All 黑洞社区 articles in 8 November 2019
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Baby steps
A young housing secretary is questioned for the first time and thrill seekers are prevented from setting聽foot on a series of nerve-wracking bridges
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CommentLet鈥檚 be honest about private finance in infrastructure
Private investment in infrastructure has been criticised 鈥� wrongly 鈥� in the past few years.聽The government supports it abroad but has refused to promote it at home
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Comment5 minutes with鈥� Angus Bruce, principal and head of landscape architecture, Hassell Studio
Angus Bruce 聽tells 黑洞社区 about tech literacy, watching your projects mature, and wishful thinking
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2010 鈥� Getting afloat
黑洞社区 hasn鈥檛 spent a lot of time in Soho over the past 175 years, so we decided to look back at an unusual theatre project in London
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Spa facility at a residential resort
This week鈥檚 #buildingdoodle sketch is by聽Alejandro Bermudez Pascual, architect at Gaunt Francis Architects in Cardiff
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FeaturesImage of the week: Breaking barriers
Thirty years ago, on 9 November 1989, the Berlin Wall came down. Here, people celebrated atop the wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate
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FeaturesContractors鈥� salary survey 2019: Not all about the money
Wage inflation among contractors is subdued, constrained by wider economic uncertainty and doubts over major infrastructure projects
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CommentDon鈥檛 touch those defects
Steven Carey examines the feasibility of applying for an injunction聽to restrain a replacement subcontractor from rectifying defects
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FeaturesProjects: Walker鈥檚 Court, Soho
The Walker鈥檚 Court development, on the聽site of the famous Raymond Revuebar, could help the neighbourhood rediscover some heart
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FeaturesCost model: Higher education refurbishment
UK higher education attracts students from all over the world 鈥� this is good for construction, as universities and colleges renew and upgrade campuses and facilities
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CommentCase in focus: Dickie & Moore Ltd vs Trustees of The Lauren McLeish Discretionary Trust
Ted Lowery considers whether, in a recent case, the pupil had become the master
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NewsThree firms to split infrastructure work at 拢6bn Meridian Water development
Council looking to set up 拢135m framework
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CommentSimons Group: Lessons not learned
News of Simons Group鈥檚 demise last week sent shockwaves through an industry that has become used to this kind of thing
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NewsGovernment struggling to get a grip on scale of flammable cladding problem
Esther McVey tells Labour shadow it is trying to understand 鈥榮cope and scale of issue'
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NewsMorgan Sindall shines with upgraded profit forecast
Firm had been expected to post 拢85m pre-tax profit this year
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CommentWhat it takes to crystallise a dispute
And how the concept works in the context of adjudication