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Take it to the bridge: Where engineering meets music
If only our ears were as big as parachutes, we’d be able to hear the built environment, says Chris Wise, and then we’d discover that a building can be every bit as musical as a violin
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CommentQuentin Shears: Tinker, tailor, soldier, quantity surveyor
“But is there anything from a meeting of our partners that would interest the Kremlin?”
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CommentHansom: Rave on
Now the sun’s out, everyone’s up for a good time, whether it’s a Wild Sex Party, a boat party, or John Dodds’ one-man, one-vote Lie Around In The Sun All Summer Party
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Charles, Camilla and Ike
The prima donna architects who hurl abuse at Prince Charles (most recently regarding his Chelsea Barracks intervention) ought to have a very careful read of the excellent articles written by Ike Ijeh in Building (page 12) and Camilla Cavendish in The Times, both published on 2 July
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Lose the legal battles
Having read that the largest construction lawsuit in UK history has finally reached an end (“Final whistle for £253m Wembley row”, 25 June, page 9), it never ceases to amaze me that contractors still have inadequate project control measures in place to avoid such situations
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Low carbon needs high spending
The UK Committee on Climate Change has reported that the 8.6% reduction in carbon emissions last year was mostly due to the economic downturn, with only a small fraction being a consequence of green policies
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CommentThe birds and the bats
Building’s piece on biodiversity was really superb and extremely useful (25 June, page 58)
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Q+A from Building Answers
Building’s Forum regulars offer their advice on problems. This week: extending a shared roof
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CommentTurning heads
This scaffolding attempt in the Derbyshire village of Shirland is not only perilous for the user, but was proving a serious hazard to all the motorists turning to gawp
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FeaturesHere be dragons: Construction Dragon Boat Challenge
Who says the age of heroes is over? At the construction industry’s annual charity boat race, Alex Smith watched wannabe dragonslayers vie to see who was the strongest, fastest (and silliest)
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FeaturesCasci on life after Hamiltons: Small beast
Architecture was in shock earlier this year when Hamiltons, the UK’s 16th biggest practice, decided to split up. Former director Craig Casci talks to Emily Wright about the break-up, and about making sure his new company stays a manageable size
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Lead times - April to June 2010
An increase in reported enquiries in many trades has not yet been converted to orders, but lead times are already creeping up in four areas compared with only one last quarter
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FeaturesConsultants: The best way to beef up
As US giant URS subsumes Scott Wilson, Aecom closes in on Davis Langdon, and EC Harris prepares for a flotation, Tom Bill examines what the best options are for businesses looking to scale up
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Defence Estates spells out plan to save £50m
Defence Estates, the property and construction arm of the Ministry of Defence, may be forced to mothball some of its buildings to deliver £50m of savings on its regional prime contracts this year
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Grontmij buys French engineer
Dutch consultancy Grontmij has bought a controlling share in French engineer Ginger, making it the fourth largest engineering consultancy in Europe
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Gleeds snaps up consultant in bid to diversify away from BSF
Gleeds has bought an education consultancy, Cocentra, for an undisclosed sum in a bid to survive the cuts to the Building Schools for the Future programme
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Enter the Sitelife competition
The developer Urban Splash has joined forces with Property Week, Building and Building Design to launch a competition to find a temporary use for a site in Manchester’s Ancoats district
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NewsNo excuse for late returns
A residential block designed by Studio Egret West was one of seven projects to win a Housing Design Award this week
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NewsIndustry shocked by 233% price hike for Scott Wilson
URS bought British firm for 290p a share, up from price of 87p at start of June
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Raynsford hits out at HSE policy
Former construction minister Nick Raynsford has condemned the Health and Safety Executive’s blast-zone policy after it scuppered a £300m residential development in south London