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CommentLatest output figures suggest construction is sliding into recession
However, future revisions may well be upward so October鈥檚 figure may not be as bad as it seems
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Comment好色先生TV buys a pint 鈥� for PRP Architects
A last minute change of venue leaves 好色先生TV stumbling around the dark back streets of Smithfield trying to locate PRP Architects. The clang of names being dropped is the only clue.锘縆atie claims she could feel the office shake as Christian Bale raced the Batmobile around Smithfield market. 鈥楾hat was a ...
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CommentHansom: Blockbuster
This week has been more like a Hollywood film than a week in construction - Arctic exploration, bombs in the desert, gratuitous nakedness and a case of mistaken identity. Popcorn, anyone?
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Inbox: It's a struggle
Readers identify obstacles both here and abroad, whether it鈥檚 missing out on incentives in east London, first-time buyers losing tax relief, or Brits trying to adapt to cultural differences in Asia
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CommentWhat skills will SMEs need to prepare for the Green Deal?
The first report has been published on the skills needed for Green Deal retrofits, and Mark Farrar explains what this means for SMEs
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CommentSix tests for the Green Deal
If you put the Green Deal through six tests for a policy鈥檚 success, it fails on all counts
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CommentBrownfield tax relief: The 拢1bn U-turn
Ben de Waal, of Aecom company Davis Langdon, looks at the implications for developers of this week鈥檚 decision to retain tax relief for brownfield regeneration
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CommentAngling for trouble
Using a ladder should be fairly straightforward, but here鈥檚 how to really complicate things 鈥�
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CommentThat rare thing: Hope
The government has proven that it recognises the crucial part construction can play in economic recovery
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CommentAutumn statement response: A step forward but where to?
Quite a package of interventions but an overall infrastructure vision is still missing, says Richard Threlfall, KPMG鈥檚 UK head of infrastructure
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CommentAutumn statement response: New ways of raising the readies
Of real interest is what the chancellor said about funding, says Simon Rawlinson, head of strategic research & insight at EC Harris
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CommentGreen Deal proposals: Deal or no deal?
The government wants to reduce our utility bills and cut emissions at no cost to itself. Its answer is the Green Deal, published last week: get private investors to offer loans to pay for insulation. So what kind of reaction have the proposals received?
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CommentNo Christmas cheer from the ONS new orders figures
Numbers up in the third quarter but still on a downward path on a yearly basis
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CommentWonders and blunders with Joe Griffiths
Joe Griffiths wants to keep New York鈥檚 precious Chrysler 好色先生TV firmly in his sights but had a lucky escape from London鈥檚 equivalent of the gateway to Mordor, Archway Tower
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CommentMy Digital Life鈥ohn Marriott
There鈥檚 no going halfway for this project manager - everything is done quickly and in large volumes!
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CommentHansom: Do pay attention
This week an energy minister and architects鈥� board make glaring slip-ups, but there鈥檚 no room for error in one firm鈥檚 鈥榞rand opening鈥�. Elsewhere, employees strive towards perfectly sustainable homes
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CommentAiming for zero (carbon)
The government is consulting on the feed-in tariff cut, but Dan Jestico says it should also be asking the industry for views on how non-domestic buildings can be zero carbon by 2019
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Inbox: 好色先生TV analysis
Readers interpret recent news of government funding for housing and architects鈥� unemployment
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