All ڶ articles in 01 October 2010 – Page 3
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Features
First Impressions: The Iranian Embassy in London
Two Nottingham Trent University students on the controversial Daneshgar-designed marble and stone cube modernist scheme
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News
Wates and McAlpine compete for first fast-track school
Contractors shortlisted for £10.5m Campsmount project in Doncaster
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Government puts Olympic village up for sale
ODA calls for expressions of interest from developers for up to 4,000 homes
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Morrell calls for BIM on public projects
Government’s construction advisor believes BIM will unlock new ways of working
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Laing O'Rourke appoints new chief executive for Europe
Roger Robinsn will also look to win infrastructure work for the contractor in Canada
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Solar gains and the new Part L: unless your building is a glass box it’s great news
What impact will the new limits on solar gains have on office design?
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Spurs mount joint bid with AEG for Olympic stadium
Club reveals alternative plans for a new ground on day Haringey council approve Make’s redesign for White Hart Lane
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Mears buys ailing social housing firm
Social housing company buys loss-making maintenance business Jackson Lloyd
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Comment
Must-see TV
Christopher Hare snapped these two committed couch potatoes trying to fit a TV aerial in a rainy London Bridge. Clearly the television schedules must have improved since we last looked …
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What the pooping man told us
Engineers’ wizardry is beyond question, but they still suffer from a cultural cringe when it comes to the question of creativity. Luckily, Chris Wise met someone who explained the whole thing
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Making tracks …
David Higgins is leaving the Olympic Delivery Authority for Network Rail after five years in the chief executive’s post - and two years before the opening of the Games.David HigginsLondonBy David Levene5/28/10
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Features
The magic mushroom: Pavilion at Stuttgart university
If you think 6.5mm plywood is just for DIY patch-ups, then you should see what the scientific wizards at Stuttgart university have done with the stuff
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Comment
Long live RSLs
Oh dear Mr Shapps! What an ill-conceived comment about housing association “fat cat” pay
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United House names money man
Social housing specialist United House has appointed Simon Jones group finance director
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Hansom: Everything in its place
Sticklers for detail are thick on the ground this week: billionaire property owners insisting their wires are not crossed, the company that won’t be called a contractor and a ferocious fight for a full stop
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Green gauge
Exactly how the Green Investment Bank will be funded and managed continues to be up for debate but there is only so much longer this can go on before the “greenest government ever” gets a reputation for being all talk and no action
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Rush to judgment: Southern Insulation vs How Engineering
Southern Insulation was facing a complex multiparty action. To avoid dragging it out over the August recess it applied for a quick decision. This is what happened next…
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Hello, Ed …
Ed Miliband took to the Labour party conference stage this week and declared himself firmly on your side. “You see, when you cancel thousands of new school buildings at a stroke, it isn’t just bad for our kids, it’s bad for construction companies at a time when their order books ...
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Ed, the thoughtful radical
Ed Miliband was not my first choice as leader of the Labour party