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CommentSchool building: United we stand
The Education Funding Agency鈥檚 baseline school designs have opened up divisions between architects and contractors when what is needed is greater collaboration
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CommentLandmark projects: How to spot a flop from 100 yards
Projects likely to lose a contractor millions of pounds don鈥檛 always have 鈥榝ailure鈥� written all over them, but there are warning signs that should make anyone pause
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CommentTime to think small
Infrastructure investment may be the key to economic recovery, but projects need to start now - and that means focusing on less showy but 鈥榦ven ready鈥� local schemes
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CommentNot perfect but good enough for these austere times
Baseline school designs: some may think we鈥檙e selling our children short but we need to look at a system that can deliver in tough times
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CommentFragmented construction industry
If we just look after our own interests we鈥檒l never get the government to listen to us
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CommentGarden Cities: Learning from the regions
Politicians discussing garden suburbs and cities at next week鈥檚 Conservative conference would do well to look further than London and Hertfordshire
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CommentInfrastructure investment
The CBI鈥檚 latest survey restates the business case for continued investment in infrastructure, but progress is still worryingly slow
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CommentCash flows and the supply chain
Cash is king - but with less of it around, contractors are taking different approaches to their supply chain
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CommentCabinet reshuffle: The pain game
Despite firms going bust, and young people being denied entry to the industry, the government is still posturing. It needs to act
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CommentPlanning system reform: Devil is in the details
Ian Tant says more detail is needed on the proposed reforms to the planning system launched today
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CommentPSBP: Invest wisely in education
A new academic year begins but we are still in the dark as to how the Priority Schools 黑洞社区 Programme will be funded - so here鈥檚 a few ideas for a fairer, more balanced system
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CommentUK economy: Let's get real
Politicians need to take charge of the economy and borrow to see a return on investment
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CommentA growth spurt for the UK economy
Richard McCarthy: We need some of that Olympic go-getting spirit to get our economy on track
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CommentOlympic legacy: Time to collect our gold medals
It may have been a rocky road but London 2012 has given the world a taste of UK construction鈥檚 quality. Now it鈥檚 time to make good on the legacy the Games has left us with
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CommentStar performers: The Olympic venues in practice
Watching the Olympic buildings fulfill their roles during the Games was a triumph - will they live up to legacy expectations too?
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CommentOlympic memories: Peter Sell
Davis Langdon鈥檚 Peter Sell recalls staring at a scrapyard that was to become the aquatics centre and realising the enormity of the task ahead
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CommentOlympic memories: Pernilla Ohrstedt
The Olympic Beatbox pavilion designer looks back at the nervous creation of a complex structure and a rooftop afterparty with medal-winning athletes
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CommentOlympic memories: Mike McNicholas
Atkins鈥� 2012 project director reflects on the journey from excavating 200 million m3 of soil to watching a gold medal winner in Taekwondo
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CommentOlympic memories: Mark Reynolds
Olympic delivery partner CLM鈥檚 deputy programme director explains how he changed the course of the stadium design to remove over 拢100m of cost
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CommentOlympic memories: Zaha Hadid
Architect of the aquatics centre Zaha Hadid singles out the moment that the American swimming team thanked UK construction for the Olympic venues