Opinion – Page 248
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CommentWonders & blunders with Matt Lown
Matt Lown hails the impressive comeback of a sixties icon, and blows the whistle on a former MI6 building unconvincingly disguised as an apartment block
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CommentCrystallisation of disputes: Working Environments vs Greencoat Construction
In this case a Judge examined whether it was possible to severe an adjudicator’s decision to exclude issues that fell outside of a crystallised dispute
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CommentHow the 3% fall in construction output could have been worse
Brian Green praises hawk-eyed Office for National Statistics staff
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CommentThe secret schools report: Lessons from school
If the government continues to block access to vital schools data, it risks undermining its aim for school building in an era of austerity
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CommentHansom: Bit of a cover-up
From the site hoardings obscured by topiary to the 2012 Sir John Armitt swimsuit calendar, this column wonders when it’s best to keep some things under wraps …
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CommentSupport your supply chain
According to Building’s new white paper, specialists fear the pain is about to get even worse - which makes the issue of fair payment more critical than ever, says Suzannah Nichol
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Fresh standards
The government hasn’t moved away from standardisation for school designs - it’s just avoiding being too prescriptive
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Knowledge is power
The government should publish its post-occupancy schools research - it doesn’t matter when it was commissioned
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CommentThe bad side of good faith
‘Good faith’ clauses might sound like a bit of modern touchy-feeliness, but they carry a real sting if you fail to heed them
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Battersea: why not demolish it?
The site should be used as efficiently as possible to provide housing and other facilities
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Fuel poverty looms for many
Most of the comments on the FITs debate seem to forget that there are legions of people who spend a considerable portion of their day at home
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CommentRegional strength: Those who can, reach
It may look like big beasts Bouygues and Balfour Beatty are adopting radically different UK strategies, but both know the importance of regional strength, says Alastair Stewart
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CommentBuilding plays host at … The Building Awards
Kriss Akabusi’s achievements and yacht size got this table talking at the Building Awards
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CommentMy digital life … with Ian Blacker
This week, confessions are made to monopolising an iPad, using the Ocado app and listening to Paul Weller
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CommentThe secret schools report: Failings are all too familiar
The post-occupancy evaluation, leaked to Building, contains some depressingly familiar statistics
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CommentDavid Tonkin on the Government Construction Summit
Atkins UK chief executive talks of ‘exciting’ shift in ministers’ approach
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CommentPaul Morrell on the Government Construction Summit
Chief construction adviser says ministers ‘want sight of where the sector is heading’
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CommentPlunge in construction pushes UK into recession
Brian Green predicts sharp edges will be shaved off latest GDP data as gloominess proves ‘overdone’