All Comment articles – Page 67
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Passivhaus: What's in a name?
A lot actually, if you are claiming that a building meets a certain standard without the certification to verify it
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Unspoken risks
Managing the issue of violence in the workplace can begin with simple steps to identify and managing policy
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Mipim 2010: More business, less champagne
ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø's Mipim specialists ponders the last four days, and what it says about the health of the industry
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Starving artist syndrome
The BA saga might be giving unions a controversial reputation, but a more organised workforce wouldn’t go amiss in the architecture profession right now
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Rise of the MIPIM bunker dodgers
The bunker is seen as the heart of Mipim but pass prices are so steep many delegates are finding alternative meeting points
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Half a million jobs to go - it looks like a dead cert
Our Brickonomics blogger takes a punt that job losses are going to come thick and fast
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Starting your own business, part 15: An office of your own
It’s time to put down permanent roots – but what sort of premises will you choose?
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Brickonomics: A housing market in flux
Analysis of the most recent surveys from Rightmove on asking prices and from the RICS on lettings
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Something to shout about
One of the best bits of news we’ve heard in a long time was delivered by Ed Miliband last week
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Legislation round-up: Your new health and safety responsibilities
A quick guide to how new health and safety regulations this April will affect you and your business
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Is the housing market on the turn?
The latest housing market survey from the RICS is out, so what does it tell us about the direction of the housing market?
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Passivhaus diaries, part 20: Coming to an end
As the Denby Dale house completes Bill Butcher reflects on what he’s learned in his penultimate diary entry
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Starting Your Own Business, part 14: Finding your niche
Our industry as a whole may be suffering in recession, but there are still growth areas that need your professional skills
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Another slump
Official figures show construction output falling again, but devils lurk in the detail
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The real cost of regulation
According to the government, providing homebuyers with a plentiful supply of new homes has been an important goal for most of the past decade
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Eco-bling aside, there's some good stuff at Ecobuild
With Ecobuild in full swing, Bill Butcher from the Green ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Store and our regular Passivhaus blogger picks out some of the shows highlights
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BSEC highlights at a glance
Conference sees launches, speeches and presentations and causes a buzz among education construction professionals
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Unexplainable homes: German sausage
A continental approach to housing uses colourful facades to show just who owns what
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Brickonomics: Growth still eludes construction
Latest figures from CIPS paint a gloomy picture – but the outlook isn't all bad
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Wrong time for an overhaul
Over the past few decades our system for regulating the supply of land and what can or cannot be built on it has become labyrinthine