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  • Have you any wool? Apparently it’s a rather good material for insulation after all...
    Comment

    Woolly thinking

    2009-03-06T00:00:00Z

    I read with interest your article on the 16 January titled “five green duds”

  • Comment

    Decoded

    2009-03-06T00:00:00Z

    In your recent article (6 February, page 3), you referred to the Strategic Forum’s tower crane group and stated that the assessment of how safe they are came under the “badge” of the Considerate Constructors Scheme

  • Comment

    Words of warning

    2009-03-06T00:00:00Z

    I attended an interview yesterday to train as a domestic energy assessor (DEA), which I thought was new career with great potential

  • Comment

    Home improvement

    2009-03-06T00:00:00Z

    “Social housing” should only be provided as a short-term solution for those in real need. The idea that someone can occupy a council house for virtually their whole adult life is ridiculous

  • This music theatre in Graz starts off in classical style, but inside it’s doing the twist
    Features

    Roll over Beethoven!

    2009-03-06T00:00:00Z

    This music theatre in Graz starts off in classical style, but inside it’s doing the twist

  • Sir Michael Latham
    Comment

    A confederacy of dunces

    2009-03-06T00:00:00Z

    The post of a chief construction officer is a splendid idea, but it will only work if the holder has real power – and Whitehall may not be willing to let that happen

  • Comment

    Building buys a pancake... for Pringle Brandon

    2009-03-06T00:00:00Z

    It’s Shrove Tuesday, and Pringle Brandon has suggested we meet in town for pancakes. Now London is not overstocked with pancake houses, and the one we choose comes with a long queue of gourmands outside. Luckily PB had the foresight to book a table

  • News

    Three regeneration companies go under

    2009-03-06T00:00:00Z

    Three property companies behind regeneration schemes across the country have gone bust

  • News

    Eco-town 'unviable'

    2009-03-06T00:00:00Z

    Proposals for an eco-town near Stratford-upon-Avon are unviable, a report has said

  • News

    RDA appointments

    2009-03-06T00:00:00Z

    Two regional development agencies have appointed chairs

  • News

    CBIs call on planning

    2009-03-06T00:00:00Z

    The CBI has urged the government to extend planning permissions that will expire on developments that have been postponed owing to the recession

  • This £8.2m community centre in Sutton, south London, has received planning permission
    News

    Life planning

    2009-03-06T00:00:00Z

    This £8.2m community centre in Sutton, south London, has received planning permission

  • Lindy Patterson
    News

    If they sue, will they win?

    2009-03-06T00:00:00Z

    If the contract doesn’t help them, Bellway Homes’ customers will find it difficult to prove their case

  • Features

    Surviving Mipim without champagne

    2009-03-06T00:00:00Z

    Mipim looks set to a frugal affair this year, with fewer big boats, less free champagne and virtually no Russian oligarchs. Building gets some tips on doing Cannes on the cheap

  • Illustration: Gregory Gibbon
    Features

    Don't sweat it: Arup's National Physical Laboratory

    2009-03-06T00:00:00Z

    Building a laboratory where temperatures are controlled to the nearest 0.1ºC is scary enough. But when you have the added possibility of radiation leaks and you know the job finished off the last firm to try it, well, you could forgive Arup for being ‘a bit nervous’

  • Ian Curtis, Joy Division
    Comment

    My digital life: Neil Norman

    2009-03-06T00:00:00Z

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  • money
    News

    How to ... hand over in a downturn

    2009-03-05T16:35:00Z

    Biggest challenge is valuation as in a downturn the value of the business goes down

  • wind turbine
    News

    Cabe calls on government to toughen green rules for councils

    2009-03-05T15:58:00Z

    Cabe report sets out the types of policies needed to create low-carbon cities

  • Anthony Coumidis will lead the environmental division
    News

    McBains Cooper announces new appointments

    2009-03-05T13:48:00Z

    Firm strengthens its building services and environmental teams

  • Thomas Summerfield, a member of Company 5, looking at the St Peters Gate and Exchange Walk areas of the city
    News

    Students propose ideas for Nottingham regeneration

    2009-03-05T11:00:00Z

    Nottingham Trent University students tackle inner city decay