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CommentUnblocking the arteries
Megaprojects shouldn鈥檛 be at the expense of smaller transport infrastructure upgrades that have a more immediate impact on our working lives
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CommentHansom: Ah, the memories
Let鈥檚 go back in time with thought-provoking graffiti from the sixties, a return to the slow pace of barge travel, and the recollection of how the 2012 Olympics promised so much for contractors
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CommentMy digital life 鈥� James Buratti
The Faithful+Gould senior project manager on the joys of using BT MeetMe, his love for rugbydump and getting words lost in translation
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CommentListen closely
All the noise from Westminster is about saving another 拢11.5bn. But more quietly, some areas of government are working to rationalise estates and provide construction work
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CommentWonders & blunders with Matthew Woodthorpe
Matthew Woodthorpe thinks he may have found the perfect cemetery chapel in Stockholm, but finds St George Wharf in Vauxhall discomforting to look at
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CommentA taxing problem for construction
The government should use targeted VAT cuts to boost the construction sector
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CommentIndustry needs investment, not gimmicks
The coalition should replace a patronising attitude with incentives to build
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CommentRemove energy firms from equation
It doesn鈥檛 make sense to rely on energy firms to reduce their profitability
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CommentTIF of the iceberg
Battersea鈥檚 Nine Elms development has got the green light to use tax-increment financing. Does this mean the industry has overcome the funding impasse?
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CommentMy digital life 鈥� James Baker
The chartered surveyor on why he doesn鈥檛 use a Mac, becoming an iPhone convert, and online shopping
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CommentWonders & blunders with Alice Milligan
Alice Milligan admires Glasgow School of Art鈥檚 main building, designed by aluminus Charles Rennie Mackintosh, but finds the neighbouring Bourdon 微密圈 lazy
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CommentHansom: High society
We鈥檙e up in the social stratosphere this week: dress sense at the Lords, Canary Wharf Group鈥檚 plans for the great unwashed, and One Hyde Park鈥檚 elusive residents - only high jinks at the Shard lower the tone
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CommentA long way to go
The Balfour Beatty鈥檚 latest troubles and the collapse of Rowecord Engineering indicate that construction is far from being out of the woods
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CommentShedding light on sports halls
Good daylight, good insulation and renewable energy shouldn鈥檛 be set in competition against each other
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CommentSame old story at Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty should have sorted out its businesses years ago
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CommentBIM: A long way to go?
There鈥檚 lots of optimism about what BIM can offer 鈥� but it is far from being fully integrated in the industry yet
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CommentBlowing in the wind
鈥淣ot only is the plank precariously balanced but there is also a significant fall as the windmill is perched above a rocky outcrop,鈥� notes Clive Woodford, who took this photo while on holiday in Crete.
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CommentThe future is BIM
This year鈥檚 BIM Show Live shows that the industry is embracing BIM 鈥� but the challenge lies in understanding what information is important