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CommentGo Caroline!
Thanks to an astonishing lapse in security at the communities department, Chris Addison has obtained a first draft of a mailout from housing minister Caroline Flint, in which her inner thoughts are exposed
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Brian Green
As a journalist and commentator, Brian Green has tracked trends in construction, property and housing for more than 20 years. He was the project editor for last year's launch of the Contract Journal Top 100 report and edits Housing Market Intelligence, now regarded as the 'industry bible'. Brian is a ...
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CommentWeb watch 鈥� Measuring up
In the third of his series on construction industry websites, Martin Hornagold turns his attention to surveyors and again finds that they are failing basic tests
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Arbitration: Heifer International Inc vs Helge Christiansen*
Heifer International Inc (Heifer) is a company registered in the British Virgin Islands and is owned by the family of a wealthy Russian who lives in England. Heifer engaged Helge Christiansen (HC), a Danish architect and his firm, Christiansen Arkitekter KS MAA PAR (CA), to refurbish a substantial home ...
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Adjudication:The dangers of DIY
We must make sure that lay representativaes in adjudication have adequate knowledge of the law and the process
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CommentIllegal workers: You have been warned
The new clampdown on illegal workers puts firms right in the firing line. But it ought not to be an issue for well run human resources departments, says Angus Darroch-Warren
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CommentBusiness and pleasure
In one respect, construction is like the dairy industry, in that when the the man delivering the product meets the woman receiving it, all kinds of things can happen. Gus Alexander has some good examples 鈥�
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CommentArchitecture is not enough
As an architect who used to live in east Greenwich (we worked on The Albany Project in my second year at architecture school) and whose children attended school in Deptford, I am writing from the US to express my disgust at the racist attack described in your article (鈥淎djaye鈥檚 Stephen ...
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An interim measure
I take issue with Amanda Levete鈥檚 position on nuclear power (8 February, pages 30-31).
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A failure of democracy
Regarding the article 鈥淩ow over supervisor safety training鈥� (11 January, page 14), once again the Construction Confederation finds itself at odds with the rest of the industry.
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Money in the bank
As the originators of the project bank account (PBA) model, my colleagues at Rider Levett Bucknall and I were delighted to see your legal columnists giving a positive welcome to the PBA (8 January, pages 62-65).
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The case for a research levy
Your report on research funding (18 January, page 48) made clear that, outside the area of construction products, market forces do not stimulate significant funding for construction research.
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The insurance game
Regarding Malcolm Taylor鈥檚 letter (15 January, pages 36-37) a few corrections are required.
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CommentIt鈥檚 good to talk
Human interaction takes many forms, from rapping to your clients to phoning confidential hotlines. But sometimes nothing says it better than the good old impersonal email and the hidden bugging device鈥�
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CommentThinking it through
The need to be sustainable is now as universally accepted as the need to wear a seat belt. But as Ryanair鈥檚 campaign advertising 鈥�1 million flights for 1p鈥� illustrates, it鈥檚 one thing to accept the desirability of sustainable living, another to make the sacrifices to actually do it.
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Comment黑洞社区 buys a pint 鈥� for University of East London students
黑洞社区 treated four architect students to a pint or two and recorded their thoughts on 3D rendering, the smoking ban and, er, dating other architects
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Sourcing materials overseas: Foreign entanglements
Did you know you can cut the cost of materials 30% by getting them overseas? And did you also know the risks you鈥檙e running by doing so?