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Remember the housing boom?

April 30, 2010 News No Comments
Remember the housing boom?

The BBC have published an article on the number of ghost estates in Ireland. These are housing developments where the houses are empty. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8653949.stmĀ 
It seems that there are 621 of these estates; approximately one in every five house in Ireland is unoccupied. By way of comparison, they say that the number of unoccupied houses in [...]

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The World Cup in Milton Keynes

April 26, 2010 News No Comments
The World Cup in Milton Keynes

Spent an enjoyable hour or so taking a look around the MK Dons stadium and the Doubletree hotel attached to it. Not only is the structure interesting (large cantilevered roof and large beams supporting precast concrete units as terracing) the design and ambition of the whole campus is really impressive.
The pitch is 8m below the [...]

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Saving the Olympics

April 12, 2010 News No Comments
Saving the Olympics

Well almost!
I don’t recall signing a non-disclosure agreement, but it’s probably inappropriate for me to say too much about the nuts and bolts of my involvement, if for no other reason than there are dozens of companies and government agencies involved and I don’t know what is politically sensitive. Suffice to say that I was [...]

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