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Pump it up
Your recent article on the Code for Sustainable Homes (18 April, page 52) makes a good point. There is indeed much confusion around the code and SAP ratings, mostly because, in important areas, the formulae used in SAP are based on historic data and are not up to date with ...
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Extinguish your torch
How long can it be before the gas torch is banned from the flat-roofing industry?
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Shurely shome mishtake
I am led to understand that the glulam option (widely and imaginatively used around the world for swimming pool structures) for the roof structure of the aquatics centre has been rejected in favour of steel 鈥� on grounds of cost! Is this information accurate?
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Sexual politics
Sometimes it鈥檚 hard to be a man. They must use tact when persuading partners not to drive off a cliff and are cruelly judged on the colour of their shirts. Still, at least they don鈥檛 have to give birth鈥�
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CommentUnder pressure
Crazed drunken rants, crushing defeats and public humiliation were rife in a week the construction industry will remember less than fondly. And then there鈥檚 that OFT thing鈥�
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Due diligence: Lambson Fine Chemicals Ltd vs Merlion Capital Housing Ltd
In May 2004, Lambson Fine Chemicals Ltd sold a 40-acre industrial property to Merlion Capital Housing Ltd for 拢12.25m. The property had been used for the manufacture of chemicals since the 1860s. By the late 1940s it was owned by Laporte and used for the manufacture of suphuric acid, sodium ...
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CommentFirst impressions: Projects by Alsop and Cube Design
University of East London student comments on some recent projects shown on the 黑洞社区 website
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Wonders & blunders
A tale of two London stations this week 鈥� one a glorious example of what the new can bring to the old, the other a grim warning of what it can take away, says Robert Clark
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CommentWhen the fix is in
There鈥檚 nothing wrong with prequalification in theory. Alas, there鈥檚 no shortage of things wrong with it in practice. Greg Verhoef explains how the system works
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Comment10 years of the Construction Act
Ten years after it became law, the Construction Act is a boisterous, perplexing triumph. Here鈥檚 its biography. Overleaf, Rudi Klein and Dominic Helps add their views, and we hear from one man who went through the mill and survived
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A sunnier picture
I was somewhat bemused by your recent article on the lack of demand for zero-carbon housing (4 April, page 68-71), because it almost completely contradicts our experience of supplying solar photovoltaic systems to homeowners and housebuilders.
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All open and above board
I read with interest Liam Holder鈥檚 letter (4 April, page 38) suggesting that my article on SGS vs Barratt (14 March, page 70) breached some kind of 鈥渁ssumed鈥� confidentiality.Although I acknowledge the general assumption is that adjudication is private and notionally confidential, I have yet to see any law that ...
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CommentIt鈥檚 housing, stupid
What鈥檚 the one thing that affects our personal wellbeing, our personal wealth and our personal future more than any other? And what do you think might happen to any government that threatens it?
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黑洞社区 buys a pint 鈥� at the NSPCC pub quiz
Right. Here we go. The NSPCC pub quiz. A low-pressure affair you might think for the hacks at 黑洞社区 magazine, but there is professional pride at stake here.
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CommentWeb watch - Cover me!
On 黑洞社区.co.uk this week we have had running coverage of the OFT investigation, one of the biggest stories of the year, and we鈥檝e devised new ways to keep you informed. Alex Smith reports
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CommentMy favourites 鈥� Lorna Markham
www.moveflat.comMy landlord is selling my house, so I'm looking for a new place to live. This flat hunting site is more intelligible than many others.www.horselatitudes.co.ukThis blog is written by my friends who search out new and old music, films, technology and design, and post about what they like. A bit ...
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CommentIn urgent need of repair
What a shabby week it鈥檚 been for construction. In fact, one of the shabbiest weeks in living memory.