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  • Comment

    Please don’t go

    2006-11-03T00:00:00Z

    I am writing regarding your article (20 October, page 11) that says the RICS is considering selling its data and research arm, the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS).

  • Comment

    Virtual reality

    2006-11-03T00:00:00Z

    I would like to allay Darryl Nash’s concern voiced in your Specifier section (20 October) that it is challenging for architects to get sufficient building services knowledge to operate the more sophisticated Part L 2006 compliance software tools.

  • Comment

    Charge!

    2006-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Your occasional “Here’s an idea” series asks readers to contribute their own little gems of genius. So here’s mine.

  • Comment

    Dressed for success

    2006-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Thanks to Bryan Imbery for this shot of a Portuguese painter whose choice of head and footwear are almost as impressive as the quality of his edging …

  • Comment

    In the detail

    2006-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Can you identify this building to win a £25 drinks voucher?

  • David Trench
    Features

    Trench to bow out after WYG deal

    2006-11-03T00:00:00Z

    One of Britain’s best known project managers prepares to retire after 30 years

  • News

    By the side of the Severn

    2006-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Contractor Willmott Dixon has this week begun work on the New Theatre Severn project in Shrewsbury.

  • Features

    ‘It’s a marvellous thing to do, but it’s a stupid way of doing it‘

    2006-11-03T00:00:00Z

    So says the assistant headteacher of this school in Bradford, which was meant to show what the government’s flagship school building programme will do for Britain’s children. Instead, it’s more evidence of how it’s failing them.

  • Comment

    My favourites …

    2006-11-03T00:00:00Z

    This week - Mat Oakley, Savilles

  • The jagged forms, window wall and sun terrace of Zaha Hadid's Maggie's centre.
    Features

    Aggressive treatment

    2006-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Zaha Hadid’s Maggie centre is a steel-and-glass composition set in grassy parkland. Martin Spring admires the dynamism, but wonders if it’s quite what the brief called for …

  • Open Mike
    Comment

    A letter from Northamptonshire

    2006-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Shadow minister Tim Boswell shares his thoughts on how to go about building more houses (and roads, schools, clinics) in his parliamentary constituency …

  • Mark Coleman
    Features

    Explosive growth

    2006-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Demolition contractor Coleman & Co has grown rapidly to offer a variety of services

  • Features

    ‘Start your day by making the call you don't want to make’

    2006-11-03T00:00:00Z

    HOW THEY MADE IT - This month’s words of wisdom come from David Bucknall, one of the best known QSs in the industry and a man with nearly half a century’s experience

  • David Snell
    Comment

    Wonders & blunders

    2006-11-03T00:00:00Z

    David Snell, the king of the self-builders, shares his pearls of bungalow wisdom and calls for the cramped modern family house to carry a health warning

  • News

    Back issues - November 1956

    2006-11-03T00:00:00Z

    RIBA steps in to aid victims of the Hungarian uprising in their time of need

  • Prior: Expects more openings
    News

    Currie & Brown to advise Greece and Mexico on PPP

    2006-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Consultant providing assistance on strategies for hospitals, power plants and sport centres r on Greek and Mexican PPPs

  • News

    Hanson shares fluctuate amid takeover rumours

    2006-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Building materials group Hanson was the focus of market speculation this week, which caused its shares to drop 4.4% before it bounced back to become the FTSE 100’s biggest riser.

  • Calcutt: English Nature have acted as a ‘single interest lobby group’
    News

    HBF in fightback against English Nature’s housing ban

    2006-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Reports by HBF and the DCLG say development on Surrey Heath will not impact on bird numbers

  • News

    Mayor warns Bellway not to phase in Barking homes

    2006-11-03T00:00:00Z

    London mayor Ken Livingstone has warned Bellway Homes that its proposals to stagger the construction of the Thames Gateway's largest single housing development could undermine the regeneration of the area.

  • News

    Home packs under fire again

    2006-11-03T00:00:00Z

    A coalition of housing bodies has stepped up the pressure on the government to scrap its watered down home information packs.