Opinion – Page 216
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CommentMy digital life … Andy Porter
The WSP Digital director discusses cycling, his favourite apps and listening to Hall Oates
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CommentOverheating: It's getting hot in here …
Neil Jefferson, director of the NHBC and chief executive of the Zero Carbon Hub
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CommentHansom: Multimedia communication
This week, RMJM goes through an identity crisis, Pure Student Living approaches Chinese teenagers online, Aecom’s Jason Prior has words with taxi drivers, and T T launches Johannesburg’s second moon
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CommentBy any other name
The Davis Langdon we remember no longer exists - is holding on to the name more of a hindrance than a help?
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CommentCriminal responsibility
Designing out crime is threatened by deregulation of the planning system
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CommentBRE response
BRE is confident that its proposed development in Garston, Watford will enhance the local community
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CommentEducation for the future
The coalition is avoiding spending money on those who need it the most with its plans for education
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CommentLack of good faith
More good faith may be what’s needed in the industry but unfortunately it isn’t what we’re getting
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CommentWonders & blunders with Vicky Richardson
For Vicky Richardson, the view from the Emirates Air Line cable car shows a city with exciting potential to fly high - whereas the sight of the supposedly future-facing Crystal is a bit of a downer
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CommentThe making of us
Many have bemoaned the coalition’s reliance on private funding for infrastructure, but this new reality could benefit construction firms if they are able to adapt fast enough
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CommentThe target
The high-profile pursuit of May Gurney demonstrates growing evidence that the support services sector is a major future growth area
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CommentIt's a good plan, but …
Stimulating the housing market is a fine old idea, but it requires a planning system that is up to the job. Debbie Aplin considers what can be done to improve chances of getting on site
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CommentHansom: Of all creation
A rapper sings a rainbow in the name of architecture, the game is afoot for the Rail Accident Investigation Branch, there’s more marathon news, and has Balfour Beatty offended the gods?
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CommentGoing green? Give it time
David Weight believes opportunities to reduce embodied carbon are often thwarted by a tight build programme. With careful planning and more time, emissions could be slashed
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CommentWonders & blunders … with Steve Bosi
Steve Bosi predicts the Walkie Talkie tower will be a great addition to the London skyline, but looks back with regret at the exterior of Barcelona’s Las Arenas
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CommentCampaign for fairer payment
Suppliers or subcontractors experiencing payment problems should report it
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CommentImpossible conditions passed on
here should be an appropriate relationship between being paid and paying others and anything else is grossly unfair
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CommentYou cannot change the market
Carillion will start losing bids, margins will fall and so will the share price
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CommentNumber of homes not the problem
There are a vast number of homes for sale but no one can afford to buy them