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CommentHansom: Unmasked
Paranoia grips the industry this week as all kinds of things turn out to be all kinds of other things: alien invaders, human statues, sons and, er, someone’s pet doggie
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Regeneration renewed
The Regeneration Manifesto of the British Property Federation (BPF) gives welcome recognition to some ideas that practitioners in the public sector have been applying for many years
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CommentThe more, the merrier
I note the health and safety photo on 9 May. I saw an exact repeat performance on a house in Yateley, North Hampshire two weeks ago.
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Crossing a lien
I write regarding Rupert Choat’s article “Asking for the moon” (5 June, page 47)
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Back on the training ground
Nick Raynsford’s comment that “there are enlightened employers who are doing their utmost to maintain skills development” (5 June, page 28) will no doubt provoke the cry, “That’s easy for him to say!”
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Shurely shome mishtake
I just wanted to let you know your latest edition received a particularly enthusiastic reception from the female staff in our office as you have finally printed an issue just for us
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Can we fix it?: Repair and maintenance
Repair and maintenance contracts are starting to look rather tempting, now money’s thinner on the ground. But there are some particular challenges involved...
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CommentDevil take the hindmost: A six party case
Here’s a story about a flood in an office that caused millions of pounds of damage and gave rise to a six-party legal case. The question, of course, was who was going to pay
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Buyer beware: Distressed sellers
You can take some of the worry out of buying property from a distressed seller by knowing how to manage risk. But first you need to know what those risks are
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CommentBoyle's law
A certain Scottish singer is not the only thing that has captivated the Americans in recent times – mid-sized UK quantity surveying firms are also finding favour
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CommentWonders & blunders
Jonathan Goring finds Liverpool’s Academy of St Francis of Assisi inspiring, but reckons it was a dark day in Leeds when planning permission was given to Ian Simpson’s Lumiere
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CommentSomething better change
As it is now, Part L misses obvious tricks, has loopholes that make it ineffective in important areas and does nothing to prevent super-insulated homes from turning into ovens
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FeaturesStuck in the middle: it’s a hard life for medium-sized contractors
When you’re too big to be small, and too small to be big, life can be very inconvenient – as Britain’s medium-sized contractors are finding out. Roxane McMeeken reports on their predicament
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FeaturesMade in Taiwan
This nation’s manufacturing prowess has reached new heights with the stunning solar-panelled roof of Toyo Ito’s stadium for the World Games
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FeaturesOur man in Riyadh: Buro Happold’s boss moves to Saudi
With a stream of UK companies looking for work in Saudi Arabia, Buro Happold decided it had do something to maintain its position as top dog. So it sent its chairman, Rod Macdonald, to go and live there. Emily Wright spoke to him two weeks after he arrived
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CommentPower without responsibility
“This meddling member of the royal family is a black stain on our democracy,” wrote one reader of Building’s website
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FeaturesNo cuckoo’s nest: mental healthcare markets
The Department of Health is encouraging mental health trusts to invest in well-designed, user-friendly facilities for their patients. Emily Wright looks at the construction opportunities in this specialist market
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Association takeover
Presentation Housing Association has been taken over by Notting Hill Housing Group