All articles by Helen Burch

  • Hburch 1 19 2018 10 49 22
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    This week in 1998

    2018-01-26T06:06:00Z

    Casting agents

  • Hburch 1 12 2018 17 47 15
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    This week in 1988

    2018-01-19T08:54:00Z

    Atlantic crossing: David Horowitz

  • Archive 1
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    This week in 2008

    2018-01-12T17:06:00Z

    Welcome to Paradise

  • Dduke 1 2 2018 10 29 28 2
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    This week in 2017

    2018-01-05T07:00:00Z

    The mists of time to come

  • Hburch 12 11 2017 12 34 16
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    This week in 2007

    2017-12-15T14:48:00Z

    The year everything changed Although our review of the year summarises that this has been a slightly disappointing time for construction, at least we haven’t taken to our beds like Ebenezer Scrooge of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, who was pictured in our review of the year ...

  • Hburch 12 1 2017 11 54 13
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    This week in 1987

    2017-12-08T07:05:00Z

    This week we look back to how red tape was constraining the industry

  • Hburch 11 24 2017 17 59 56[1]
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    This week in 1997

    2017-12-01T05:00:00Z

    The Angel of the North spreads its wings with a little help from construction

  • Hburch 11 17 2017 17 29 30
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    This week in 2007

    2017-11-24T13:04:00Z

    A contractor has the audacity to deprive its workers of chips

  • Hburch 11 6 2017 14 57 10
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    This week in 2002

    2017-11-10T06:00:00Z

    Interactions between government and home building firms in 2002 were a little more heated

  • Hburch 10 30 2017 12 42 11
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    This week in 2007

    2017-11-03T06:00:00Z

    In 2007, the Isle of Wight was considering a technologically advanced future

  • ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV archive screen grab of 1962 article: Fire Protection: Bureaucracy or Commonsense?
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    This week in 1962

    2017-06-23T07:00:00Z

    Some 55 years ago, ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV’s leader was on a subject that has had tragic cause to be on the receiving end of much scrutiny this week – fire regulations

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    General election in 1992

    2017-06-16T07:00:00Z

    Another election kicked off by a Conservative prime minister to secure a solid mandate – but what a difference

  • Image of Whitehall shuffle article
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    This week in 2002

    2017-06-09T07:00:00Z

    In 2002, ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV published images of a deck of cards to illustrate government reshuffles

  • Pattern book prophet
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    This week in 1977

    2017-06-02T06:00:00Z

    40 years ago a marketer was pushing a radical residential idea – to get rid of architects

  • Archive oic
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    This week in 1997

    2017-05-19T07:00:00Z

    This time in 1997 ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV polled readers’ attitudes to their work and the results were far from happy

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    This week in 2002

    2017-05-12T07:00:00Z

    Back in 2002 one firm took an unusual approach to retaining its employees by consulting the Tao Te Ching

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    This week in 1987

    2017-05-05T07:00:00Z

    Thirty years ago, ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV was looking at the potential for former psychiatric hospitals to be converted into residential

  • Equal opportunites article from 1997
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    This week in 1997

    2017-04-28T07:00:00Z

    This week, 20 years ago, the UK was preparing for a general election

  • Bridge over the River Thames image of page
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    This week in 2002

    2017-04-21T07:00:00Z

    As the disputes over the Garden Bridge drag on, Archive looks back to a less cynical but equally fraught time for bridge building in London

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    This week in 2012

    2017-04-13T07:00:00Z

    Five years ago, British retailers were being a little reticent about getting involved with the government’s Green Deal