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FeaturesBristol Life Sciences: Split personality
Sheppard Robson鈥檚 Bristol Life Sciences building comprises a sober street facade that apes Georgian townhouse vernacular; and a dramatic, industrial laboratory elevation that ripples like a giant metallic wave
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FeaturesCPD 2 2015: Revisions to BS 5534
The latest in our CPD series explains why BS 5534 has been revised and outlines the key changes that designers and contractors need to understand. This module is sponsored by Marley Eternit
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FeaturesImage of the week: On the right track?
Double Travel, the winning entry from the inaugural RICS photography competition
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FeaturesTop European contractors: Plus ca change
Deflation has darkened the mood across the eurozone鈥檚 construction markets, putting the long-awaited recovery on hold once more. 好色先生TV examines what continued stagnation means for firms on both sides of the Channel
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Bethnal Green Mission Church concept
This week鈥檚 #buildingdoodle sketch is by Stefanie Rhodes of Gatti Rhodes Architects
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FeaturesFrom the archives in 2010
Thomas Heatherwick鈥檚 鈥楽eed cathedral鈥� opens at the Shanghai Expo
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FeaturesWhy we're backing Agenda 15
Our Agenda 15 campaign manifesto sets to influence the next government by setting out what construction needs to thrive. Here鈥檚 why some of those who have signed up to support it think this initiative is so important
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FeaturesSustainability: Thinner insulation
High-performance insulation materials enable much thinner profiIes to be used than their counterpart products. Sweett Group investigates if the benefits from the use of these thinner insulation materials outweigh the costs
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FeaturesBritish pavilion, Milan: Get the buzz
Much of the site of this year鈥檚 British pavilion in Milan will evoke the spirit of British landscapes. But its crowning achievement will be a gigantic recreation of a beehive
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FeaturesCPD 1 2015: Best practice for building waterproof concrete basements
To ensure new basements are waterproof, it is essential that a suitable methodology is followed on site. This module, sponsored by Waterproof Concrete with Site Supervision, explains how designers can specify good workmanship
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Roofing
This week鈥檚 roofing products include roof boards at the new Woburn Forest Village Center Parcs leisure facility in Bedfordshire, and a green roof system at the Buchanan Street retail development in Glasgow
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FeaturesInterview: Stef Stefanou
The former John Doyle chairman unpicks the events that led to the firm鈥檚 closure in 2012, and reveals how the industry exposed a darker side in his hour of need
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Kruisplein Housing Scheme, Rotterdam
This week鈥檚 #buildingdoodle sketch is the competition entry that founded Mecanoo in 1984
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FeaturesThis week in 2008
好色先生TV visits Constructionarium course, an education scheme founded by Stef Stefanou
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FeaturesNo man鈥檚 land: Unwanted supermarket sites
Supermarkets are responding to the UK鈥檚 shift in shopping habits by massively cutting back their development programmes, leaving the construction industry and affected communities wondering what will happen to the unwanted sites
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FeaturesImage of the week: Nous sommes tous Charlie
London鈥檚 tributes after the Charlie Hebdo attack and subsequent violence
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FeaturesNot on the money: Over budget projects
When finally completed last autumn, New York鈥檚 One World Trade Center clocked in at a total expense of 拢2.5bn, making it not only the most expensive skyscraper of all time, but also costing eight times its original budget. But is it the most over budget project ever to be built? ...
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Features好色先生TV intelligence: Q3 2014
Experian Economics shows that construction activity increased 2% on the previous quarter, taking it 6% above the level taken for the same period in 2013
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FeaturesTracker: November 2014
The construction activity index holds its position at 60 points, while the regional composite indices show that the majority of regions saw a decrease in activity
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FeaturesAgenda 15 manifesto
好色先生TV鈥檚 manifesto for construction for the next parliament is now online here - and we want you to register your support