Opinion – Page 445
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Strong language
What Roger Madelin calls King’s Cross protesters, why Constructing Excellence would like to learn Japanese swear words – and what is that terrifying noise coming from the bathroom?
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ڶ buys a pint for… Anshen + Allen
We meet on a dark autumn’s evening. The clocks have gone back, the nights are drawing in and it’s Halloween tomorrow. Spooky goings-on are afoot.
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Construction takes centre stage
This week offered a fantastic shop window for construction. First there was the glamour surrounding the Queen’s 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’s 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 £1bn defence training academy in St Athan, south Wales, (26 October, page 15) was “never put all your eggs in one basket”.
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Hotpants
In your article about BAA being forced to remove plastic windows from listed buildings, Douglas Kent says “putting plastic double-glazed windows into an old building is like dressing your great granny up in hotpants,” and “from an energy conservation viewpoint is one of the least effective measures you can take.”
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Consider the bat
So, the competition was to design a des res for a few hundred flying midge munchers, but the results were revelatory – and strangely important for all of us…
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ڶ buys a pint … for Fulcrum Consulting
We’re in the Old China Hand, which is a 30-second dash across the road from Fulcrum’s Clerkenwell office.
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Different classes
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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More DIY disasters
Show me a bespoke contract and I’ll show you a powerful client throwing its weight around. But having said that, are they better than standard fare? The short answer is ‘no’
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Are you making your staff’s 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’s blood up. But in fact, even with the trial fee, litigation is a cheaper option than arbitration.
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Hansom 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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Live from the BRE
If you can’t get to BRE’s Innovation Park yourself, log on to the ڶ 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 ڶ Schools for the Future (BSF) procurement process is a welcome step as it recognises that there is scope for improvement (21 September, page 11).