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CommentHansom: Of all creation
A rapper sings a rainbow in the name of architecture, the game is afoot for the Rail Accident Investigation Branch, there’s more marathon news, and has Balfour Beatty offended the gods?
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CommentGoing green? Give it time
David Weight believes opportunities to reduce embodied carbon are often thwarted by a tight build programme. With careful planning and more time, emissions could be slashed
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CommentWonders & blunders … with Steve Bosi
Steve Bosi predicts the Walkie Talkie tower will be a great addition to the London skyline, but looks back with regret at the exterior of Barcelona’s Las Arenas
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CommentCampaign for fairer payment
Suppliers or subcontractors experiencing payment problems should report it
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CommentImpossible conditions passed on
here should be an appropriate relationship between being paid and paying others and anything else is grossly unfair
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CommentYou cannot change the market
Carillion will start losing bids, margins will fall and so will the share price
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CommentNumber of homes not the problem
There are a vast number of homes for sale but no one can afford to buy them
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CommentMaking a drama out of a crisis
Buildings and contents insurance is big business. But what happens when an insurer’s contractor’s subcontractor tries to get money from homeowners? In short, a bit of a mess
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CommentGuaranteed maximum prices: Berth pangs
Francis Ho dives into the topic of guaranteed maximum price provisions and discovers how the pricing provisions for the navy’s new submarine jetty in Scotland were sunk
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NewsCapita Symonds wins £40m Bristol City stadium revamp
Football club presses ahead with revamp plans as public enquiry threatens move
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CommentWhy GDP growth is the most likely salvation for construction
Construction is procyclical, and when there has been little GDP growth over three years, construction has dived into recession
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CommentMy Digital Life ... Tim Whitcombe
Tim Whitcombe, an architectural assistant with NBBJ’s London studio, on pets with bad habits, getting around London and making lists.
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NewsByles’ firm joins bid team in £400m defence estate race
Exclusive: Ex-schools capital chief’s firm Cornerstone becomes ‘key adviser’ to Telereal Trillium-led consortium
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NewsNetwork Rail appoints Crossrail director
Rob McIntosh to lead Network Rail’s £2.3bn programme of upgrades for the Crossrail development
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NewsBritish Land pushes Docklands developments
Developer progresses 1.8m sq ft Harmondsworth Quay scheme and £38m shopping centre
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NewsResidents attack BRE’s ‘unsustainable’ housing
Opponents are vocal in their criticism of organisation’s Bricket Wood project as consultation for planning permission comes to an end
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NewsAecom wins bigger role on Rio 2016 Olympics
Exclusive: Firm expands masterplan role to include design development work on all Olympic park venues, infrastructure and landscaping
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FeaturesFunding colleges: A poor third?
The previous government’s Building Colleges for the Future failed to impress. Will the coalition’s new measures do any better?
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NewsFoster's Amman airport opens
Architect’s design has flexible modular structure to allow for continued expansion