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CommentBusiness and pleasure
In one respect, construction is like the dairy industry, in that when the the man delivering the product meets the woman receiving it, all kinds of things can happen. Gus Alexander has some good examples …
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FeaturesWhite cab man
Brendan Kerr is not your typical demolition contractor. Instead, on the way to becoming one of the UK’s top entrepreneurs, he has turned the ‘deconstruction’ business into a respectable profession – and one that’s central to the City’s most glamorous developments.
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FeaturesThe best online content
Building.co.uk’s mix of breaking news, probing views, expert analysis and dedicated web channels has made it the most popular construction website in the country. Here’s why …
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NewsLet the bad times roll
Amid all the talk of credit crunch, downturns and recession, this could actually be a great opportunity to look at urban regeneration a little differently.
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FeaturesThe inside job
It was like the Great Escape in reverse. How do you get inside a prison to double prisoner capacity without giving your captive audience any funny ideas about all that scaffolding? Using a panelised system was one solution – though not half as much fun as smashing a hole in ...
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International costs: 2008
As inflation cools in western Europe and the US, it’s roaring away in eastern Europe. Gardiner & Theobald surveys the world and tells us what it sees
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FeaturesPhase One fever
Katie Puckett went to Building’s Birmingham bash last week and survived to tell the tale.
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FeaturesWhy did the lights go out on Hills electrical?
Earlier this month, one of the best known and best respected subcontractors in Britain was sold for the price of a cup of coffee. Eleanor Goodman and Sarah Richardson report on what went wrong
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CommentArchitecture is not enough
As an architect who used to live in east Greenwich (we worked on The Albany Project in my second year at architecture school) and whose children attended school in Deptford, I am writing from the US to express my disgust at the racist attack described in your article (“Adjaye’s Stephen ...
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An interim measure
I take issue with Amanda Levete’s position on nuclear power (8 February, pages 30-31).
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A failure of democracy
Regarding the article “Row over supervisor safety training” (11 January, page 14), once again the Construction Confederation finds itself at odds with the rest of the industry.
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Money in the bank
As the originators of the project bank account (PBA) model, my colleagues at Rider Levett Bucknall and I were delighted to see your legal columnists giving a positive welcome to the PBA (8 January, pages 62-65).
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The case for a research levy
Your report on research funding (18 January, page 48) made clear that, outside the area of construction products, market forces do not stimulate significant funding for construction research.
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The insurance game
Regarding Malcolm Taylor’s letter (15 January, pages 36-37) a few corrections are required.
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CommentIt’s good to talk
Human interaction takes many forms, from rapping to your clients to phoning confidential hotlines. But sometimes nothing says it better than the good old impersonal email and the hidden bugging device…
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NewsView from the rooftop
Forget the fabric of the building, inside the home is where you can make a real impact on its green rating. Anna Scothern of the National Centre for Excellence in Housing tells us how to score some points
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NewsKitchen design: Nigella, eat your heart out
With luxury kitchens becoming increasingly affordable, more customers are demanding the latest appliances, finishes and styles. Chloe Stothart finds out what’s cooking in the kitchens
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NewsBespoke bathroom pods
A total of 403 bespoke, prefabricated bathrooms pods have been used in the £150m Heart mixed-use development in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.