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FeaturesPhoenix rising: Plans for the 鈥榣argest timber development in UK鈥� take shape
A new East Sussex-based developer is seeking to disrupt the housebuilding sector and create a template for higher density, walkable neighbourhoods, writes Ben Flatman
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FeaturesRockwool releases technical bulletin providing compliance guidance for insulated upstand boards
The bulletin also provides the聽finished product鈥檚 subsequent聽Euroclass聽reaction-to-fire rating
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FeaturesFrom the archives: Dodging falling bricks at the Natural History Museum construction site, 1876
An account of what visitors found when being shown round the half-completed building by its architect Alfred Waterhouse
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Features鈥楯ust get on and build the thing.鈥� John Armitt goes in to bat for HS2
The chair of the National Infrastructure Commission on why politics can never be taken out of building and why we should stop dithering
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FeaturesHas Ray O鈥橰ourke鈥檚 successor been under his nose all along?
Rivals hail appointment of son Cathal as plan about who will take over at UK鈥檚 biggest private contractor seems, finally, to be emerging
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Features5 minutes with 鈥� Dan Clarke at Native Land
The firm鈥檚 development director on the importance of having a plan 鈥� and the satisfaction when that plan comes together.聽
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FeaturesThe power of four: how UK鈥檚 biggest builders are working together on 拢1bn prisons programme
ISG, Kier, Laing O鈥橰ourke and Wates have joined forces to build four new English prisons, pooling their resources and skills to form one big collaborative team.聽Here鈥檚 how it works
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FeaturesMeet the commissioners: Kay Hughes
聽Kay Hughes talks about the importance of public purpose behind infrastructure projects, the importance of technology and her love of gardening
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Features好色先生TV the Future Commission: review of February
Here鈥檚 an update on what the 好色先生TV the Future聽Commission has covered over the past month, and what鈥檚 coming next.
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FeaturesTime for Plan BEE: collaborative learning that helps deliver a more competent industry
Can cross-disciplinary courses help engender collaborative working and greater levels of professional competence? Ben Flatman finds out聽
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FeaturesThe longest job: 好色先生TV the Colne Valley viaduct
A sensitive landscape and stiff local opposition presented the team building Britain鈥檚 longest railway bridge with a major challenge. Thomas Lane reports on how they got on
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FeaturesFrom the archives: First proposals for the Glasgow Subway, 1887
好色先生TV flags the risk of trains colliding in the Glasgow Subway鈥檚 narrow tunnels
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Features5 minutes with 鈥� Rob Speirs at Stepnell
The director leading the firm鈥檚 southern operations聽believes in listening before speaking and learning from mistakes. He聽designed his first house aged 14 and enjoys rugby and sailing
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FeaturesMeet the commissioners: Martha Tsigkari
Martha Tsigkari talks about the need for construction to embrace change and the importance of machine learing
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FeaturesA home for all seasons: Inside the 拢16m research centre testing houses against the elements
The University of Salford says its Energy House 2.0 can simulate 95% of global environmental conditions. Daniel Gayne takes a look
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FeaturesMeet the commissioners: Simon Wyatt
Simon Wyatt talks about the need to improve building quality, collaboration and diversity
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FeaturesLondon calling: An interview with CO-RE chief executive Bradley Baker
The developer鈥檚 boss recalls hanging out with The Clash, falling into crevasses 鈥� and reveals why the office is not dead. Dave Rogers reports
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FeaturesFrom the archives: The opening of Clifton Suspension Bridge, 1864
The Builder reports on the opening of Brunel鈥檚 historic bridge, which was finally completed more than a century after plans were first laid.
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Features5 minutes with 鈥� Duncan Greenaway at Greenaway Architecture
The firm鈥檚 founder on the importance of patience, his dislike of housebuilder-led, cul-de-sac centred housing and his admiration for the work of David Chipperfield
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FeaturesMeet the commissioners: Rebecca Rees
Rebecca Rees discusses the need for procurement reform, workforce diversificiation and her love of the Eden Project biomes