Opinion – Page 304
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CommentHalving housing spend? We'll be lucky
Sources suggest tomorrow’s spending review will be accompanied by a radical review of how affordable housing is paid for, with central funding cut by anything up to 80%
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CommentFeeling the squeeze in Abu Dhabi
Mega-projects are still on track but consultants out here are seeing margins decline as competition becomes fierce
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CommentPodcast: Economists predict the spending cuts
Listen to our panel of experts discuss the chancellor’s planned cuts and the possible impact on construction
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CommentComprehensive Spending Review: Brace yourself for bad news
Kier topped our monthly business barometer chart thanks to contracts worth £160m. This time last year it was also in the lead, but then its haul was £660m
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Rudi was right ...
The penultimate paragraph of Stuart Pemble’s article “Have I really been negligent?” (8 October, page 73) leads me to the view that he is wrong and Rudi Klein is, as usual, right
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Was Rudi right?
Every now and then Rudi Klein makes a worthwhile and original point, but his article “You’ve been warned” (17 September 2010, page 57) is not such an occasion.
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Disarming deathtraps
Jennifer Deeney’s tragic story makes sobering reading, as does Tony Bingham’s article on the wall collapse (1 October). They emphasise the fact that freestanding walls can be deathtraps.
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Belfast's new troubles
Regarding the planned spending cuts in Northern Ireland, if ministers would get some sort of PPP in place to fill the public sector funding void, privatise water and other public bodies and sort out the planning system, the cuts would not be so severe
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CommentNot-so-smooth landing
Thanks to John Potter for this photo taken in Cheltenham. “At least the spiked railings will stop them hitting the ground!” he comments pointedly
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CommentQuentin Shears: Thinking inside the box
I’ve never been entirely sure what management consultancy is. My only hope was that nobody else knew either
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CommentConstruction in Cairo: Scaling the stone towers
The construction industry in Cairo has tended to stick to concrete buildings of a similar form and size, says Paul Scott. Now this seems to be changing in interesting ways …
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CommentHansom: Strange days indeed
Nothing is as it seems this week, what with resurrected chief executives turning up at race courses, bestiality taking place in the workplace and well-known architects running away to sea
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CommentHas CITB been saved from privatisation?
Francis Maude’s non-committal announcement could spell good news for the body
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CommentMake schools not war
The escalating battle between Michael Gove and councils taking legal action over BSF threatens to become a drawn out conflict – the perfect excuse to delay school building further
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CommentDo arbitrators really disappoint?
Research out this week shows half of firms using arbitrators are not satisfied with their performance, and they seem to have good reason…
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CommentA boost for Passivhaus in the UK
The inaugural UK Passivhaus conference gives a taste of what’s to come.
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CommentIt’s official – construction has never had it so good
This sounds too good to be true, and it probably is
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City Inn: How to avoid unexpected delay disputes
Extensions of time in cases of concurrent delays are tricky, the key is how you draft your contract…
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CommentSecond best is no good at all: impressions from the Labour party conference
Fresh from the Labour conference, Amanda Levete muses on the pointlessness of second place, the deviousness of committees and the role of a great leader in making great buildings