Opinion – Page 657
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Our bad-taste dinners
First person The annual dinner is a stuffy tradition construction needs to update — and that means more than just changing the dress code.
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Just who’s in charge?
Second opinion Recent squabbles at the Architects Registration Board have led to four high-profile resignations. What’s up?
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Letter from America
First person Construction in the USA is booming, but British contractors thinking of rushing over there are contemplating suicide.
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Sod polite architecture
In his first column for Building, critic Jonathan Meades says 1990s buildings are no match for the vigour of the 1960s – or the 1860s.
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We’re in this together
This industry of ours finally seems to be getting used to the revelation that women are just as talented as men.
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A princely dispute
First person There's nothing special about the Bagshot Park dispute. As usual, the industry's procurement processes are to blame.
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Singular successes
First person London has a series of individual triumphs along its riverbank, but the overall effect lacks cohesion.
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Speak your weight
First person Materials producers have a new body to speak for them that promises to have real political and industrial clout.
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Build without prejudice
Second opinion In our drive to be cutting-edge, we need to get rid of outmoded ideas. Let’s start with discrimination.
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The magic of television
First person In her first column, the Construction Confederation’s new boss is another fan of the dome – and the TV series about it.
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Thanks for nothing
First person The government seems set on making life tough for smaller firms, even though they form the backbone of construction.
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How to lose clients
First person Now it’s a seller’s market, architects don’t have to put up with the kind of treatment they get from bad clients. Do they?
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A whole new division
First person The demands of an athletics stadium and a football stadium are irreconcilable. So why not simply build them in different cities?
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The prize-giving season
First person Forget the tawdry glamour of Miss World; the most up-to-the-minute prizes are being awarded in the construction industry.
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Are we going to be PC?
First person Prime contracting is set to revolutionise procurement in this country. So, why do so few of us know so little about it?
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Just like the movies
Second opinion Construction should stop trying to emulate car manufacturers and take some tips from film-makers.
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Watch the warning signs
First person Builders should be wary of signing contracts with public sector clients that may leave them singing for their money.
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Leaps and bounds
First person Like Laing, small contractors should have the courage to admit that they have been wrong and change the way they operate.
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No place like dome
First person Three cheers for the project team that turned a Greenwich mudpile into an international icon – on time and to budget.
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Balancing act
First person We find it acceptable to cover the countryside in spec housing, but disturb wildlife on a major work programme? Never.