More Comment – Page 337
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CommentPriority schools: what now?
The cheer the constructon industry got from the release of the list of the 261 schools to be included in the Priority Schools Building Programme has been tempered by uncertainty about how the initiative will actually work
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CommentWonders & blunders with Martin Winch
The Albert Memorial is a fitting tribute to a former Royal consort, while Tolworth Tower remains an uninspiring piece of suburban architecture
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CommentMonarchs and architecture: King George IV
How much influence have the Royals had on British architecture? Building investigates
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CommentMaking Priority Schools add up
Gove’s announcement secures precious funding for some schools, but there are still questions about how the procurement will work
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CommentPart 8 declaration declined: R&C Electrical Ltd vs Shaylor Construction Ltd
This case reaffirms the principle that in limited circumstances a party may set off against an adjudicator’s decision
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CommentPart 36 offers: Phi Group Ltd v Robert West Consulting
In this case the Court of Appeal considered the requirements of Part 36 offers and overturned a costs decision in the Technology & Construction Court
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CommentMonarchs and architecture
This week Building is examining the influence the Royals have had on our architecture – today we look at the impact of King James I
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CommentRoyals and architecture
Ahead of the Jubilee Building takes a look at the influence monarchs have had on our architecture – starting today with King William I
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CommentUnlocking the commercial market
The commercial office industry meets in gloomy mood this week, but if occupiers, developers and financiers work in partnership, they could open up the sector
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CommentArchitects, engineers and consultants are boosting turnover as they focus on overseas markets
Good news for UK firms - but it does not mean UK construction is doing well
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CommentMy digital life … Blane Judd
The chief executive of the Building & Engineering Services Association likes to hoard data and confesses to being an app junkie
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CommentProfit and loss
We are currently building half the homes we need in the UK. But if the housebuilder won’t jump in to fill the hole, who will?
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CommentAmateur builders kid themselves
How will the general public have self-build loans approved with no experience of construction projects?
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CommentMasonry as good as wood
The advantage of timber frame housing in respect of embodied carbon is marginal
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CommentSinks stink but timber triumphs
Support the safe use of timber in construction, not underground carbon sinks
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CommentHansom: Break out the canapes
This week, Make’s Ken Shuttleworth puts on a good spread, RIBA throws a party at the V&A, energy minister Greg Barker gets told off, and a terrible odour reaches Building Towers