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Q+A from 黑洞社区 Answers
黑洞社区鈥檚 Forum regulars offer their advice on problems from access in a shop to objecting to an extension
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CommentWhere rigans dare
Andrejs Trabo in Riga, Latvia, spotted this 鈥渕ountain climbing champion鈥� demonstrating an unbelievably stupid solution to the problem of not having a long enough ladder
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CommentNick Raynsford: It鈥檚 an inept beginning
So much for turning Britain into 鈥檃 nation of homebuilders鈥�. Rather, the coalition seems hell bent on stopping the housing recovery in its tracks
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CommentQuentin Shears: The winning mentality
鈥淲e should put the usa game behind us. We can鈥檛 do any worse against Algeria鈥�
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Britain鈥檚 grand strategy
Open mike聽Find a map of the UK, spread it on a table, examine its rail links and ports, then consider how they could be upgraded to make the whole country work better. Like this, for example 鈥�
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黑洞社区 buys a pint 鈥� for MPG Shreeves
黑洞社区鈥檚 meeting with MPG Shreeves has an inauspicious start
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CommentShepherd Construction vs Berners: Freezing orders
Can a freezing order be used to assist a claim for payment?
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Comment50 Years of London Architecture Exhibition
A short-lived London Festival of Architecture Exhibition provides a must-see account of Modern architecture in London.
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CommentDegrees of awfulness
George Osborne鈥檚 Budget isn鈥檛 as bad as we feared 鈥� but it鈥檚 still going to hurt
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CommentConstruction will not come out unscathed from Osborne's Budget, but it could've been worse
Construction hasn鈥檛 done as badly as some had feared as additional capital spending cuts are put in hold
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New KPIs show construction is getting more dangerous
Why do the latest construction safety Key Performance Indicators show construction has become more dangerous as the recession has bitten?
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Comment28 degrees but Budget leaves construction feeling cold
The Chancellor said there would be 鈥榥o further falls in capital expenditure鈥�, the key area for construction. That sounds good but the falls are very harsh
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CommentAldgate vs Unibar: Damage caused by fire
This case concerns the extent to which different types of loss are recoverable
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CommentEmergency Budget: impact on built assets
The new Budget鈥檚 efficiency measures and tax rises aim to address the deficit, but what does it mean for built assets?
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CommentExisting contracts are next coalition target
Government says it will renegotiate key contracts by 2011
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CommentNew look output data show sharp pain in repair and maintenance sector
New figures for output show that the construction industry taking a beating in the first quarter
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CommentTy Goddard: Improving our education infrastructure
Money may be tighter than a camel in a sandstorm, but we still have to improve our education infrastructure somehow. Ty Goddard gives a few pointers as to what we might do
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CommentCroydon vs the Coliseum
I read with interest former RIBA president Maxwell Hutchinson鈥檚 Wonders & Blunders (4 June, page 24)
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A fraud-free Games
In response to your recent piece, 鈥淭he Salami Olympics鈥� (28 May, page 54), the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has, since the very start of the project, been aware of the potential exposure to fraud of large construction projects
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Not in anyone's back yard ...
It is great to see that something is finally being done about 鈥済arden grabbing鈥�