All ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø articles in 17 December 2010 – Page 5
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Features
Make That's: We built this city
Christmas is a time for dressing up right, having fun, and giving, right? What better way to combine all three than forming a band to cut a charity single?
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Comment
The legal implications of using ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Information Modelling
BIM has huge benefits, but the principle of sharing could come unstuck when mistakes are discovered.
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News
British Land's Slicker City
British Land has submitted a planning application for a 12-storey 1.1m ft2 office block in the iconic Broadgate development in the City of London
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Two directors leave in Bovis shake-up
Two more senior directors are to leave Bovis Lend Lease, in the latest management changes at the firm
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Comment
A bonus worthy of Scrooge
The government wants the new homes bonus to spark a resurgence in housebuilding. But it is too complex, bureaucratic and riddled with anomalies to work
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Comment
Wonders & blunders with Pedro Roos
Pedro Roos thinks the Pompidou Centre’s masterly manipulation of the space around it puts One Hyde Park in the shade. Who’d have thought they were by the same architect?
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Relief – and disappointment – at Localism Bill
The government has pulled back from giving communities the right to appeal all planning permissions as part of its radical overhaul of the planning system this week
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How to shop in Bangkok
Amanda Levete Architects’ Central Embassy development is due to start on site in Thailand next February
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BAA drops Davis Langdon from Heathrow framework
EC Harris and Turner & Townsend retain role to manage £3.5bn construction programme
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Atkins signs nuclear power deal
British engineering giant Atkins has signed a joint venture with Assystem, a French nuclear specialist, to take advantage of the growing international market for atomic power stations
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Features
Green army: How the Green Deal will work
The government hopes its Green Deal will encourage homeowners to install energy efficiency measures and create an army of 250,000 to do the work. Sounds great, says Iain Withers - but will anyone join up?
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Green army
The government’s Green Deal will encourage homeowners to cut carbon and create 250,000 jobs for construction workers. Sounds great, says Iain Withers - but will it work?
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Anything but tinsel: High-tech and artistic decorations
Fairy lights, Christmas trees and Santas are bedecking high streets across the country in the time-honoured tradition. But for a hardcore group of artists and designers, Christmas is more about technology than tinsel
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Comment
Hansom:Â Crackers, anyone?
Christmas is always a real challenge for this column - how to reconcile the season of goodwill with our irrepressible satirical tendencies? Move over Santa …
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News
CJ Haughey’s creditors stand to lose up to £6.5m
Administrator says firm unlikely to be sold as founder blames Pembroke project for collapse
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Projects of the year 2010: Take it to the max
The big, the beautiful and the bonkers - Ike Ijeh and Thomas Lane dish out the awards to an international array of projects that helped keep construction headlines lively in 2010
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An overview of 2010
It was the year we all knew was going to be bad. It was just a question of how bad. The key events everyone was waiting for, with bated breath, were the general election in May and George Osborne’s Comprehensive Spending Review in October
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2010’s heroes and villains
The past year wasn’t all bad - which is why we have kicked off our review of the year with the heroes of 2010 - something a little more positive to ease you in.
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Happy endings in 2010?
Whether it was true love or marriages of convenience, 2010 had plenty of matches through mergers and acquisitions - one of which became the industry’s worst kept secret …