Opinion – Page 413
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Phew - thank you Mr Darling. Now we can get on and fix the problems
For me tracking the Government's handling of the economic crisis over the past few months has been a bit like watching a sick gag in a sketch show where a child hops into the kitchen with one bloodied leg severed off to be told by his mother: "It'll be alright ...
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CommentThe mandarin and the tsar
Once upon a time, says Chris Addison, there was a simple man who was given a simple job to do. Little did he know what lay in store for him …
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Appointing an adjudicator
The CaseCamden engaged Makers UK Limited ("Makers") under a 1998 JCT Intermediate Form of Building Contract to carry out refurbishment works at Wittington Estate in Highgate, London. Issues arose between the parties over variations and delays. Camden issued at “Default Notice” alleging that Makers was in default of their contractual ...
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CommentBlood out of every stone
There are grim times ahead for specialist contractors and savings will have to made. Greg Verhoef explains why value engineering alone will not be enough
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CommentWonders & blunders
Brian Berry compares a Georgian version of the ideal terrace with an advanced modern slum
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Britons £500 billion poorer as house prices fall
I thought it might be interesting to put the latest Nationwide house price data and the recent land write downs made by Taylor Wimpey into a different context. I'd say for fun, but the real consequences are far from funny to a lot of people.So here is a thought to ...
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CommentHansom — summer lovin’
It’s hugs and smiles all around this week (unless you’re a housebuilder, of course), with bosses getting plenty of TLC, fathers learning from daughters, and Boris feeling the wind through his hair
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Cornhill construction
It’s still summer in London, just about, but it goes without saying that it’s raining. As the team from Cornhill trudge into All Bar One on New Oxford Street sporting skin tones ranging from subtly bronzed to lobster chic, it’s clear they’ve not spent all of the past three months ...
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The cost of being green
We read with interest the article “Plundered with impunity” (8 August, page 20).
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It’s an ill wind
I am afraid that your article on the gathering momentum of the wind farm gravy train (8 August, page 36) fails adequately to emphasize the most basic fallacies and errors in the government’s blind pursuit of wind power in its quest to comply with its EU renewables obligation.
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CommentAn incy-wincy complaint
I am writing to complain about the advert that you placed on a recent online edition of Building magazine.
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A new architectural tradition
Robert Adam makes a good point (1 August, page 26) in saying that the public prefers traditional styles.
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A sound suggestion
Noise complaints are still on the rise in the UK, but it’s not only our neighbours who are to blame.
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CommentLondon vs Beijing
For now the eyes of the world are filled by afterimages of Beijing, but they will shortly begin turning expectantly towards an area of waste ground in east London.
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Back issues — fair competition rules and the accuracy of estimates
May 1858 Architectural designs
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Fall in construction worse than thought drags economy to a halt
If you take the figures at face value, things have just gotten a lot worse for construction and a recession now seems inevitable and potentially deeper than first thought.According to the newly revised GDP figures for the second quarter of this year UK economic growth has come to a grinding ...
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A tale of two statistics and why accuracy isn't about decimal places
I received an email late last night suggesting that I might like to blog on the sudden pulling of the property transaction figures - that is the recently introduced dataset that measures residential sales over £40,000.I lead a thrill filled life...Anyway the figures have plunged of late and the statisticians ...
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London sellers take the lead in cutting asking prices for homes
The latest Rightmove figures providing information on what sellers are asking for their homes suggest there has been a swift downward turn in the London market, with more than £20,000 cut from average asking prices between July and August.This adds another hint to hints we picked up in the recent ...