Opinion – Page 308
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CommentWe've failed economics
You will no doubt recall the talk from David Cameron during the election about the big society that was to replace big government
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CommentWhat makes a good lawyer?
The Legal 500 came out this month but how much can such directories really tell us about construction law firms
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CommentInfrastructure is 40% bigger than we thought
The latest ONS figures are worrying as they mean we've measured output and got it wrong in a big way
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CommentFreedom fighter: Toby Young interview
Author Toby Young is one of the first parents to try to found a free school - partly, it seems, in an effort to alienate as many architects as possible. Emily Wright asked him why
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CommentHansom: Move over Sherlock
Building’s supersleuth uncovers the truth behind celebrity interviews, appeals for help in identifying a missing person, tails the RICS/QS row and meets a double murderer
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CommentWhy I'm convinced by free schools: Free-range children
Now the dead hand of central government has been prised from our throats, we can build schools in a way that is excitingly new - and strangely old-fashioned
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The worst-laid plans
Your excellent Brickonomics blog entry (23 February, building.co.uk) highlights the sheer naivity of those putting forward this New Utopia planning system.
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CommentThe silent QSs
Are Building readers aware of the implications of the takeover of Davis Langdon by Aecom?
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CommentStorytime: Wilfred and the chisel
At Bristol’s Kingsdown Council school in 1946, I joined Mr Bowell’s woodwork class. He was a quietly-spoken man in a carpenter’s work coat
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Winds of change
I read with great interest the report published by Scottish Renewables, highlighting the huge potential for job creation in the offshore wind generation industry over the next decade.
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Turning the heat on fire report
In your article “Insurers call for urgent probe into timber-frame fire risk” (27 August, page 9) you state that the UK Timber Frame Association dismissed the findings of the government’s report on fire safety
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Count the costs
I read with interest the article by Mr Justice Akenhead (3 September, page 47)
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Don't look up
Rebecca Shorter is a member of the construction team at solicitor Cripps Harries Hall, who are “all big fans” of Building’s health and safety blunders.
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CommentInternational schools market: If you build it, they will buy it
If you want to carry on building schools for the future, develop a cheaper product that you can sell to poorer countries that are desperate for decent classrooms
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CommentWonders & blunders with Jonathan Foyle
Jonathan Foyle adores the back-of-an-envelope creativity that led to Lincoln cathedral, but is worried about the people who move to the nascent city at Salford Quays
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CommentMy digital life: Richard Nelson
Top picks from Watkins Gray Internationals business development director
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CommentRGB vs SGL: NEC3 contract in dispute
This type of contract rarely ends up in court, so this case is useful guidance for parties and adjudicators
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CommentTips for contractors taking on Connaught jobs
The collapse of Connaught means many are looking into how its contracts can be novated or assigned, but there are a host of legal issue to consider first
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CommentWhat do consultants actually do?
Consultants need to explain in simple terms what they do to avoid being blamed for job losses and cut downs
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Simon Lucas: How construction can win work on free schools
EC Harris’ head of schools will be speaking at Remodelling Education Spaces taking place on 13-14 September in Manchester