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FeaturesThe possibilities! Latest web tools for architects
The latest web tools allow architects to note down ideas, scribble on images, and then share them at the click of a button. They’re simple, they’re cheap as chips, and they might just take over the world.
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Conamar
Have you tried to buy a tweed jacket on eBay recently? If so, you’ll probably have noticed a seemingly inexplicable surge in prices.
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CommentHansom: Controlling interest
It’s a hearts and minds battle this week, as everybody from PRs to party men try to convince us that they’re keen on Cabe, hard at work on site, and just as generous as people say they are
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FeaturesPeter Morrison: RMJM’s business model
Peter Morrison, chief executive of Scotland’s best known architect, explains his hiring policies (which include Sir Fred Goodwin), and how RMJM turned itself into an international success story
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CommentOff half-cock
You’d think that getting the contract right before beginning work was just common sense. Especially since, if you don’t, the only people likely to win are the lawyers …
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Going nuclear: contracts for decommissioning work
Everything you wanted to know about the nuclear decommissioning sector but were afraid to ask – explained to you in a three-part series starting with this overview
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On the terraces
I read that a Stirling prize winner is to “reinvent the terrace” for the legacy of the 2012 Olympics
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Thinking out of the box
The Homes and Communities Agency’s requirements are driving developers toward construction of “homes” rather than simply dwellings (“New standards could add £10k to new homes”, building.co.uk)
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CommentThe future of low carbon
I was delighted to read about the steps being taken at Ashley primary school (26 March, page 48)
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Offsite doesn’t mean offshore
I read Richard Ogden’s article “Fast build nation” (26 March, page 32) with interest
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More flock to the cause
Rydon would like to sign up to your excellent initiative and back Charter 284
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A willing volunteer
So, out of £32.2m of public funding Persimmon boss Mike Farley paid himself a bonus of £406,000 (1 April, page 9) – no doubt for his excellent performance during their financially difficult period!
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And finally …
Some readers weren’t fooled by Building’s code level seven story (page 14, 1 April) …
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FeaturesWe can’t turn a blind eye: Child labour
Children as young as six are working 12-hour days in some of India’s sandstone quarries. Yet many UK stone importers just don’t want to know about it. Sophie Griffiths reports on a scandal that is getting harder to ignore
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Steel price rises could slow recovery in office sector
UK set to link the price of steel to quarterly index, which almost doubled last month
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NewsWhat will the iron ore pricing agreement mean?
Last week’s announcement of a near 100% increase in iron ore prices is certainly significant news for the building industry, where current contract prices are sub-economic and inflation is already in the system.
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NewsActivity grows for first time in two years
Construction activity has expanded for the first time in two years, according to two surveys published this week.
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NewsMore support for Charter 284
The Construction Products Association, Capita Symonds and Edward Cullinan Architects are among the latest organisations to sign up to Building’s Charter 284 campaign.
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Morrison settles Norwich council row over contract award
Morrison has settled a dispute with Norwich council over the award of housing repairs and maintenance work to rival Connaught.The deal allows Connaught to begin work on the £125m contract it won in December to provide services that include waste and recycling, council house repairs, maintenance and M&E servicing.The award ...