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NewsLiving in the past
Concept homes are supposed to lead the way to the future. The only problem is, the housebuilding industry never wants to follow. As David Wilson Homes launches a fresh mission, we wonder whether the industry will ever boldly go anywhere
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David Curry
The chronic housing shortage has spurred Whitehall into commissioning a host of well meaning reports, but the tricky policy decisions may take a good while longer to emerge
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You’ll pay for this
Why are construction leaders so reluctant to join the political fray over tuition fees?
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Scotland is freezing
The Human Rights Act limited Scottish claimants' rights to freeze defendants' assets before judgment. But a recent case may encourage this tool to be used more
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I've put the bomb there
If a project manager supervises the installation of a fire risk, then warns its client that it has installed a fire risk, does the warning absolve it of blame after the inevitable fire?
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Thanks, partner!
From my experience of working in Holland, the way in which Ballast Nedam has treated staff and subcontractors at Ballast UK comes as no surprise.
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Under guarantee
I would like to offer some support and consolation to those subcontrators owed money by Ballast.
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We're all doomed
I want to express my outrage at the government's proposal to increase tuition fees to undergraduates.
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Name that toon
You refer, in the issue of 9 January (page 38), to the Gateshead Music Centre as a building due for completion in 2004, and claim that "the city of Newcastle will be gaining a Lord Foster landmark". However Gateshead is on one bank of the Tyne and Newcastle is ...
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What's with Duncan Wallace?
Mr Duncan Wallace is the possessor of a mighty intellect and has provided a supplement (Hudson's Building & Engineering Contracts 11th Edition First Supplement), which is comprehensive and scholarly.
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Healthy competition
I agree with Gus Alexander (19 December, page 23) that capacity and expertise are hot topics in healthcare architecture.
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Let your voice be heard
I have resigned from the RICS after more than 50 years in the profession.
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Nimbyism at work
Another reason for housing sites not being developed (19 December, page 18) is restrictive covenants.
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Hissed again
In recognition of your timely post-Crimbo blitz on the dangers of the demon drink (16 January, pages 1, 3 and 24), wouldn't it be a consistent gesture to abandon the lashing out of £25 drinks vouchers to the winners of the excellent "In the detail" competition on this page? ...
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NewsHealthy competition
A Balfour Beatty-led consortium has beaten off a Bovis Lend Lease team to win preferred bidder status on a £521m hospital PFI in Birmingham.The 35-year deal, for the University Hospital Birmingham Trust and the Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Trust, is due to reach financial close in March 2005. The ...
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NewsLibeskind in London
Daniel Libeskind's design for the London Metropolitan University is due to be completed for the spring term by main contractor Costain. The £3m postgraduate centre on Holloway Road, north London, provides a lecture theatre, seminar rooms, offices and a student cafeteria and is sandwiched between the concrete tower block of ...
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Shuttleworth launches modest brand name
Former Foster and Partners right-hand man Ken Shuttleworth has unveiled the name of the firm he has set up. The man credited with the initial designs for Swiss Re and the GLA building will now practise under the name Make.
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Site death prompts Wembley safety probe
Wembley stadium contractor Multiplex is carrying out a safety review of the project after a man died on Thursday and another was seriously injured when a crane collapsed on the site.
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Kubrick site gets £50m overhaul
Architect Broadway Malyan is working on a £50m scheme to regenerate the infamous Tavy Bridge estate in Thamesmead, south-east London
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Darling to name leader of railways review
Transport secretary Alistair Darling is to announce who will lead the government's review of the railways in a Commons statement next week.