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CommentWill London's new bus win our hearts?
The newly redesigned Routemaster has been launched. Is it any good and perhaps even more importantly, is it worth it?
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CommentIs Shapps going to be good news for housebuilders?
The appointment of new housing minister Grant Shapps has been warmly welcomed by the housing industry. Twas ever thus. Trade bodies always welcome the announcement of new ministers, because even if they disagree with everything they鈥檝e ever said, written, thought, or even considered thinking, there鈥檚 no point making them your ...
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Tactical adjudications
The court reminded the parties in the case of Pilon vs Bryer not to play too many games
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Tactical adjudications
Everyone knows that adjudications are often as much about tactical manoeuvring as they are about the substance of the dispute. However, once in a while the courts like to remind parties not to push their luck too far. That is exactly what happened in Pilon Limited vs Breyer Group Plc.Pilon, ...
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The new austerity begins now
One of the side effects of spending five days in limbo after the general election is that some of the construction industry might have got the funny idea that nothing much had changed
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The big question for Mr Shapps
I would like to be among those welcoming Grant Shapps to his new role as housing minister and wishing him well. I must admit I have not been particularly kind to his ideas to date. It鈥檚 my job to be critical I guess.But for the record I do have a ...
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Gus Alexander: Prince Charles the wrecker
As if dealing with planners for months on end wasn鈥檛 painful enough, we now have to calculate a last-minute intervention from a prince addicted to retro architecture
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CommentQuentin Shears: The kingmaker
鈥橳he fresh croissants are, I feel, a big, open and comprehensive offer鈥�
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Hansom: Coming to my bash?
Quarrels over ways of measuring embodied energy (no, really), communication breakdowns, last-ditch efforts to prevent desertion 鈥� oh, why can鈥檛 we just be Friends?
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Schools in danger
While there are inevitable criticisms that can be levelled at Labour鈥檚 record, we recognise that architecture has generally done well under Labour
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In uncertain times
I turned the TV off at 43 seats to be decided and after Nick Clegg announced he would not deal with Labour. I think we will all be voting again soon
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Politics or no politics
Recovery? You wish. (鈥淐ity warns hung parliament will delay construction recovery,鈥� 7 May, building.co.uk).
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Rebellion at the RICS?
Readers left comments on the story 鈥淨Ss threaten to quit RICS as row escalates鈥� (7 May, page 9) at www.building.co.uk
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CommentBSF is dead. So now what?
Regardless of who won the election, 黑洞社区 Schools for the Future was doomed. But it can adapt into something new 鈥� and so can the architects that do it
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Pay-when-paid: You know what I mean, guv?
Shepherd Construction tried to rely on a pay-when-paid clause to not pay its subcontractor, William Hare. Problem was, it wasn鈥檛 well drafted 鈥� so would the courts help it out?
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Commercial property: We can鈥檛 go on like this
Commercial development is inching its way towards a fragile recovery but the landscape has changed forever and we will need to rethink our way back to prosperity
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Religious discrimination laws: But I'm a shaman!
A recent case has extended the laws protecting employees from religious discrimination to those who hold any kind of 鈥榗ogent and serious belief鈥�
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CommentA fool and his client鈥檚 money
The last of Robert Adam鈥檚 seven deadly sins of architecture deals with profligacy 鈥� in other words, the tendency of big-name designers to put their artistic vision before their client鈥檚 wallet 鈥�
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Nick Raynsford: Let me mark your card
Now the election is over we can roll up our sleeves and get ready for the next one. But we do have a year or so of coalition government first.