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FeaturesI've started so I'll finish: David Tuffin of Tuffin Ferraby Taylor
David Tuffin started Tuffin Ferraby Taylor when people wore loon pants and voluntarily listened to the Bay City Rollers. Several recessions later, he’s handing it over to a new generation. But isn’t that going to be a bit tricky right now?
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I know where you could start
Open mike: The government is pretty keen to get us to cut carbon emissions. So why are its own buildings so lamentably unsustainable?
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We can't do this on our own
There is no simple answer to improving the energy efficiency of the UK’s existing housing stock, but it is important to take simple, practical measures that we know will make a demonstrable difference (“CPA blasts energy firms on insulation failure”, 20 February)
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Local jobs for whom?
We have a small building business in Waltham Forest, which is about four miles north-east of the Olympic site. We have been in the area for the past 27 years and we employ about 29 men
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CommentWoolly thinking
I read with interest your article on the 16 January titled “five green duds”
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Words of warning
I attended an interview yesterday to train as a domestic energy assessor (DEA), which I thought was new career with great potential
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Home improvement
“Social housing” should only be provided as a short-term solution for those in real need. The idea that someone can occupy a council house for virtually their whole adult life is ridiculous
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FeaturesRoll over Beethoven!
This music theatre in Graz starts off in classical style, but inside it’s doing the twist
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CommentA confederacy of dunces
The post of a chief construction officer is a splendid idea, but it will only work if the holder has real power – and Whitehall may not be willing to let that happen
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CommentBuilding buys a pancake... for Pringle Brandon
It’s Shrove Tuesday, and Pringle Brandon has suggested we meet in town for pancakes. Now London is not overstocked with pancake houses, and the one we choose comes with a long queue of gourmands outside. Luckily PB had the foresight to book a table
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News
Three regeneration companies go under
Three property companies behind regeneration schemes across the country have gone bust
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Eco-town 'unviable'
Proposals for an eco-town near Stratford-upon-Avon are unviable, a report has said
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CBIs call on planning
The CBI has urged the government to extend planning permissions that will expire on developments that have been postponed owing to the recession
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NewsLife planning
This £8.2m community centre in Sutton, south London, has received planning permission
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NewsIf they sue, will they win?
If the contract doesn’t help them, Bellway Homes’ customers will find it difficult to prove their case
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FeaturesSurviving Mipim without champagne
Mipim looks set to a frugal affair this year, with fewer big boats, less free champagne and virtually no Russian oligarchs. Building gets some tips on doing Cannes on the cheap
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FeaturesDon't sweat it: Arup's National Physical Laboratory
Building a laboratory where temperatures are controlled to the nearest 0.1ºC is scary enough. But when you have the added possibility of radiation leaks and you know the job finished off the last firm to try it, well, you could forgive Arup for being ‘a bit nervous’
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