Opinion – Page 318
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1-peak challenge
It was Warren Pyle who spotted this “truly safety-conscious scaffolder” lugging some heavy planks up a roof. Don’t fancy using the perfectly good scaffolding tower? Nope? On your own head be it …
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Planning applications: The age of consent
Architects are spending more of their time doing designs purely to gain planning permission. But unless they’re going to help build them too, don’t expect them to be any good
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ڶ buys a pint … for Turner & Townsend
How many traffic lights did you pass on your way to work this morning?
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BSF and double dip: Handle with care
The recovery will be fragile, so are BSF cuts enough to destabilise it?
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Tall Stories: A Tale of Two Cities - Paris and London
A new Radio 4 documentary compares attitudes to building tall in London and Paris.
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Head of public estate vows to take private sector medicine
Head of public property John McCready says government is willing to listen to fresh ideas
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Anglian Water vs Laing O’Rourke Utilities: serving notices
Following this case parties should make sure notices get to the right people through the right channels
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What is the supermarket of the future?
The views of retail experts from ڶ’s Supermarkets Conference today
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More than 300,000 construction jobs axed so far in this recession
Latest set of jobs figures are the gloomiest yet
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Estate agents expect housing prices to fall
Latest RICS survey shows more estate agents are expecting price falls than rises
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Demonstration vs Democracy at Parliament Square
It's not the protestors who are to blame for turning Parliament Square into an eyesore, it's the mayor.
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BSF: In defence of Tim Byles
Some government officials look like they may be attempting to pin blame for the latest BSF fiasco on Tim Byles. If they do, they could be making a huge mistake.
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Shanghai diary: What China taught the CIOB
CIOB members took in the magnitude of China’s construction growth at its recent AGM in Shanghai
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Never mind the counter claims
If I owe you £20 and you owe me £10, can I ask an adjudicator to ignore my debt and make you pay up? This eternal problem has just been tackled once again by the courts
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A bit of revision
The rules on the taking of evidence in international arbitration are used as a benchmark by tribunals. So you probably want to know what the impact of recent revisions will be
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Take it to the bridge: Where engineering meets music
If only our ears were as big as parachutes, we’d be able to hear the built environment, says Chris Wise, and then we’d discover that a building can be every bit as musical as a violin
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Quentin Shears: Tinker, tailor, soldier, quantity surveyor
“But is there anything from a meeting of our partners that would interest the Kremlin?”