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CommentMind, body and soul
I read the article on “broken homes” and Amanda Levete’s article (22 January, page 20 and page 22) and neither discussed one of the main reasons why we should deliver better homes and workplaces
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You need help
As a quaintly named “heritage professional” dealing with “heritage assets” and their management, I can understand Simon Tolson’s frustration with the lack of standard procedure in dealing with historic buildings (5 February, page 47)
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About time
At last someone who spells out clearly what the taxman is doing to the industry (“Government burglars”, 5 February, page 3)
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The wranglers
I was interested to read what Ann Minogue had to say concerning lawyers who represent parties in adjudication (22 January, page 51)
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Try to understand
It is sad to see that some Yorkshire authorities are proposing to use a big stick to beat contractors over cover pricing (29 January, page 9)
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Silk bloomers
In the article “Mind the gaping hole” (5 February, page 20), you say that “Chris Bolt, the QC who is acting as independent arbiter” threw out Tube Lines’ recent £327m claim against London Underground
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FeaturesCharter 284 Education: The economic case for investing in schools
Sarah Richardson puts the arguments in favour of continuing the drive to renew every school in the country
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FeaturesCharter 284: A Building manifesto
Building’s Charter 284 campaign aims to leave the political parties in no doubt as to the economic and social benefits of investing in construction work
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Housing stats: New build sales and completions in January 2010
Unsurprisingly, completions in northern Britain were particularly badly hit by the weather
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News‘Here’s £50m: now go forth and multiply’
SME profile Kinetics is the result of an unlikely marriage between social housing and turbo capitalism
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FeaturesCost model: School refurbishment
Continuing this week’s focus on the renewal of the school estate, Simon Rawlinson and Paul Zuccherelli of Davis Langdon review one of the biggest challenges facing the BSF programme
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NewsHerzog’s house: Basel showroom
Last week, Herzog & de Meuron reopened its London office and the extension of Tate Modern began in earnest
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Worst trading conditions ever recorded for civil engineers
The latest Civil Engineering Contractors Association workload survey has found the worst trading conditions ever recorded
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NewsKind hearts and minarets: Brick Lane tower
This minaret-like structure is part of a scheme to celebrate the history of east London
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NewsAecom closes in on DL deal
US engineer Aecom was this week closing in on a deal to take over Davis Langdon, according to sources close to the talks
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Morgan Ashurst snaps up £50m Gatwick contract
Morgan Ashurst has secured the second phase of the £50m North Terminal Extension at Gatwick airport
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NewsHigh esteem
These are the first images of the 1,359-pupil Archbishop Sentamu Academy, which is one of the first two schemes on the £400m Hull Building Schools for the Future programme
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Tube Lines hits back at mayor in funding row
Tube Lines has rubbished London mayor Boris Johnson’s claim that it can meet the potential £400m shortfall in funding for the next seven-and-a-half years of its PPP contract
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CIOB survey: recruit leaders from outside construction
Recruiting managers from other industries could be the answer to plugging leadership gaps in construction, according to a survey of construction managers by the Chartered Institute of Building
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NewsPete’s place
This £50m, 25,000m2 office building, designed by Glenn Howells Architects, has been given planning permission