All Industry comments articles – Page 17
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NewsWill Brits benefit from the Middle East's education boom?
The BSEC Mena conference revealed some interesting work on offer but it's a question of how to get a foot in the door
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NewsStarting up your own business, part five: Up and running
Now you have your own firm, how do you go about getting that first job?
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NewsPassivhaus diaries, part 16: Spreading the word
Windows may be causing delays on site, but there is plenty of activity elsewhere in the Passivhaus world
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NewsHousing recovery is resting on happier family homes market
Another housing survey today suggests recovery, but activity seems to most evident within the well-to-do family home price bracket
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NewsOur man in Copenhagen: Anarchists, riot police and a bit of negotiating
Arup's blogger at the summit reports on rising tension over the weekend as world leaders arrive and the successful fringe events
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NewsAbu Dhabi to the rescue
Today's $10bn bail out of Dubai is no small sum, but what about protection from future financial scares?
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NewsOur man in Copenhagen: Knuckling down
Peter Head of Arup is blogging from the climate change conference, where he is preparing for the arrival of the world's leaders
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NewsPre-Budget report points to more money for construction … but a much bigger fall
Brickonomics: Assessing what the chancellor's plans may mean for the industry
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NewsChancellor starts race to general election
Alistair Darling committed to major public sector programmes but the cuts will have to come somewhere...
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FeaturesOur man in Copenhagen: First impressions at the summit
Peter Head of Arup is blogging from the climate change conference, where he seems cautiously optimistic a deal can be struck…
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NewsThe cruelty of breeding force-fed first-time buyers
Brickonomics: Should we be using incentives as readily as we are to encourage first-time buyers onto the property ladder?
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NewsPaying lip service to hearing in schools
With listening surely central to learning, why has it taken so long for the government to act seriously on acoustic standards in new schools?
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NewsStarting up your own business, part four: Cost control
Keeping set-up expenditure within budget is crucial, so watch out for unexpectedly costly items like indemnity insurance
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NewsBrickonomics: I see no upswing in these construction output figures
In his first blog for Building, Brian Green pulls apart the latest construction output figures
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NewsDubai on the edge of a precipice
Stephen Fidler on how the emirate got into the current mess and how it might claw its way out
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NewsPassivhaus diaries, part 15: mechanical ventilation and ducting system
It's time to put in the MVHR unit at the Denby Dale house
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NewsStarting up your own business, part three: First priorities
Before your business can start earning money you have to get the basics right, such as choosing a trading name...
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NewsFly through: Glen Howells Architects' National Memorial Arboretum
Staffordshire memorial site will include an armed forces pavilion, exhibition space and education centre
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NewsNot so fast
The dash towards wind power will undermine UK's ability to meet 2050 carbon targets, says the author of Parsons Brinckerhoff's Powering the Future report