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CommentWonders & blunders with Terry Tommason
The Middle East’s lack of planning rules gives architects an unparalleled freedom, which can result in a certain purity of design or ridiculous extravagances, says Terry Tommason
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CommentPoliticians need to act now
Unless vital infrastructure projects are delivered, the economy risks even deeper problems
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CommentOn the road
Construction of road infrastructure can exemplify collaborative and modern methods of working
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CommentStandardised schools: The customer is always right
From a child’s perspective, schools being standardised nationally is irrelevant
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CommentCramped and loo-les
Victorian terrace houses had to accomodate larger families in smaller spaces
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FeaturesSean Tompkins: Chartering new territory
With the RICS’ overseas membership up to 35,000, chief executive Sean Tompkins isn’t about to be blown off course by parochial critics back home
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Movers & makers 24 October 2012: Cladding
A round-up of the latest news from cladding manufacturers
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Facade boards
Cembrit’s board is designed to meet the emerging trend for wall cladding in stone and earth hues
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Building envelope
Wicona face solutions have been used to form a building envelope on a business centre in Slovenia
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Aggregate cladding panels
Steni UK’s aggregate cladding panels were used for the Myplace youth centre in London
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Prefabricated wall panel system
Lime Technology’s wall panel system features bespoke timber cassettes
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CommentSlimming down a giant
The announcement of Balfour Beatty’s restructure has certainly been long in the making, but whether it’s a reactive or proactive is less clear
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CommentHansom: Rock and rile
While the mayor of Newham goads his audience at the London Property Summit, a director’s rousing speech is given from a table top and a gorilla-suited drummer gives a lesson on how to work a crowd
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Five years on …
Half a decade since the start of the economic crisis, output is still falling and tender prices continue to head south. Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, reports
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NewsHousing stats: New build sales and completions in September
This month’s data shows registrations in both the public and private sector down on this time last year
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NewsCentrica scraps plans for two biomass power plants
Firm blames lack of certainty around energy policy and the government’s preference for co-firing and coal conversion power plants
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NewsFSA backs down on mortgage rules
Lending regulations will provide no boost to housing market say financial advisers
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NewsConstruction shrinks 2.5% in third quarter
Construction the only sector to continue to contract as overall economy returns to growth following Olympics boost