More Comment – Page 370
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CommentProviding schools: Creative classes
We don’t have enough places for kids in the schools their parents want. A new approach is needed: adapting other public buildings for education and bringing in private help to show us how
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CommentMy digital life…Diba Salam
Diba wants to avoid emails, Dom Joly moments and electro funck music
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CommentSchools crisis: ‘We have a responsibility to school our children’
Barking and Dagenham has to be the council the worst affected by the demise of the Building Schools for the Future programme. We look at the impact on pupils and construction in a deprived east London borough that is fast running out of space
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CommentHansom: Look at me!
Several ‘interesting’ ideas vie for our attention this week as Arup envisages a life-size Scalextric set, Miller Homes drafts in Keith Chegwin and German architects decide scaffolding should be more pretty
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CommentSetting the bar high
Is standardising design the way forward for schools? Yes, says Philip Watson, but only if ‘standardisation’ means ‘best practice’ and we consider the individual needs of the school
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CommentThe Riot Act: it takes a village
Last month’s riots implicated every one of us - especially those at the top. It also brought to mind an old community-minded rule of law
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Reading the Riot Act
If your project suffered a loss as a result of the riots this August you may be able to claim compensation under a JCT contract or even from the police through a 125-year-old statute
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CommentThe tracker: Summer dip
Activity declined across all three sectors in July, partly due to insufficient demand and labour shortages. Experian Economics examines the latest figures
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Inbox: Credit where it's due
Readers praise those who deserve recognition, be they engineers, the builders of code level 6 homes, or Scottish local authorities that have boosted housebuilding
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CommentWonders & blunders with Dominic Cullinan
Dominic Cullinan takes us on a science fiction tour of London - from the half-imagined ‘bulging cheeks’ of Old Street to the three bronzed sisters of the Barbican
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CommentThe perfect roof extension
If in doubt, strap it to the roof of the car and hope for the best …
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CommentA good planning system is critical, but right now the debate is a massive distraction
Money is at the centre of the problem – and people are confusing need and demand
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CommentReading the riot act
If your project suffered a loss as a result of the riots this August you may be able to claim compensation under a JCT contract or even from the police through a 125 year old statute
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CommentDamages: Harrison vs (1) Shepherd Homes (2) National Housebuilding Council (3) NHBC Building Control Services
This case looks at Damages in respect of defective work, loss of amenity, distress and ilegnconvenience
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CommentAnd upwards
A decade on from the destruction of the World Trade Center, New York is busy rebuilding – and tall buildings have got stronger
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CommentWorst orders figures on record suggest the worst on the ground is yet to come
There are times when you hope you’re misreading data or that there may be an error. But it doesn’t look as though these crutches are available as I stare at the carnage implicit in the new orders data.
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CommentInternational arbitration: A city on edge
A case that jeopardised the future of the international arbitration business based in London has been ruled on by the Supreme Court. Here’s what it had to say …
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CommentMy digital life…Paul Baron
Whether he’s relaxing on holiday or trawling the news sites this MD’s always up for a bit of Vulcan mind transfer
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CommentHansom: Spice of life
Laing O’Rourke treats its subbies to Mayfair’s haute cuisine, the concrete sector invents a word for the digital age and main contractors take a not-so-subtle verbal bashing – never a dull moment round here
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CommentDeciding a case: Theory vs practice
What’s the law regarding deciding a case on its merit? What are the merits of deciding a case on the law? It’s a debate that may interest judges more than your average builder