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This week, the nation goes back to school and 黑洞社区 looks at education funding, but in 1992 construction was looking at going somewhere quite different.

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet might have finished on TV several years before but builders鈥� gazes were still fixed firmly on Germany, writes Helen Burch.

Many key sites in its reunified capital city needed rebuilding, so we published a comprehensive guide to help eager professionals become 鈥渆in Berliner鈥�.

Some in the industry were waiting impatiently for a spike in contracts. Thomas Ho虉ger, of architect YRM, said: 鈥淓veryone is fed up [鈥�] with the German government鈥檚 inability to make up its mind on what it wants to do.鈥� But a boom was still confidently expected for spring 1993.

Our guide suggested those hoping to get in on the action get plenty of advice from bodies such as the Department of Trade and the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the latter of which might recommend a joint venture partner with local knowledge. But proceed cautiously 鈥� 鈥済angs of cowboy developers roam the streets鈥�. And don鈥檛 forget your pistol and a stetson by the sound of that advice.

To read the full article from 4 September 1992, go to, download the PDF below