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An advantage over men
Elderly female residents and single women tell us they feel safer with women tradespeople working in their homes when we are refurbishing local authority estates with residents in occupation.
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Slow boats from China
Is it just me who is appalled by the rank hypocrisy shown by Bill Dunster ("Dunster set to build 1000 eco homes a year in London", 19 May, page 13)?
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Soothing words for Mr Angry
The architect who wrote the Open Mike entitled "Anger, tedium and malice" (12 May, page 38), is clearly in a parallel universe - a universe that is time-warped backwards by about 20 years. The scary thing is, he is not alone. Parts of the industry are stuck there with him.
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2020 shortsightedness
Without even getting into the detail of what LPS 2020, the new performance standard for modern methods of construction, will or won't deliver (5 May, page 52), one has to consider the basics:
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CommentThe balance of terror
Thanks to Trevor Harrison of MDA Consulting for this photograph of how they do things in Istanbul.
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O'Rourke calls for modern sites
Ray O'Rourke, the chairman of Laing O'Rourke, has called for the "grunt" to be taken out of construction by modernising working practices.
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BBC names three contractors on framework
The BBC has completed the line-up of its revamped framework by announcing the names of three contractors signed up for building works and services deals.
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NewsA lotta bottle
Architect HawkinsBrown has won planning permission for this redevelopment of the former Watney Mann brewery site in Stockwell, south London.
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Projects update: Sustainability
With companies falling over themselves to introduce sustainable technology into their schemes, research into what's possible seems increasingly to be the name of the game
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CommentEvery little helps
There are a million tiny things that we can do to safeguard the future of our planet - so don't dismiss them just because you might not be around to care
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CommentWonders & blunders
Architecture critic Peter Murray draws a comparison between a bridge that ties London together and a street that splits it apart
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NewsPre-tax profit at contractor Mace rises 20% to £6.2m
Overall turnover in group also rises 48% to £271m but chairman complains that margins are ‘still very tight'
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Architect SMC makes biggest purchase yet
Architect SMC Group has made its biggest acquisition with the purchase of architecture and design company Charter Consultant Architects.
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NewsBarratt: Give us cheap land and we'll build green houses
David Pretty calls on the government to cut cost of its sites by 25% to pay for eco-friendly technologies in homes
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Density of London's new housing rises 50%
The density of new housing developments has risen by more than 50% in the past four years, breaking 100 dwellings per hectare in London for the first time, according to official figures.
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Hone joins exodus from English Partnerships
Dennis Hone, English Partnerships' chief operating officer, is quitting the organisation to join his old boss David Higgins at the Olympic Delivery Authority, barely a month after he was appointed.
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CommentWe're going as fast as we can
Green energy has come a long way since the 1970s. More accurately, it has travelled the 120 miles that separate the hills of Snowdonia and the Palace of Westminster.
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Firms hold crisis talks to save Procure 21 framework
Four of the 11 firms on the scheme have threatened to quit unless government cuts £170,000 membership fee