Opinion – Page 317
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CommentAre we on the edge of a second house price crash?
Is the market heading for a protracted decline or will prices stabilise and hold or continue to creep up from the trough of a year or so ago.
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CommentPilon vs Breyer Group: adjudicator's jurisdiction
The judge in this case came down against the adjudicator and warned parties not to seek to overly restrict his jurisdiction
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CommentSerpentine Pavilion: Red Ken
Jean Nouvel's new Serpentine Pavilion in Kensington Gardens proves that Central St. Giles does not have the monopoly on colour in London's urban landscape this summer.
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CommentConstruction advertising: it's all about communities
Word of mouth, but with an online twist, will be central to construction advertising in 2012
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CommentFoster opens up a bright spot in Kazakhstan
This distant cousin of the UK’s Millennium Dome should meet more appreciation from the locals
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CommentPassivhaus refurb diaries, part 2: The airtightness strategy
The architect behind the retrofit of an Edward property using Passivhaus principles takes us through the strategy for achieving airtightness…
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CommentHas the Office for Budget Responsibility screwed up stamp duty figures?
Estimates on expected revenue from stamp duty look hugely optimistic, so what happens if they’re wrong?
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CommentSigns of a stalling housing market
It’s a confused picture, but overall the recent resurgence in the market looks to be petering out
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CommentChelsea Barracks: The Prince is not the Problem
Does the ongoing Chelsea Barracks saga teach us as much about architects as it does Prince Charles?
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CommentUS consultanting giants: About the size of it
Clients who have had a close relationship with a consultant they see as independent and free thinking could hesitate before employing a more impersonal multinational
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CommentGleeds on the budget 2010: Video
Clive Curd and David Gibson, Gleeds taxation, grants and insurance, look at the implications of the budget on the construction and property industry, focusing on taxes, spending cuts and enhanced capital allowances
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CommentWW Gear Construction vs McGhee Group: submitting a claim in time
If you fail to put in a claim for loss and expense within the time period, you lose your right to claim as happened in this case
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CommentBudget could have been worse
At least there are people within the coalition who realise how vital our industry is to the UK economy
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CommentWonders & blunders with Eamonn Holmes
Eamonn Holmes thinks Stormont majestic enough to host George Best’s funeral service, but would love to drive a bulldozer into a seventies DVLA office
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CommentHansom: Turf wars
While a fishmonger and a newt-fancier fight over a scrap of east London, a trip to the races proves a right royal to-do and the new housing minister gets slapped down by the Treasury
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A bad Budget for us
The cuts to public spending announced in the emergency Budget should come as no surprise and are something the construction sector has been bracing itself for
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Get building
Surely we have to get back to real basics now (“Industry left waiting on housing and BSF,” 25 June, page 10)
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Cut your coat according to cloth
As the UK’s leading school locker manufacturer, we share the industry’s concerns over the future of Building Schools for the Future (“Industry fears for future of BSF,” 21 June, building.co.uk)
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Sell, sell, sell
I have been saying for years to stakeholders that householders and consumers are ignorant of the benefits that sustainable technology can deliver because it has been poorly sold to them (“Report shows green benefits elude homeowners,” 24 June, building.co.uk)
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Q+A from Building Answers
Building’s Forum regulars offer their advice on problems. This week: a dissertation on sustainability and the London 2012 Olympics