Opinion – Page 141
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CommentPickles' DECs consultation beggars belief
Rather than giving up on Display Energy Certificates in the public sector, the government should be extending this success to private buildings
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CommentWhat makes an effective framework?
Second of a three part series on frameworks: What criteria does a framework need to satisfy in order to be successful
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CommentThe privileged few
It’s imperative that architecture doesn’t become an occupation only available to the wealthy elite
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CommentOnline poll: The cost of an architecture career
Do you have to come from a wealthy background to choose a career in architecture? Vote here
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CommentHansom: Going underground
Good news for fans of transport infrastructure - this week’s tattle has plenty to get your motor running, including tube line cycleways, haunted rail stations, and a bid to bring beauty to Britain’s roads. Yes, roads
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CommentThe quiet revolution
It may not be grabbing headlines, but technological developments in asset management have the potential to transform construction and the country
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CommentConstruction industry must step up on sustainability
Does your business know enough about efforts to reduce the impacts of climate change?
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CommentFinal certificate: The Trustees of the Marc Gilbard 2009 Settlement Trust vs OD Developments and Projects Ltd
Key issues are raised regarding final certificates and adjudication in this case
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CommentIt's crunch time in social housing
In just over a month we’ll know if the government and GLA have hit their targets - and housing associations will know who their friends are
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CommentYou can't do BIM without buy-in
Both the project team and management need to be fully sold if the benefits of BIM are to be realised
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CommentMixed messages
Agenda 15 is starting to make its mark in Westminster, but there is still plenty to be done
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CommentWhat do falling oil prices really mean for the UK?
With regulation driving investment, low prices need not jeopardise progress on green energy and retrofit
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CommentThe BBC: Behind the headlines
The National Audit Office has criticised the BBC for the £273m annual cost to run its estate. Here, the corporation responds
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CommentHansom: The wheat from the chaff
Baking infiltrates Building this week as a former Great British Bake Off contestant quizzes the Federation of Master Builders construction panel, and a Buckinghamshire brickmaker wins over a Japanese bakery
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CommentLetter: Best use of space
A reader responds to James Maddock’s article with a personal recollection
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CommentOnline poll: Consultants' salaries
Will consultants’ salaries continue to rise rapidly in 2015? Vote here
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CommentTuition fees and the risk to university projects
Uncertainty over universities’ income amid the political debate about fees could put up to £1bn of schemes in jeopardy
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CommentThe rise of the first-time buyers
The number of newcomers on the property ladder may be at its highest point since 2007, but the market’s reliance on government initiatives should give housebuilders pause for thought in an election year
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CommentHands up who likes frameworks?
First of a three part series on frameworks: Love them or loathe them, more and more public construction spend is going through frameworks
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Comment10 Steps to accelerate BIM
For BIM to be truly an industry-wide platform it cannot be developed in isolation, we need the participation of as many of us as possible