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Stop kicking Dubai
I am fed up of people gloating about Dubai going belly up. Rod Liddle鈥檚 piece in the Times this weekend said nothing new and got certain facts wrong. The piece is a prime example of the Dubai baiting that鈥檚 been done to death lately.The worst thing about the article is ...
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The spike mystery solved...well maybe
Following the poser I posted on that rather surprising spike in planning times for residential schemes, I have had a few questions and a few suggestions.The pint for the first (and sensible) response going to Alasdair Reisner, Head of Industry Affairs at the Civil Engineering Contractors Association.But by way of ...
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Rightmove data suggests a testing time for house prices
One figure in the commentary alongside the latest set of Rightmove statistics caught my eye - apparently there has been a 20% increase in sellers coming to the market compared with the previous year.Rightmove puts this down to resurgence in home movers putting their current homes on the market with ...
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CommentThe wrecking crew
Oscar Wilde said a cynic is someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. Gus Alexander suspects that much the same is true of value engineers 鈥�
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CommentTurning navvies into staff
Will we look back at the summer of 2009 as a defining moment in construction?
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Can public sector capital projects really stimulate the economy?
With all the talk not on 'if' there will be public spending cuts, but 'where' - what are the choices and pressures facing this Government, and whichever Government picks up the reigns following the next election?At the very top level, total government receipts this year are expected to be circa ...
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Turning navvies into staff
In parts, the industry still resembles the one depicted in McAlpine鈥檚 Fusiliers. Can it be turned into one that is truly professional 鈥� where workers all pay tax and where it鈥檚 no more acceptable for someone to be killed than it is in a well-run factory?One reason for thinking it ...
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Comment黑洞社区 buys a pint 鈥� for Collado Collins
At the end of the evening there are only two of us standing. In several inches of sand in the boisterous balloon-filled basement of a Soho bar. 鈥淚 think it鈥檚 time to go,鈥� says Jonathan wisely
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CommentAngry old men
The Prince of Wales loses another friend, the Shard team unwind to a bunch of gnarled old punks and a senior architect has reason to feel aggrieved/flattered after a judge draws an unlikely comparison
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It鈥檚 just not tennis
I read your articles about the dispute between the All England Lawn Tennis Club and 黑洞社区 Design Partnership (BDP) with a deep sigh of frustration (26 June, page 10)
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Will we never learn?
A few years ago now I recall a 黑洞社区 front page very similar to that of 26 June
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Brace! Brace!
I was sad to read the views of Steven Morgan at BAA. I suspect there will be a lot of claims specialists and lawyers rubbing their hands at his belief in 鈥渢he bracing effects of competition鈥�
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It鈥檚 simple, really
I am writing in regard to your 鈥渢wo steps backwards鈥� letter (26 June, page 33)
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The perfect contract
It was interesting to read the letters in response to Tony Bingham鈥檚 article (3 July, page 28)
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Let鈥檚 have a heated debate
I would like to bring to your attention the worrying practice of organisations that fill the CDM co-ordinator (CDMC) role on projects at fee levels that cannot facilitate the proper delivery of the CDMC function
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CommentDon鈥檛 listen to the media
In the recent programme Property Snakes and Ladders (Channel 4, 9 June) presenter and property developer Sarah Beeny recommends replacing the use of tested and certificated fire doors by ordinary doors painted with intumescent paint
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Sounding out
Your recent articles on school acoustics (10 June, building.co.uk) really caught my eye
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What an amazing spike! Any thoughts on the causes?
Here's a mystery.I have my own theories, and admittedly have the advantage of the data to test them, but I was wondering if there are any of you out there who have any views as to what might lie behind this rather surprising effect of the credit crunch.I will refrain ...