on shaky ground
Why June's gloomy CIPs data is stoking fears of a 'w-shaped' recession
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NewsNo respite from the worst recession on record
Think you see green shoots? Have a look at these forecasts...
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NewsTop five reader comments: 6 July
Machiavellian motives in contract selection, and disagreement on how much sympathy subcontractors really deserve
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NewsWhat can you get for £1.5bn?
What will the prime minister's housing contribution mean for the industry
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NewsImages: 13-storey building collapse in Shanghai
Chinese authorities investigate after construction worker is killed by nearly-complete residential block
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NewsTop five reader comments: 30 June
Outrage and derision at Westminster Abbey's planned new crown-shaped roof, plus scepticism about putting a positive spin on house price trends
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NewsTop five reader comments: 29 June
The demise of partnering and the limping college building programme provoke strong feelings, while pay - for apprentices and leading architects - proves a particularly sore point
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NewsThe looming black cloud of government debt
Although global forecasts are less dreary, Maren Baldauf-Cunnington warn that not all is rosy on the horizon
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NewsTV's undercover boss speaks to Building
The star of Channel 4's programme talks about what he learnt about his firm when he joined the ranks incognito