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CommentA rescue plan
What can anybody do to help the pockets of deprivation in our prosperous cities – or is urban apartheid here to stay? Maybe America has the answer …
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CommentFractal law
As with the coastline of England or the Mandlebrot Set, the closer you look at standard forms of contract, the more complexity you find. Take this example …
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Be demanding – or else
Seventy site deaths a year is unacceptable to everyone, including the government. So why doesn’t it use its commercial leverage to save lives?
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FeaturesMarket hackers
Four years after the dotcom crash, datacentres are becoming sexy again. But hold on, surely you have to be a technogeek to get a piece of the action? Well, not necessarily … Building explains how to hack into this rebooted sector.
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FeaturesJust the job: Beverley Martin, from mum to pm
Until 10 years ago, Beverley Martin was a full-time mother - now she's managing a £3m airport project
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Fly-fishing, by Anglian Water
I read with interest the article titled “Supervillains”. As a building contractor, I have had numerous problems with utilities companies and can sympathise with Andrew Gill over the problems he had with Anglian Water.
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East End enterprise
I think John Smith’s appraisal of the lack of training was very astute but I was wondering whether I could offer a glimmer of hope.
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Wrong, wrong, wrong
It is misleading and inaccurate to say that Acton Housing Association, part of the Dominion Housing Group, has “the worst record for spending”.
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Disappointing performance
Your article attempting to report on housing association spend was, unfortunately, wholly inaccurate and misleading.
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Three vie for McDonald’s top ODPM role
Richard McCarthy, Neil Kinghan and Joe Montgomery vie for senior role at ODPM.
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NewsLiving in the dark ages
Building on how current housing policies are depriving us of space and light
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NewsThe Laird’s estate
Michael Laird Architects has unveiled its designs for Leamington Wharf, a £2m waterside terrace of contemporary townhouses is located on a narrow strip of land next to the newly restored Union Canal in Edinburgh.
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Former ODPM adviser calls for halt to new regulations
Paul Everall, the man who oversaw the introduction of Part P and Part B, says there is ‘too much regulation’
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Industry fatalities reach three-year high
Seventy-two workers died in the construction industry in the past year, the highest number for three years, according to a report revealed this week.
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FeaturesSpecifier Products
Everything you need to create a sophisticated, modern office environment, from frameless glass partitioning to wall-mounted uplighters, plus systems for heat recovery, air-handling and sunshading
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CommentA culture of collusion
It’s disappointing to see the reputation of the industry taking a battering again. That, inevitably, is the consequence of what the Office of Fair Trading is finding about anti-competitive practices in the construction sector.