All articles by Denise Chevin – Page 8
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Features
The Blair years
It’s always been said that construction does well under Labour, but when Tony Blair came to power in 1997 nobody would have dreamed just how well.
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CommentDark and dangerous work
Don’t worry. If life lacks excitement after the Wembley peace treaty, it’s a safe bet in our industry that a fresh outbreak of hostilities won’t be far off.
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CommentTilting at windmills
Barely a day goes by without some policy announcement on sustainability.
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Comment9.3bn for what, exactly?
The phrase “an inconvenient truth” may have been used for Al Gore’s film on global warming, but it also serves pretty well to describe the cost of building the London Olympics.
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CommentTo build or not to build
The fact that most local authorities, urban ones anyway, regularly accept and embrace contemporary architecture is a mark of great progress.
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CommentRebuilding Bovis
Among the unfortunate dramas in the construction sector recently, of which sadly there have been many, the troubles of Bovis Lend Lease would seem to be the most self-inflicted.
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NewsNG Bailey pays for cult of YouTube
Morrison suspended dealings with NG Bailey this week because of the infamous YouTube footage. It could happen to others, warns Building's editor
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CommentVisas alone are not the answer
The RICS’ campaign to persuade the Home Office to relax the rules preventing overseas QSs staying in the UK is a no-brainer.
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CommentBarratt’s big deal is just the start
The increasingly dramatic world of housebuilding took a spectacular plot twist this week.
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CommentMaking it worth their while
You will have no difficulty recalling Building’s many column feet over the past few years devoted to tales of disastrous contracts and distressed contractors.
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CommentWhy we need a crane crackdown
It often seems that everything the construction industry does is bound in a fine mesh of red tape.
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NewsSafer Skyline campaign: crackdown on cranes
Building's latest campaign calls on industry to clean up its act
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A journey without maps
We were, of course, being ironic on our cover, but it’s no understatement to say the drive to make new homes zero carbon by 2016 is a venture into the unknown.
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NewsSafer Skyline campaign: crackdown on cranes
The horrific Canary Wharf crane collapse in May 2000 sent shockwaves through the industry.
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CommentWhat does going green mean?
Melting ice caps and the plight of polar bears are primetime Saturday night viewing …
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CommentThis time, it might actually work
Kate Barker is rapidly becoming the patron saint of housebuilders.