Opinion 鈥� Page 288
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CommentBenefits of working as a QS abroad
The trainee Costain QS can see the benefits of working abroad but would rather stay here in the UK
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CommentPower and influence
It鈥檚 a big-stakes game for construction this week, with large donations to politicos and whole countries being flogged off. Meanwhile, 好色先生TV itself pulls off a mass deception
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CommentGreat leaders of our time
The industry, and indeed the world, is on the move and to stay on top chief executives have to predict where it鈥檚 going. The successful could even win a 好色先生TV Award
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Spread the word
Hansom is right (25 March, page 19) that the CIOB has better things to do than worry about a definition of construction management; and we鈥檙e doing them
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CommentMore nuclear, please
Having been struck by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded, then flooded by a tidal wave over 10m high, the Fukushima reactors, understandably, suffered some damage
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Defects after completion
Dominic Helps wrote an illuminating account of what damages a client might expect if serious faults are found in an otherwise completed and occupied building (18 March, page 47)
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CommentTown and country
Protecting the green belt from redevlopment is not the same as protecting the English countryside. If we work sustainably, we can create a better, greener future
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CommentA lesson for Michael Gove
The construction minister tries to calm down architects rattled by attacks on their profession and a drive to standardise
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CommentNo prizes it seems in the New Homes Bonus for being a housing-friendly good planning authority
The biggest winners on the New Home Bonus race are councils based in the South
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CommentWhy WWF had to leave the Carbon Taskforce
Groundbreaking green policy has been undermined by government says WWF campaign manager Darren Shirley
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CommentBuyers survey points to quickening pace of input price rises
Activity levels are positive but rising input costs will put pressure on firms with slim margins
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CommentHousing market: more stable but still fragile
Prices shouldn't fall too much in 2011 provided interest rates and unemployment doesn't rise
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CommentThe Budget: Time to deliver
Last week鈥檚 Budget made it clear that the construction industry needs to be more responsive if it is to play an influential role in the UK鈥檚 growth strategy
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CommentStandardise and deliver
It鈥檚 time to prove that the industry can deliver the 10-20% savings the government wants 鈥� but there are some major obstacles to overcome
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CommentHansom: Stop nagging!
Niggles and moans seem to be this week鈥檚 theme. From a grumpy Phil Spencer, to a deputy mayor just too sick to make a Monday morning meeting. I, however, have been a ray of sunshine as usual
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CommentSustainability on a shoestring
The Budget didn鈥檛 do much to raise Pascale Scheurer鈥檚 hopes for the future of the industry. Here she considers what has changed and what you can do to mitigate the effects
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The big questions
Readers share their respects for construction industry giant Sir Frank Lampl, who died last week, as well as pondering the nuclear debate and media coverage of unrest in the Middle East