All ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ articles in 29 November 2019
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Features
Future Homes Standard: Heat pumps – a new hope
The government’s proposals place a huge amount of faith in the carbon-cutting powers of this technology. But have its credentials been overinflated?
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Future Homes Standard: Primed for action
You’ve read the consultation, but what happens when the proposals are put to the test?
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Don’t let them keep your money
Retention clauses in some housebuilders’ contracts could be illegal and subcontractors should challenge them
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The Future Homes Standard: Get ready for a domestic revolution
The government says it will push ahead with the Future Homes Standard – David Blackman reports on what this will mean for housebuilders
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Future Homes Standard – wide adoption of heat pumps will not be easy
At first sight, the launch of the Future Homes Standard consultation in October was a welcome surprise
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General election 2019: A letter to the construction industry from the Liberal Democrats
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ has asked the three main parties to set out their commitments to construction. Here, Tim Farron on the Liberal Democrats’ plans for infrastructure
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Camden council makes £130m High Court claim against tower block contractors
Legal action centres on Chalcots Estate evacuation in June 2017
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Sketch of the week: Knights Manor in Dedham, Essex
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Paul Mitchell of architect Paul Mitchell Co.
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Construction industry gossip: The slow train home
Crossrail? Don’t worry, another delay will be along just after this one. Plus, one company stays under the news radar
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We fought a shark… and won: Rider Levett Bucknall talks to ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ
Sixteen years ago, venture capitalists tried to pick RLB clean. Dave Rogers asks three of its top team how it survived – and thrived
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Party manifestos: Scrutiny on the bounty
The Conservative manifesto landed this week, so now all three main parties have set out their stalls
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Architect ties up housing work at former shoe factory
LOM behind work at Essex site inspired by Bauhaus movement
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5 minutes with… John Avery, director, LOM architecture and design
John Avery  tells ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ about art deco, procrastination, and a black Blüthner piano
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From the archive: 2003 — Living smart
This week, ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ does that thing where you go back in time and smile wryly at what people in the past thought the future would be like
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Projects: Dudley House, London
Dudley House is a £104m council-led mixed-use development that aims to encourage a more diverse community in central London
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Lessons in delay analysis
Debates over methodology can take on a life of their own and lose sight of the facts
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The ties that bind: When 'subject to contract' backfires
Adding tags such as ‘subject to contract’ can fail to have the desired effect – and might even backfire
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