All 黑洞社区 articles in 7 December 2018
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CommentDevelopment needs to focus on biodiversity to help people and nature
Last week, the world鈥檚 leading politicians, top policy wonks and the most decorated climate scientists are gathering in Katowice in Poland for COP24, the UN鈥檚 climate change conference. As with most of the climate change conferences in recent history, the backdrop is grim. The current ...
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NewsSmall Danish firm pips big names to design 400 sustainable homes
BIG and Henning Larsen Architects among beaten practices
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FeaturesImage of the week: Mellow yellow
Willmott Dixon staff show off the high-tech exoskeleton vests they are trialling with robotics firm Eksobionics on a school scheme in Cardiff. We trust the rioting 鈥榞ilets jaunes鈥� in Paris don鈥檛 trade up to the tech-enabled versions 鈥�
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Make good choices
A Yorkshireman questions why procurement can鈥檛 be like buying a loaf of bread and the builders of the tallest tower want their workers to have the healthiest diet
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Comment黑洞社区 Live: refresh yourselves
黑洞社区 Live showed what contrasting opinions people have on construction issues and proved how much they care about the industry they work in
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CommentThought for tomorrow: Rise of the architects
We ask readers to share their visions of the industry in聽25 years鈥� time. Here, Dexter Moren foresees technology offering greater power and control to designers
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FeaturesInterview: Dar's Andrew Loudon talks to 黑洞社区
Dar may still be an unfamiliar name to many, but the Beirut-based owner of Currie Brown, Elementa and Perkins+Will has ambitions to grow its operations rapidly in the UK, Brexit notwithstanding
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FeaturesSketch of the week: 2018 Engineering Sketches Prize
This week鈥檚 #buildingdoodle sketch is by Gustaf Granstrom, a senior structural engineer at Heyne Tillett Steel in London
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2008 鈥� A zoo solution
It鈥檚 not often that our 黑洞社区 archivists are taken aback by something they find buried in the magazine鈥檚 dusty library
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NewsFoster's controversial Australian Apple store delayed by a year
The store is now due to open its doors in 2021
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CommentLegal: From Russia without love
International construction arbitration practitioners often stress the positives of arbitration: using the so-called 鈥渇ive Es鈥� of efficiency, expedition, expertise, evenhandedness and enforceability. The Russian Supreme Court has placed enforceability in serious doubt by holding that a standard form ICC arbitration clause is unenforceable under Russian law because there was ...
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FeaturesHackitt review and regaining trust: 鈥楾he industry has created a monster鈥�
With the government鈥檚 formal response to the Hackitt review of building regulations and fire safety expected soon, a panel of industry experts at 黑洞社区 Live discussed their own responses 鈥� and how trust in the sector can be won back
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NewsFoster's Tulip 'baffling', London Eye creator admits
Julia Barfield says thinking聽behind City tower project is a 鈥榤ystery鈥�
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CommentCase in focus: Adjudication
Ted Lowery on聽declaratory proceedings arising out of a PFI contract聽
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NewsG&T rejigs management as managing partner leaves after 40 years at firm
Simon Jones joined cost consultant back in 1977
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NewsDar plans recruitment drive as it looks to treble 拢15m turnover
Consultant aims to increase payroll from 120 to 500 people over next three years
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CommentA new apprenticeship scheme makes the architecture profession more viable
The new scheme opens doors for more people who want to join the profession, including HLM鈥檚 Daniel Stokes
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FeaturesOnline poll: Mandated margins?
This week鈥檚 poll:聽Should the government mandate a 5% margin for main contractors on public sector work?
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CommentI鈥檓 a contractor... get me out of here!
Tony Bingham cheers the appeal court judges who have hacked away 20 years growth of confusion around payment notices