Opinion – Page 184
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CommentEmbracing the customs
The nascent custom-build sector should not be viewed as a threat by volume housebuilders. Rather, it is a chance for them to sell more homes
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CommentRubbish in, rubbish out
What’s the use of different energy prediction software packages producing such varied results?
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CommentTechnology is a wonderful thing - but only if you know how to use it
Research into consumer attitudes to low and zero carbon technologies reveals contains some important lessons for the industry
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CommentThose housebuilding numbers: Joy, reality, then annoyance
The increase in housebuilding doesn’t look that impressive when you plot it on a graph
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CommentPlant hire prices dip slightly despite upturn in construction
A look at the latest data from the Office for National Statistics
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CommentWhen planning co-operation spells paralysis
The government’s well-intentioned introduction of a ‘duty to co-operate’ between councils is a serious problem
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CommentConstruction pantomime offers seasonal cheer
While subbies, contractors and architects are all reporting rising workloads, the pressure is still on for those at the back end of the supply chain
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CommentCan housing be sent into space?
The drive to densify cities helps neither families nor social mobility
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CommentHave we wasted the latest good crisis?
Exhortation changes little in this industry - challenges like mass retrofitting of housing depends on regulation
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CommentHeat networks aren't always a hot idea
It’s assumed combined heat and power plants for residential schemes reduce fuel poverty, but it may not be that simple
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CommentWill Part L 2013 really make any difference?
The transition to the new standards didn’t work well last time, it won’t this time
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CommentEnergy infrastructure is fundamentally local
Both construction and energy markets are too centralised and not equiped to tackle climate change
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CommentHarnessing the hatred of energy firms
Energy efficiency is not very cool but neither is giving all your money to the big six
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CommentDoosan Babcock Limited vs Comercializadora de Equipos y Materiales Mabe Limitada: On demand guarantees
This case, before Mister Justice Edwards-Stuart, concerns whether the right to make a call under an on-demand guarantee is qualified by the terms of the underlying contract
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CommentShale gas and the invisible gorilla
Politicians should focus on energy efficiency and renewables, not distract themselves with shale gas
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CommentSix graphs showing construction firms' pain from 2008 to 2012
The story revealed by data from this week’s Annual Business Survey
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CommentWe must act on cycling safety in Golding's name
The tragic death of Francis Golding should inspire the industry to tackle London’s killing streets
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CommentHow do we attract new blood?
The industry needs to become a sector of choice for young people
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CommentHansom: Communication skills
Wayne Hemingway shows how to lose friends and alienate people, the Co-op HQ goes green(er), Graham Watts takes to the stage, and Southwark council emphatically denies knocking a hole in Justin Webb’s house
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CommentMy digital life … Dave Danell
The WSP rail director on emailing during Match of the Day, text banter, and using social media to keep an eye on his kids