All Comment articles – Page 71
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The decade's best projects
Here are what we selected as our favourite projects of the past 10 years … plus the results of our reader poll
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Will Brits benefit from the Middle East's education boom?
The BSEC Mena conference revealed some interesting work on offer but it's a question of how to get a foot in the door
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Starting up your own business, part five: Up and running
Now you have your own firm, how do you go about getting that first job?
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Housing recovery is resting on happier family homes market
Another housing survey today suggests recovery, but activity seems to most evident within the well-to-do family home price bracket
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Our man in Copenhagen: Anarchists, riot police and a bit of negotiating
Arup's blogger at the summit reports on rising tension over the weekend as world leaders arrive and the successful fringe events
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Time to evaluate - and celebrate
The Excellence in BSF Awards show just how far we've come
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Abu Dhabi to the rescue
Today's $10bn bail out of Dubai is no small sum, but what about protection from future financial scares?
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Our man in Copenhagen: Knuckling down
Peter Head of Arup is blogging from the climate change conference, where he is preparing for the arrival of the world's leaders
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Cometh the hour: Nick Raynsford welcomes Paul Morrell
If anyone can pull off the new role of chief construction adviser, it’s Paul Morrell, says Nick Raynsford. But we need to give him time before we can reasonably expect to see results
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After copenhagen
We still have little idea of how low-energy designs perform, which means we’re like scientists conducting endless experiments without ever seeing how they come out
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Pre-Budget report points to more money for construction … but a much bigger fall
Brickonomics: Assessing what the chancellor's plans may mean for the industry
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The Greener Boiler scheme: one small step
The government's incentives for homeowners to cut emissions is a good start – but it's just the start
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Chancellor starts race to general election
Alistair Darling committed to major public sector programmes but the cuts will have to come somewhere...
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Our man in Copenhagen: First impressions at the summit
Peter Head of Arup is blogging from the climate change conference, where he seems cautiously optimistic a deal can be struck…
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The cruelty of breeding force-fed first-time buyers
Brickonomics: Should we be using incentives as readily as we are to encourage first-time buyers onto the property ladder?
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Paying lip service to hearing in schools
With listening surely central to learning, why has it taken so long for the government to act seriously on acoustic standards in new schools?
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Starting up your own business, part four: Cost control
Keeping set-up expenditure within budget is crucial, so watch out for unexpectedly costly items like indemnity insurance
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Brickonomics: I see no upswing in these construction output figures
In his first blog for ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV, Brian Green pulls apart the latest construction output figures
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Where there’s smoke
We won’t know for some time the details of the devastating fire in Peckham last week
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Party politics: Gus Alexander on overpriced party wall surveyors
Gus Alexander doesn’t like to get involved in spats over party walls. Scumbag neighbours he can deal with, but overpriced surveyors who think they’re auditioning for Boston Legal? Never