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Hansom: Coming to my bash?
Quarrels over ways of measuring embodied energy (no, really), communication breakdowns, last-ditch efforts to prevent desertion … oh, why can’t we just be Friends?
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Schools in danger
While there are inevitable criticisms that can be levelled at Labour’s record, we recognise that architecture has generally done well under Labour
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In uncertain times
I turned the TV off at 43 seats to be decided and after Nick Clegg announced he would not deal with Labour. I think we will all be voting again soon
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Politics or no politics
Recovery? You wish. (“City warns hung parliament will delay construction recovery,” 7 May, building.co.uk).
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Rebellion at the RICS?
Readers left comments on the story “QSs threaten to quit RICS as row escalates” (7 May, page 9) at www.building.co.uk
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FeaturesI'm lovin' it: Henry Trickey of McDonald
Companies eager to expand in these famished times won’t be able to resist McDonald’s’ supersize diet of drive-thru restaurants and store makeovers. Emily Wright chews the fat with Henry Trickey, the man who’s serving them up
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Expert determination: A short cut through a swamp
Plumping for expert determination to resolve a dispute may sound like a quick, cheap, hassle-free alternative to adjudication or litigation. But it ain’t necessarily so
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All things considered
Adjudicators have it drummed into them that they should decide the dispute in the notice of adjudication. Here’s a case that shows there is some room for flexibility
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CommentBSF is dead. So now what?
Regardless of who won the election, Building Schools for the Future was doomed. But it can adapt into something new – and so can the architects that do it
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Pay-when-paid: You know what I mean, guv?
Shepherd Construction tried to rely on a pay-when-paid clause to not pay its subcontractor, William Hare. Problem was, it wasn’t well drafted – so would the courts help it out?
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Commercial property: We can’t go on like this
Commercial development is inching its way towards a fragile recovery but the landscape has changed forever and we will need to rethink our way back to prosperity
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Religious discrimination laws: But I'm a shaman!
A recent case has extended the laws protecting employees from religious discrimination to those who hold any kind of ‘cogent and serious belief’
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Bam lands £250m BSF deal
Bam Construct UK has beaten Bouygues to clinch the £250m Camden Building Schools for the Future job in London
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CIPS: Industry growing at fastest rate since before slump
The latest figures from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply show the industry has experienced its fastest growth since before the recession, but the head of the body has warned that political uncertainty could spark “the jitters”.
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Pressing task: Glenn Howells in Elephant & Castle
Printworks is a nine-storey development in Elephant & Castle in south London, designed by Glenn Howells Architects
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Farrell wins 20-year Folkstone scheme
The firm replaces Foster + Partners, whose masterplan was put on hold in August 2008 owing to the downturn
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FeaturesThe big brother houses: monitoring residents' energy use
Housebuilders can specify all the green technology they want, but what happens when human beings get left in charge of the thermostat? Buro Happold installed sensors to find out, then told Thomas Lane what they discovered
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The tracker: On eggshells
Experian Business Strategies reports on a fragile recovery in the market
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Bioenergy Centre, Nottingham: Food for thought
Work started this week on a £25m Bioenergy Centre for the University of Nottingham at its Sutton Bonington campus.