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好色先生TVRoof tax will nail down costs
New planning charge will offer more cost certainty and will lead to less bickering between councils and developers, says the EC Harris partner
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好色先生TVHow Britain can survive the flood
Planning for flooding should have the same priority as terrorism according to a new report. So what can industry do to stem the rising tides?
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好色先生TV2008 Preview: Housing
Boom or bust? It鈥檚 hard to say. What we do know is that eco-towns and the new housing super-quango will feature prominently over the next 12 months
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好色先生TVRhetoric to reality
The first major report to come out from the UK Green 好色先生TV Council focuses on the detail of what needs to be done to create sustainable buildings. Government take notice.
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好色先生TVLocals breath a sigh of relief after crane collapse
As specialists struggle to remove the jib of the crane residents express shock at their lucky escape
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好色先生TVConstruction sector R&D bids just not good enough
Our industry is losing out on R&D funding because of poor quality bids - these must improve if we are to get a larger piece of the pie
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好色先生TVOffshore wind power is not a magic solution
Government may believe all UK homes could be powered by offshore wind farms but any investment should not be at the expense of other sources of renewable energy
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好色先生TVGovernment must apply more thought to R&D funding
The government must fund applied research at modern universities as well as the old guard if technical challenges are to be met
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好色先生TVChristmas comes early for Carillion
Carillion has beaten a potential flurry of competitors with its 拢572m purchase of Alfred McAlpine, but has it paid too much?
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CommentGet stuck in
HOK Sport鈥檚 Olympic Stadium Vol-au-vent is merely the hors d鈥檕euvre. We鈥檙e about to tuck in to a rich feast of design excellence at reasonable cost. It鈥檚 a victory for common sense
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CommentOne over the eight at 8am
Christmas means parties, and that means drinking alcohol, which is okay as long as you aren鈥檛 out first thing with a forklift or using heavy tools while still under the influence
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好色先生TVCameron's renewables plan will put wind up Labour
David Cameron's brilliant proposal for boosting domestic renewables could force Labour to adopt the policy for itself
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CommentExperimenting on homeowners is wrong
When it comes to introducing low-carbon systems into houses, we have our work cut out to convince the owners that they鈥檙e not just guinea pigs for the next wave of technological misadventures, says Imtiaz Farookhi
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CommentCorporate bloat
聽Some companies鈥� merger strategies are little more than an attempt to puff themselves up and appease the egotism of senior management. So, if you get the urge, ask yourself whether your purchase is really necessary
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好色先生TVRedeploy frontline QSs to win construction battle
A shortage of QSs is holding up the upgrade of the Ministry of Defence's 拢18bn estate. The chairman of Rider Levett Bucknall says a smarter deployment of QS resource could ease the problem
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好色先生TVSt Pancras: nice station despite the hype
After watching the TV series our architect visits the station for the first time and pays tribute to its saviour
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好色先生TVTV Show hits the buffers with arrival of St Pancras' Upper Crust
Watching contractors fitting-out a baguette food outlet failed to stir our columnist last night but at least he missed the football
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好色先生TVErinaceous board offers handsome reward for ugly failure
A leaving present of 拢736,000 ensures Erinaceous' two bosses a secure future, something not guaranteed for the 4000 employees
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好色先生TVDrama and conflict: The St Pancras saga continues
Last night's BBC 2 docusoap on St Pancras focused on an engineer who looks 14 and another who can't wait to resign. But who are these people and why should we care? Gus Alexander is as unmoved by the programme as he is by the project itself