Opinion – Page 290
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CommentOpen mike: One for all
Each profession in this industry has at least one body to represent it, which just widens the gulfs between us all. What if we set up a collective body instead?
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CommentCommunity spirited
I am constantly surprised by the kindness of strangers. This week builders and designers inspire each other, MPs battle climate change and a kindly planning officer keeps kids out of trouble
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CommentLondon’s the place to be
The London commercial sector is strong, but the regions are still weak
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Use your common sense
I found Alan Harris’ concerns that adjudicators rarely seek advice from specialists on matters of law or programming interesting (11 February, page 25).
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Water works
In your article about the new station over the river at Blackfriars (28 January, page 44), you refer to the role of the PLA in making the use of the river a possibility for moving materials to and from the site.
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Let's not be hasty
Unfortunately the knee-jerk reaction to a crisis described in “Rok and Connaught force repairs in-house” (11 February, page 12), is typical of housing associations, and is driving the provision of an in-house repairs team.
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CommentMore inflation worries as plant hire prices bounce back
Data from ONS shows year-on-year 2.2% rise in Q4 2010
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CommentA new-look Middle East: threat or opportunity?
Could a rise in people power prompt a shift in what is built in the Middle East?
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Comment3XN to design Swedbank's Stockholm headquarters
V-shaped structure will house 2,500 office workers
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CommentVinci appoints regional director for Yorkshire
Keith Shivers will take charge of nine BSF contracts worth £170m
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CommentTime for a construction revolution?
SMEs are getting squeezed by the big boys and no-one’s taking up their cause
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CommentValue discount payments are counterproductive
Passing pain down the supply chain is harming the whole industry
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CommentArchitectural and engineering firms see drop in turnover in 2010
Turnover is now 8% less than the peak in 2008
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CommentCabe - why it must keep the name
News this week that design quango Cabe’s name may ultimately be up for grabs in its long-heralded merger with the Design Council prompts that age-old question – what’s in a name?
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CommentLocalism: A recipe for building homes in the wrong places
Real powers will help economic growth, but limited localism could just further seal off leafy suburbs to development
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Love the one you're with
As is fitting for the week of Saint Valentine, relationships have been hotting up in the industry. From sharing a romantic dinner a deux, to tackling the opposition, to swapping saliva, Cupid’s been busy!
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CommentDeleted expletives
Quentin Shears, 48, is a partner in Newt UK, a Hertfordshire-based quantity surveyor that its US owner, construction giant Gator Corp, has never been quite sure what to do with. Quentin has recently been making excellent progress in his anger management sessions, which he was obliged to take after several ...
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Reading, writing and … building
Ahead of next week’s BSEC event, Pascale Scheurer redefines the future of education building before