From the monthly archives:

February 2009

How to explain Twitter to Sceptics

There is an excellent description of why people use twitter in the Financial Times (FT) today, its called Sweet to Tweet. I particularly like the Six Secrets of an Online Success: Immediacy Real-time flow of comments and adaptability to mobile handsets makes it more immediate than blogging. Brevity Limiting messages to 140 characters makes them [...]

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An Excellent Construction

I’m delighted to see that Constructing Excellence has launched a blog, where the team will be able to post opinion pieces and engage direct online with the key issues facing the UK Construction Industry in these difficult times, not least the difficult issue of delivering Value. First up is Don Ward, CEO with a post [...]

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Planning Permission – Getting Information Online about a Site’s Planning History

Are you interested to find out more about the planning history of a site in England or Wales? You might be considering purchasing a site, or want to get planning permission for a development or alterations to a property. Getting planning permission via your local authority is usually the first task for any development work [...]

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Where is the business case for Sustainability?

Three unconnected events have got me thinking. Constructing Excellence recently launched their Essex Club in Chelmsford and I attended. The stated objective of CE is to demonstrate that long term, integrated collaborative working in the UK construction industry is better than going lowest-cost, a route that many contractors currently fear we are returning. CE aims [...]

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Looking for Sites – More Information

In a follow up to my post about clients looking for land, we have received some specific information from one particular client. The basic requirements are: Town Centre location Main road frontage Site area of 1-1.5 acres Some form of visual amenity nearby (Parkland/Water etc) Locations we are looking: Upminster, Essex Brentwood, Essex Leigh on [...]

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