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CommentMy digital life: Neill Pawsey
Enthusiastic cyber-citizen Neill Pawsey is happy to have meetings, study, chat and read the paper online. The only thing that holds him back is his bandwidth
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for rightmove.co.uk
When I meet Miles Shipside, commercial director at Rightmove.co.uk, he seems like he needs a drink. We meet in the (kind of) splendour of Newport’s Celtic Manor hotel complex, the chosen venue for the 2010 Ryder Cup.
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CommentIt all used to be so simple…
… but these days building seems more about feeding the surreal imaginations of planning officers and keeping a whole army of specialist consultants employed.
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Pour on water, pour on water
Your article, In the line of fire (18 July, page 72) mentioned, alongside the advantages, some perceived drawbacks to the installation of sprinkler systems in schools.
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Bravo Bingham
Tony Bingham’s regular articles often make a lot of sense, but his article on ditching the training levy (8 August, page 43) seemed to have even more sense per column centimetre than usual.
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CommentWinter warmers
As the nights draw in, hospitality and goodwill abound, from friendly Swedish engineers, an extremely generous salary offer and a kind invitation to take up residence in a caravan
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FeaturesHow I conquered the world: interview with Benoy's Graham Cartledge
Benoy chairman Graham Cartledge turned a firm that mostly designed Nottinghamshire farm buildings into a £38m global player. Here he talks to Emily Wright about ruthless calculation, creeping mortality and the phone call that changed his life
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CommentThe end of the spend
The boom in vanity projects is over. Design can no longer rule. Instead, Colin Harding asks if construction and its clients are finally ready to learn the lessons Sir John Egan taught in 1998
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CommentWebmaster review: UN website
For the official launch of building.co.uk/global, the webmaster examines the website of the Big Daddy of global organisations
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CommentDispute resolution boards in Dubai: First dabs
Resolving construction disputes in Dubai can be complex, but dispute resolution boards can help prevent such wrangles arising in the first place
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CommentConstruction products regulations: Let’s try it another way
The European commission is planning to strengthen the construction market by replacing the Construction Products Directive (CPD) with a new piece of regulation that will remove all remaining obstacles to the free circulation of construction products in the European Economic Area (EEA) on 26 May.
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Westfield bolsters Stratford team
Westfield has strengthened the team overseeing its £1.45bn Stratford City development by drafting in the former managing director of Kier Scotland, writes Sarah Richardson.
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HSE staff quit to avoid move to Bootle
Hundreds of backroom staff at the Health and Safety Executive have chosen to quit their jobs rather than relocate to Liverpool, it has emerged.
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NewsThe high meadow
This £12m seven-storey scheme for Waterloo Road in central London has been unveiled by HKR Architects.
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Workers return to fire-ravaged Bath shopping centre
Construction work has resumed on the site of Sir Robert McAlpine’s £360m Southgate shopping centre in Bath after it was ravaged by fire last week.