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CommentOpen mike: Read 'em and weep
As Jeff Howell's postbag shows, the people the government encouraged to buy their own homes in the 1980s were cut adrift with no idea what to do when they failed
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FeaturesPractice made perfect
It's easy to mistake David Morley Architects' clear-glazed NHS walk-in centre for a shop front. And that's the intention. We walked in to check it out, and he didn't even need an appointment …
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FeaturesBuilding in two dimensions
This year's Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy was themed – by David Hockney, no less – on drawing, a discipline in which architects excel. We discovered the delights of Gallery VII
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CommentThe guests are arriving
Isn’t the point of the European Union’s single market to increase the flows of goods, services, capital and labour, and thereby increase economic efficiency?
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CommentThe meddle detector
The Construction Act is coming under review but, while there are good arguments for some change, the scrutinisers should remember: if it ain't broke …
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CommentWe need some fog lights
Two years after Judge Seymour said you couldn't introduce new material once an adjudication had started, we're not much wiser about whether he was right
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A remembrance of things past
I very much doubt that I will be the first correct answer, but the building in your "In the detail" competition is Trellick Tower in Golborne Road London W10 – not to be confused with trendy Notting Hill – designed by Erno Goldfinger and constructed by Holland Hannon and Cubitts.It ...
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Against the system
I am greatly concerned by the increase in the "contributions" required from applicants for planning permission.
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Manufacturing opportunities
I am a second-year building surveying student, and an unusual one, in that I am aged 35, and from a manufacturing background.
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Adult affairs
Clarissa de Waal highlighted a number of points about adult training (Letters, 21 May, page 40) that the CITB is addressing.
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Held accountable
Your piece about the Scottish parliament (28 May, page 22) led with an inaccurate and speculative cost figure of £450m.
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NHBC, know thyself
NHBC chief executive Imtiaz Farookhi in his letter of 21 May (page 40) takes issue with Building for describing the NHBC as a lobbying organisation for housebuilders.
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Shadowing the CIS
Many of the industry's concerns over the Construction Industry Scheme have been recognised by proposals in the Finance Bill, welcomed by the Conservative Party. But the details are still in draft, and this is an opportunity chance to make sure the scheme works. I would be interested to hear from ...
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NewsDelays hit Jarvis' self-build HQ
Troubled contractor Jarvis is two months behind on its own headquarters in Smithfield, central London.
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T5 steel workers vote to strike over pay
Watson steel workers at Heathrow Terminal 5 have voted to take strike action as part of a national dispute over pay.
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News£10m overhaul to begin at troubled Saga headquarters
Repair work worth £10m is set to start later this summer on the Saga headquarters in Folkestone, Kent, which was designed by Sir Michael Hopkins and opened five years ago.
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Gammon sale may exclude Skanska from Asian market
Skanska, the world's third largest contractor, may be prevented from competing in several lucrative Asian markets as a result of the sale of its 50% stake in Hong Kong-based contractor Gammon.
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Warning over illegal workers
Construction minister Nigel Griffiths has acknowledged the need for a crackdown on illegal gangmasters in construction.
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RICS boss unveils vision of a better future
RICS President Nick Brooke this week published the Brooke Report, setting out his proposals to remodel the organisation.