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CommentDarwin and design
A week in the Pacific archipelago that inspired the theory of evolution also inspires thoughts about survival and extinction in the architectural world
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Comment黑洞社区 buys a pint鈥or GIA
First of all an apology is in order. I had been rather snearing about GIA鈥檚 original venue suggestion 鈥� an outlet of the coffee chain Benugo. I told the hapless PR that 黑洞社区 journalists buy PINTS not skinny lattes, and besides, we had a Benugo franchise in our office building ...
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CommentWeb watch - Twitter on
Now that spring is finally here we can enjoy the magnificent sound of a million Twitterers tweeting away on the world according to them. Phil Clark looks at the rise of yet another global internet phenomenon
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But can we trust clients?
I was very surprised, considering you are a journal for the building industry, how one-sided your coverage of the Office for Fair Trading investigation (25 April) seemed to be. The contractors are always in the wrong, while nobody else seems to be even involved.
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A call for sense
Following the story 鈥淔amily of dead woman calls for carbon monoxide alarms鈥� (25 April, page 23), if Barratt did use Corgi-registered installers then they should be contacted and the other work they鈥檝e done checked.
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CommentParadise postponed
You don鈥檛 hear much about Sir John Egan these days. Integrated teams, lean construction, innovation 鈥� all the great doctrines he set out in Rethinking Construction back in 1998 have faded with the years. It鈥檚 not hard to see why.
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CommentConflict zones
This week we get into a swordfight with the ODA, a bunfight with Nigella Lawson and a turf war in the West Country before getting ourselves mixed up in some kind of Russian espionage mission
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Termination of a contract: M&J Polymers Ltd vs Imerys Minerals Ltd
M&J Polymers Ltd and Imerys Minerals Ltd entered into a contract for M&J to supply dispersants, which are chemicals used in the breakdown of clay and other materials, to Imerys. M&J began supplying dispersants in 1991. A new supply contract was entered into in January 2005 for the ...
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CommentEasy as PI
Money matters聽- As you鈥檒l be aware, the world鈥檚 financial system is in something of a mess. And as insurance is part of that system, you may wonder what鈥檚 going to happen to your professional indemnity policy.
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CommentEco-towns: One hell of a job
Tim Ayres and Lynn Franklin聽- Gordon Brown鈥檚 eco-towns are going to be built on a legal minefield. Here鈥檚 a guide to tip-toeing through it
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CommentWeb watch - Reporters beware
Now readers can generate their own web content about issues that concern them on 黑洞社区鈥檚 new online discussion board. Alex Smith takes a peek at the hottest topics so far鈥�
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CommentMarket testing sustainability
Is sustainability going to be the next casualty of the credit crunch? With houses recording their first annual fall for 12 years, and Tony Pidgley describing the crisis as worse than the nineties, it鈥檚 hard to imagine consumers squandering their angst on solar panels.
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CommentTender is the blight
There鈥檚 no excuse for bid rigging, but there may be certain facts that explain it. Like, for example, the whole way competition is supposed to work in our industry
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Comment黑洞社区 buys a pint 鈥� for RMJM
For this week鈥檚 pint we are in the heart of trendy Hoxton in east London, the raw version of architect鈥檚 ghetto Clerkenwell, which lies just to the west.
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Government diktat
The Office of Fair Trading investigation started in 2004 and its statement of objection was published on 17 April 2008. Your leader column (25 April, page 3) guesses how much the the public purse might have been diddled out of.
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Talking ourselves into it
The media hype around the looming recession merely serves to perpetuate the problem.