All Comment articles – Page 89
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NewsWhat ever will we do without the Poles?
News that Polish workers are returning home is a blow to construction. What we need now is a brilliant plan to improve home-grown talent...
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NewsGatwick sale would fit the bill for Ferrovial
Spanish contractor could pay off airports debt and stymie monopoly criticism
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NewsWhat would you rename Multiplex?
Brookfield is the new name for Multiplex, which we think is a tad dull. Can you think of anything more appropriate?
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NewsNice stadium, shame about the football
It's hard to feel passionate about the corporate world of Premier League football, but Arsenal's Emirates Stadium goes some way to restoring faith in the beautiful game
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NewsCall the paving police!
Making it illegal to pave over front garderns with non-permeable surfaces is a good idea, but who will enforce the legislation?
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NewsThe pulling power of PFI funds
The credit crunch may have dampened enthusiasm among investors, but PFI and infrastructure funds are proving a safe bet
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NewsConstruction is full of Mrs Conways
The building industry employs plenty of family members, so why do MPs get such a rough deal?
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NewsThe loo queue
The Barbican, like so many venues, falls short when it comes to providing enough toilet facilities
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NewsWho's afraid of the credit crunch?
Despite all the recent doom and gloom many building firms have good reason to be optimistic about the next financial year
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NewsPrince Charles maybe mired in tradition but he has a point
Prince Charles' criticism of today's 'carbuncles' has more substance than his 1984 diatribe against modern architecture
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NewsA Teflon tent, ketchup dispensers and the Spice Girls
Not being a Spice Girls fan is no barrier to appreciating the The O2 Arena, which gets top marks in the first of a mini series of venue reviews
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NewsThe missing ingredient
School building programmes were already ambitious but now there's another challenge - to offer cookery facilities in all schools by 2011
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Whatever happened to the QS?
No longer are most QSs prepared to quantify a project, says a young estimator
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CommentA tale of three cities
Rome, Mumbai and Marrakesh each have much to tell us about how cities work, how they fail and the possibilities they offer to those who live in them.
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NewsCredit smokescreen clouds real issues behind Tarmac sell-off
A lack of bidders is the most likely reason for Anglo American postponing its sale of Tarmac
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NewsA call to arms - why subbies must fight the payments cut
SMEs must speak with one voice to combat cuts in payments by housebuilders
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CommentIf you want to make money by exploiting migrants, say so
Just before Christmas, the Construction Confederation wrote an article in this slot arguing against the regulation of gangmasters. Here, Alan Ritchie puts the unions’ case
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NewsWhy HSE must blitz home improvements
The workers injured in the Clapham housing collapse were lucky - two thirds of construction deaths occur on small sites
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NewsFoster's mega masterplans: works of genius or follies?
The prolific Foster + Partners released designs for three huge international schemes last year, but do they have any architectural merit?
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NewsWho will build the nuclear power stations?
With over 100 nuclear plants being planned globally the government has to fill the energy skills gap fast if it wants to build a new generation of power stations in the UK