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By Architect Don Bunting   Aretha Franklin said it best, in her verson of the song in the Blues Brothers movie. She said: Think . ....

The Donald Trump bid for the USA presidency introduced us to a new reality, and a new way of speaking known as “alternate facts”. Essentially,...

By Architect Don Bunting   Common phrases once used in our industry when discussing a proposed new project were:  • What standard do you want — good,...

We can sometimes fail to recall exactly what happened in the past and why it happened. For example, I couldn’t remember what triggered the...

Nearly every week there is yet another report on substandard building materials, or shonky workmanship on construction projects. This raises the question as to who...

Think back 25 years to 1992 — before medical science took over this was considered half a lifetime. Now answer honestly, how much progress has...

Fact: The word with most entries in the Oxford Dictionary is “set” — a word able to be used as a noun, adjective or...

Now they’ve decided that some of those nice chemicals are actually a bit off — and as boron is just like taking aspirin then...

They tiptoe around each other like partners in a failed marriage. Relationships among members of the design and construction industries have never been as poor...

Few members of the design and construction industry involve themselves in the wider political or business world. Is this about false modesty? Or do...