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NewsEnvirowise launches survey to measure SWMP impact
Questionnaire seeks grounds for new investment
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Britons £500 billion poorer as house prices fall
I thought it might be interesting to put the latest Nationwide house price data and the recent land write downs made by Taylor Wimpey into a different context. I'd say for fun, but the real consequences are far from funny to a lot of people.So here is a thought to ...
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NewsMan on the edge
Thanks to Chris Tallant who while on holiday in Vancouver earlier this month took this picture of a man working on the 19th floor of a new building.
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NewsMy digital life - Helen Newman
Architect Helen Newman has digital Scandamania, buying Danish furniture and snapping pics of Norwegian wildlife. Don’t look for the photos on Facebook, though
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CommentHansom — summer lovin’
It’s hugs and smiles all around this week (unless you’re a housebuilder, of course), with bosses getting plenty of TLC, fathers learning from daughters, and Boris feeling the wind through his hair
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Cornhill construction
It’s still summer in London, just about, but it goes without saying that it’s raining. As the team from Cornhill trudge into All Bar One on New Oxford Street sporting skin tones ranging from subtly bronzed to lobster chic, it’s clear they’ve not spent all of the past three months ...
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NewsBoris Johnson’s London plan
London mayor Boris Johnson has wasted no time in setting out a new direction for planning and development policy in the capital. For those bewildered by the policy twists and turns, here’s a quick route map of the proposed changes.
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Rok leisure centre 50% over budget
A Scottish leisure centre built by Rok was completed almost 50% over budget, it has emerged.
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NewsA better way
RMJM has completed a feasibility study for the redevelopment of the New Orleans Charity Hospital.
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The cost of being green
We read with interest the article “Plundered with impunity” (8 August, page 20).
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It’s an ill wind
I am afraid that your article on the gathering momentum of the wind farm gravy train (8 August, page 36) fails adequately to emphasize the most basic fallacies and errors in the government’s blind pursuit of wind power in its quest to comply with its EU renewables obligation.
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CommentAn incy-wincy complaint
I am writing to complain about the advert that you placed on a recent online edition of Building magazine.
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A new architectural tradition
Robert Adam makes a good point (1 August, page 26) in saying that the public prefers traditional styles.
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A sound suggestion
Noise complaints are still on the rise in the UK, but it’s not only our neighbours who are to blame.
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FeaturesLibrary fines and other crimes: Feilden Clegg Bradley’s Addlestone town hall
Feilden Clegg Bradley’s £12.6m town hall in the Surrey town of Addlestone houses the council, public library and police station all under the same roof. Which means you’d better get your books back on time
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FeaturesSun, sea and sandcastles
The British seaside is back – after all, who wants to go abroad with summers like ours…? To celebrate, we challenged some of our finest construction minds (plus sundry offspring) to a giant sandcastle building showdown. Roxane McMeeken and Katie Puckett commentate on the action.
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Severfield-Rowen stays bullish
Steelwork contractor Severfield-Rowen has said its Olympics contracts will help it through the economic downturn.
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Weak US and Europe markets push CRH’s profit down
Pre-tax profit at Irish building materials firm CRH has fallen 10% on the back of a weak dollar and flagging markets in North America and Europe.