All Industry comments articles – Page 41

  • Denise Chevin
    News

    A campaign of critical importance

    2006-06-23T07:00:00Z

    ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø's new 99% campaign seeks to make existing building stock as sustainable as new developments. The magazine's editor explains why the initiative is so crucial.

  • Sarah Richardson
    News

    Judge stumbles to his verdict

    2006-06-09T13:34:00Z

    Our reporter sends her last dispatch from court 7 as Judge Jackson sums up to a strangely muted courtroom.

  • Thomas Lane
    News

    Why marshmallows don't meet building regs

    2006-06-05T09:22:00Z

    ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø's technical editor bemoans the rigidity of marshmallows as he becomes competitive dad at a spaghetti building competition.

  • Graham Watts
    News

    My nagging carbon conscience

    2006-05-24T11:48:00Z

    A smog-filled Beijing sky prompts the CIC chief executive to ask himself whether he is doing enough to cut his own carbon emissions.

  • Sarah Richardson
    News

    A trial for all involved

    2006-05-19T14:42:00Z

    Our court correspondent finally succumbs to the debilitating medical complaint that is ravaging the Technology and Construction Court: Wembley Fatigue.

  • Alex Smith
    News

    Part L can be fun!

    2006-05-16T14:15:00Z

    ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø's resident regulations expert logs on to 'fantasy Part L' website playtheregs.com and, after a few attempts, manages to build a virtual house that complies with everybody's favourite ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Reg. It's just a shame it doesn't have any windows ...

  • Josephine Smit
    News

    Shelter from the media storm

    2006-05-15T14:23:00Z

    ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø's housing editor usually has the ‘resi' patch to herself but when a media scrum descended upon Crest Nicholson's £60k home she found herself having to fight for every soundbite.

  • Thomas lane
    News

    Pride and paint

    2006-05-12T10:08:00Z

    ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø's technical editor is quite happy writing about other people's projects but was not quite so thrilled about project managing the office paint job.

  • Denise Chevin
    News

    So long, John

    2006-05-09T09:47:00Z

    ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø's editor won't miss dealing with the deputy prime minister - it's a just a shame he seems to have benefited from the Cabinet reshuffle.

  • Sarah Richardson
    News

    My witness is bigger than yours

    2006-05-05T11:27:00Z

    Our blogger comes face to face with Ashley Muldoon in court seven and concedes that, yes, he is taller than Cleveland rival Brian Rogan.

  • Frank Browne
    News

    Seat fighting

    2006-05-04T18:28:00Z

    The Conservative leader of Wokingham Council has been canvassing hard to help defend four seats with wafer thin majorities.

  • News

    Sights set on a natural target

    2006-05-04T15:23:00Z

    A Liberal Democrat in Wokingham is hoping to overturn a Tory majority of just 260 - but is struggling against a distinct lack of resources.

  • Kerry Edwards
    News

    How buildings lose votes

    2006-05-04T15:13:00Z

    New developments cause more consternation among voters than just about any other issues says Labour campaign activist Kelly Edwards.

  • Sarah Richardson
    News

    Stephen's big day at court

    2006-05-02T12:06:00Z

    The media circus has descended on the workaday Technology and Construction Court for Multiplex vs Cleveland Bridge and the court clerks have their hands full.

  • Andrew Murray
    News

    African sunset

    2006-04-24T11:11:00Z

    Andrew Murray says goodbye to South Africa after spending the last month helping to build a shelter for children orphaned by AIDs.

  • Dominic Helps
    News

    Behind every green man...

    2006-04-13T11:22:00Z

    Our newly-green blogger is planning some creative ways to reduce his household's carbon footprint - he's going to confiscate his wife's car keys. It begs the question: just how environmentally friendly is marriage counselling?

  • Andrew Murray
    News

    The hills are alive

    2006-04-13T10:10:00Z

    Our blogger from Multiplex takes a weekend break from his charity building project in South Africa and explores the scenery and wildlife of the Drakensburg mountains.

  • Andrew Murray
    News

    Putting it bluntly...

    2006-04-07T15:10:00Z

    Multiplex's Andrew Murray is impressed by the onsite skills of the locals working on a charity building project in South Africa but finds the tools a little blunter than the ones back home.

  • Mark Leftly
    News

    Paaat, Pat... I love you Pat

    2006-04-07T14:39:00Z

    ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø's blogger enjoyed the bit of the ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Awards he remembered because he met two of his biggest sporting heroes - Pat Jennings and John Motson.

  • John Cahill
    News

    The toughest foot race on earth

    2006-04-07T07:00:00Z

    John Cahil is about to begin one of the most arduous challenges on the ultramarathon calendar to raise money for the Construction Youth Trust. As he prepares to head out into the desert, you can read about his race-preparation from the comfort of your PC screen.