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Wonders & blunders with Terry Tommason

2012-10-26T00:00:00Z

The Middle East’s lack of planning rules gives architects an unparalleled freedom, which can result in a certain purity of design or ridiculous extravagances, says Terry Tommason

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Politicians need to act now

2012-10-26T00:00:00Z

Unless vital infrastructure projects are delivered, the economy risks even deeper problems

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On the road

2012-10-26T00:00:00Z

Construction of road infrastructure can exemplify collaborative and modern methods of working

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Standardised schools: The customer is always right

2012-10-26T00:00:00Z

From a child’s perspective, schools being standardised nationally is irrelevant

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Cramped and loo-les

2012-10-26T00:00:00Z

Victorian terrace houses had to accomodate larger families in smaller spaces

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Reforming pension schemes

2012-10-26T00:00:00Z

We need an affordable and independent universal workplace scheme

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Slimming down a giant

2012-10-26T00:00:00Z

The announcement of Balfour Beatty’s restructure has certainly been long in the making, but whether it’s a reactive or proactive is less clear

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Hansom: Rock and rile

2012-10-26T00:00:00Z

While the mayor of Newham goads his audience at the London Property Summit, a director’s rousing speech is given from a table top and a gorilla-suited drummer gives a lesson on how to work a crowd

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My digital life ... Rob Firth

2012-10-26T00:00:00Z

The HOK practice building director on the BBC sport website, checking Twitter and why he prefers to meet face to face

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What is the optimism in the latest RICS construction survey telling us?

2012-10-24T13:12:00Z

The improvement in workload may be coming from overseas rather than the UK market

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Green Deal incentives need to be permanent

2012-10-23T15:06:00Z

We need a mechanism that will drive the retrofit market for years to come, not another cycle of boom and bust

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The real home truth is that the government can and should do more to boost house building

2012-10-22T14:54:00Z

If the state wants more homes it will have to build those homes itself

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Spread your wings

2012-10-19T00:00:00Z

ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV and Ecobuild have launched the Global Clients Group, bringing you the latest insights from clients driving the sustainability agenda

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Landmark projects: How to spot a flop from 100 yards

2012-10-19T00:00:00Z

Projects likely to lose a contractor millions of pounds don’t always have ‘failure’ written all over them, but there are warning signs that should make anyone pause

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School building: United we stand

2012-10-19T00:00:00Z

The Education Funding Agency’s baseline school designs have opened up divisions between architects and contractors when what is needed is greater collaboration

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No alternative to public spending

2012-10-19T00:00:00Z

The Scottish government must invest in infrastructure if we are to ever recover

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Neglecting the old

2012-10-19T00:00:00Z

Leaving historical building organisations out of the Green Deal committee is a grave mistake

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Design for learning

2012-10-19T00:00:00Z

Good architecture can help pupils learn

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Simplify delay analysis

2012-10-19T00:00:00Z

It’s time to dump the delay and distruption protocol

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Hansom: Getting territorial

2012-10-19T00:00:00Z

Control freakery at the DfE, competition on and off the field for two leading architects, a Stirling Prize clash and construction UK gives two charities a run for their money