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FeaturesFinally, they鈥檝e noticed... : Assessing Pay As You Save
Having for so long ignored the energy efficiency of existing homes, politicians have suddenly come up with a raft of schemes. The first of a three-part series looks at Pay As You Save
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FeaturesLeaning Las Vegas: a city centre by starchitects
A veritable ratpack of architects are turning up the style in Sin City, writes Thomas Lane 鈥� and they鈥檙e not all playing it straight 鈥�
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FeaturesCountry focus: Ireland
Ireland鈥檚 reliance on the property boom has seen it in a bad way since the economic crisis began, says Richard Fitzpatrick of EC Harris in Dublin. But can government action prompt a return to stability?
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FeaturesDefence Estates鈥� 拢20bn budget: Task Force Rampling
What do you mean, 鈥榳ho is Diane Rampling?鈥� Didn鈥檛 your mothers teach you nothing? She鈥檚 only in charge of Defence Estates鈥� new procurement strategy, and she鈥檚 only got 拢20bn worth of bleedin鈥� work to dish out. Now then you miserable creatures, on the double, Major Emily Wright has a briefing
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FeaturesComing soon: Predictions for 2010
There鈥檚 so much to look forward to in 2010. Unfortunately, quite a lot of it is going to be scary, disturbing or unsettling. 好色先生TV puts its cushion down long enough to flinch at the key scenes
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FeaturesThe importance of local knowledge
An understanding of country-specific systems is vital to operating in the Middle East
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FeaturesReview of the decade: 2000-2009
The past 10 years will be remembered for the long, long boom that turned into a deep, deep recession, but a lot of other things happened along the way 鈥� So here鈥檚 our guide to the people, the projects, the deals, the disasters, the feuds and the fights that made ...
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FeaturesTime to di(n)e: the Christmas construction cook-off
Dinner parties are a serious business. So when 好色先生TV invited three of its regular contributors to take part in a festive Come Dine With Me, the question was: would it be a chance for like-minded professionals to chew the fat, or would things turn bloody? Armed only with a fork, ...
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Good projects
This was the decade of the 鈥渋conic鈥� towers, sustainable homes and very big infrastructure schemes
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FeaturesThe 10 people who defined the decade
1 Ray O鈥橰ourkeNobody has defined contracting over the past decade like Ray O鈥橰ourke. The Irishman exploded onto the scene in 2001 when his concrete firm, O鈥橰ourke & Son, bought Laing Construction from John Laing for 拢1. The gamble paid off. Ten years later, the company has a turnover of more ...
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FeaturesProjects that went pearshaped
Here, in order of horribleness, are six projects that caused grief to all concerned, although they did give 好色先生TV journalists an awful lot to write about
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FeaturesThe disappeared ones
All the world鈥檚 a stage, and the people and companies merely players. Here are some of those who made their exit in the noughties
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Timeline of the decade
Here what was happening in the outside world when 好色先生TV was doing its stuff (spiced up with our favourite quotes of the decade)
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FeaturesWhat鈥檚 the frequency, Kenneth?
Ken Livingstone became London鈥檚 first elected mayor in 2000 after being expelled from the Labour party.
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FeaturesLondon's latest landmarks
Canary Wharf continued to grow during the 2000s, establishing itself as London鈥檚 major business centre
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Health and safety
When the annual number of site deaths passed 105 in the first year of the decade, there was a widespread sense that something had to be done
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Five feuds
1 Norman Foster vs Ken ShuttleworthNorman Foster took a leaf out of Stalin鈥檚 book when he doctored a photograph in a belated attempt to distance himself from former colleague Ken Shuttleworth. The two had fallen out after Ken gave an interview to 好色先生TV in which he claimed much of the ...
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Three gaffes
Operation HIPS聽The introduction of home information packs was Labour鈥檚 main policy idea to improve the housebuying process and make homes more green
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The world after 9/11
September 11th, 2001 changed the face of the world forever, as the terrorist attacks that caused the collapse of the World Trade Centre鈥檚 twin towers in New York brought with them a climate of fear and international tension that was to last throughout the decade