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Speaking volumes
New editions of important books: the first does wonders for our understanding of dispute management; the second is a weighty tome on contract law
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Features
The powerhouse
With the inexorable rise of the computer, A new breed of building is emerging to house the hardware that modern networks require.
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Tower power
From pyramids to the modern skyscraper, power has always found architectural expression. Now, in an era of global capitalism, that expression has reached new heights.
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Seats of power
The representative bodies of Britain's regions have opted for designs that self-consciously display their openness to public influence and scrutiny. So, here's a guide to the architecture of anti-power.
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People power
The public is taking the struggle against new roads, airports and greenfield development out of the meeting and on to the street. And with the government poised to streamline the planning system, more confrontation is on its way
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Mitie posts record results
Building and support services company Mitie this week posted record results and said it was well-placed to ride out a recession.
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Comment
Peace, love and understanding
Those who already approach partnering in the right spirit will probably welcome the new NEC partnering option's emphasis on a less confrontational attitude
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Let's stay together
Ken Clarke and Iain Duncan Smith should make a deal, rather than spending the summer slugging it out with each other. Some chance …
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Magna set to regenerate Rotherham land
The success of the £45.5m Magna Adventure Science Centre in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, is likely to lead to the regeneration of land at a derelict steelworks nearby.
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The Power issue
What does power mean in today’s construction industry? Building looks at the people, the buildings and the machines that wield power.
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The Power issue: Introduction
It's intoxicating, seductive and dangerous. It's about influencing events, controlling destinies and brute, overwhelming force.
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Icons of power
Who – and what – really makes a difference in the construction industry? Building selects 11 of the 21st century's most powerful icons, from Gordon Brown to a really, really big digger
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Government measures to speed planning
The government has introduced a range of measures to speed up planning after its general election promise to revamp the "slow and cumbersome" system.
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Who's got the power?
Industry insiders give their views on who calls the shots and who answers to whom in construction today.
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Regeneration: Go for it, Gordon
Homeless families, hog-tied developers and economic weakness: all are products of our sclerotic planning system. Can Gordon Brown save us?
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Expressions of power
How powerful people tell others they are powerful people? Well, not with a seven series BMW … We look at today's version of power dressing and other techniques that help you convey an image of power
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Comment
Emergency exit
Asking the engineer for an indemnity is not the best way out of the fix Carillion got itself into with Blyth & Blyth. But fear not – there are other ways of escaping
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Industry mourns Sir Ian Dixon
The construction industry is mourning one of its leading figures after the death of Sir Ian Dixon, 62, from cancer last week.
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Forum given a year to deliver
Sir John Egan will review the future of construction's new strategic forum next year.
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Dear Robert
This month, how to become an architectural technologist, and some advice on tax