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CommentStrong language
What Roger Madelin calls King鈥檚 Cross protesters, why Constructing Excellence would like to learn Japanese swear words 鈥� and what is that terrifying noise coming from the bathroom?
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黑洞社区 buys a pint for鈥� Anshen + Allen
We meet on a dark autumn鈥檚 evening. The clocks have gone back, the nights are drawing in and it鈥檚 Halloween tomorrow. Spooky goings-on are afoot.
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CommentConstruction takes centre stage
This week offered a fantastic shop window for construction. First there was the glamour surrounding the Queen鈥檚 opening of St Pancras and the high-speed rail link.
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Bad, bad, bad
The suggestion of a 10-15% reduction in the UK鈥檚 renewable energy target is bad news on many levels.
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Spread the risk
My first thought on reading your article on the 拢1bn defence training academy in St Athan, south Wales, (26 October, page 15) was 鈥渘ever put all your eggs in one basket鈥�.
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Hotpants
In your article about BAA being forced to remove plastic windows from listed buildings, Douglas Kent says 鈥減utting plastic double-glazed windows into an old building is like dressing your great granny up in hotpants,鈥� and 鈥渇rom an energy conservation viewpoint is one of the least effective measures you can take.鈥�
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CommentConsider the bat
So, the competition was to design a des res for a few hundred flying midge munchers, but the results were revelatory 鈥� and strangely important for all of us鈥�
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Comment黑洞社区 buys a pint 鈥� for Fulcrum Consulting
We鈥檙e in the Old China Hand, which is a 30-second dash across the road from Fulcrum鈥檚 Clerkenwell office.
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CommentDifferent classes
聽If a government adviser on education design spent a day in a modern school for boys with emotional problems, what would she learn?
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Wonders & blunders
Simon McWhirter picks two lots of housing: one a happy and healthy sustainable development, the other a decrepit and depressing tower block
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CommentMore DIY disasters
Show me a bespoke contract and I鈥檒l show you a powerful client throwing its weight around. But having said that, are they better than standard fare? The short answer is 鈥榥o鈥�
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Are you making your staff鈥檚 life a misery?
Millions of days are lost each year because of stress, depression and anxiety. In addition, the quality of work suffers. It therefore makes sense to reduce the pressure on your workers
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Not good, but still the best
Charging fees for the use of a courtroom has got many people鈥檚 blood up. But in fact, even with the trial fee, litigation is a cheaper option than arbitration.
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CommentHansom Trick or treat
In this spookiest of weeks, skeletons are found lurking under old Epsom racecourse, a site manager shares his disturbing visions and Will Alsop is the wickedest man in Paris
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CommentLive from the BRE
If you can鈥檛 get to BRE鈥檚 Innovation Park yourself, log on to the 黑洞社区 website for a guided tour of the site, as well as in-depth interviews with the teams involved, says Alex Smith
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Time for a rethink
Your story announcing the second review into the 黑洞社区 Schools for the Future (BSF) procurement process is a welcome step as it recognises that there is scope for improvement (21 September, page 11).