Opinion – Page 240
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Hansom: Games, set and match
In the week the Olympics hit town, ministers blame rainy days for construction’s part in the double-dip recession, some super-heroic charity fundraising efforts and NLA’s Peter Murray tells it like it is
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How to use an architect
Open mike The profession’s leadership skills and long-term approach to value hold the key to cutting public sector building costs by 20%
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Don't use the recession as an excuse to stop training
CITB-ConstructionSkills chief executive Mark Farrar argues why now is the time to upskill your workforce
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My digital life ... Vincent Kane
Davis Langdon’s head of culture reveals his online addictions and why he loves the Barclays Boris Bike app
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A job well done
The Olympic build is a massive achievement for the industry – let’s hope its passing is not the end of a golden age
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PFI: Road to nowhere
The coalition’s attempts to attract private finance to infrastructure projects merely postpones the inevitable return to PFI
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Wonders & blunders with David Bickle
The Hawkins/Brown partner is mesmerised by Living Architecture’s enigmatic boat on the roof of London’s Southbank Centre, but all wound up about Anish Kapoor’s Orbit tower
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Hansom: Hidden depths
This week, Grant Shapps is unmasked as a ‘bot’, RIBA’s Angela Brady reveals herself to be multilingual (sort of), and Wilmott Dixon tries to alert school children to the hazard s of getting plastered
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Let’s get radical
Yes, please for more infrastructure investment - but let’s make sure enlightened procurement becomes the rule rather than the exception
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Get back on track
The coalition’s infrastructure announcements are welcome, but not enough
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Lost opportunities
The no marketing rules are impeding knowledge sharing as well as publicity opportunities
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Smoothing over the cracks
Here’s a case where homeowners took a builder to court for damages when cracks appeared in their homes. The question was how to calculate what compensation to pay
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My digital life … David Barrett
John Rowan & Partners’ head of retrofit on treasure hunting, the Temple Run app and the best groups on Linkedin
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Renewables subsidy review is a 'shot in the arm' for UK plc
But we need to be careful to maximise the economic benefits
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Day 2: Key Olympic moments
Three major events in the construction of the most extraordinary project the capital has seen
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Shocking yes, but we should have expected a sharp fall in construction output
Construction output is volatile and the figures are plausible - but uncomfortable reading
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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø the Olympics: Key moments
ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø looks back over the major events that helped to create the most extraordinary construction project the capital has ever seen
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Restraint not extravagance
This year’s Stirling prize nominees reflect the hard times but one leaves a powerful lasting impression