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Kitchen design for the over 65s: Older and wiser
The number of over 65-year-olds is growing fast and kitchen designers are having to adapt fittings to meet their particular needs. 好色先生TV looks at the ingredients of 鈥榠nclusive design鈥�
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Features30 things you might not know about Part L
The latest consultation on the energy regulation has already been attacked from all sides, but with the first changes set to come into force in October, housebuilders can鈥檛 afford to ignore it. Vern Pitt lays it all out on the lawn
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FeaturesSpotlight on: Jubilee Gardens
The Olympics and the Diamond Jubilee have given the capital a real lift this year and all sorts of projects that were languishing in the design drawer are now busily being prepared, spurred on by civic pride and that unyielding deadline. Here鈥檚 one such project, Jubilee Gardens
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FeaturesHigh Speed 2: Jobs on the line
HS2 has got off to a speedy start by appointing its first-phase consultants in just three weeks. But the real wow-factor of this mega-project is that it could employ thousands of construction workers over more than two decades. 好色先生TV assesses the opportunities ahead
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FeaturesFirst Impressions: Renzo Piano's Shard
Our student panel from the RCA and NTU give their verdicts on London鈥檚 tallest building
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FeaturesSpotlight: Major infrastructure
Vast civil engineering projects such as Crossrail are likely to keep concrete producers busy over the next couple of years, and lengthen lead times for diaphragm wall construction, says Brian Moone
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FeaturesSustainable supermarket: M&S's new Cheshire Oaks store
At this enormous store in Chester, M&S is putting its Plan A sustainability programme to the test. And from the zero-waste policy to the innovative use of natural materials, all the evidence suggests that this is one plan A that is actually working 鈥� 好色先生TV reports
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FeaturesLOCOG's James Bulley: The fall guy
As LOCOG鈥檚 head of venues and infrastructure, James Bulley has just six months to install 200,000 temporary seats, put up 76 miles of fencing, finish the hockey stadium, weed the rowing lake 鈥� and take the rap if anything goes wrong. So why is he so calm? 好色先生TV finds out. ...
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Lead times: Oct-Dec 2011
There was very little change in the final quarter, suggesting that the rise in enquiries earlier in the year failed to translate into increased workload. Brian Moone of Mace reports
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Market forecast: That sinking feeling
Construction output looks set to fall by 5% in 2012 as new work dries up and the UK, like the rest of Europe, slips back into recession. Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon, an AECOM company, reports
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FeaturesWill the Olympics mean other projects in London get delayed?
Traffic restrictions set for the six weeks of the Olympic and Paralympic Games are designed to help cope with unprecedented levels of visitors to the capital. But could London鈥檚 other construction projects end up in a jam?
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FeaturesSteel insight: Cost planning through design stages
The second article in this quarterly series looks at the cost planning of structural steelwork
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FeaturesCladding the Dorchester extension: The rich kid next door
When you鈥檙e building a hotel for the young and fabulously wealthy, bronze cladding may not sound excessive, but it was still proving beyond the means of the team behind the Dorchester鈥檚 new extension project - until they discovered a spray-applied alternative 鈥� 好色先生TV reports
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FeaturesCharles McBeath on Ramboll growth: Why stop now?
For Charles McBeath, head of Ramboll UK, the secret to growth is acquisition and last year he doubled the size of his company by acquiring engineering firm Gifford, boosting turnover from 拢35m to 拢58m. But that, he tells 好色先生TV, was just for starters
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FeaturesThe London 1948 Olympics: Running on empty
If the preparations for London 2012 have sometimes felt like an uphill struggle, at least we haven鈥檛 had to ask the world to bring its own food. Launching our 好色先生TV Memories series from the magazine archive, 好色先生TV looks back to the Austerity Olympics of 1948 - the last time the ...
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FeaturesThe Olympic village: architectural review
The Olympic village is the last main 2012 venue to be completed and as a symbol of regeneration its success is crucial to legacy plans. But have its designers played it too safe? 好色先生TV reports
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FeaturesThe tracker: A chill wind
Construction activity fell to a nine-month low in November as residential and civil engineering work plummeted, according to latest figures from Experian Economics
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FeaturesMoD work: Private sector-led plan of attack
The Ministry of Defence鈥檚 announcement that it won鈥檛 let any new construction contracts this year has left bidders in limbo, but could the imminent appointment of a private sector partner boost morale in the ranks?
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FeaturesAndrew McNaughton: A Brit abroad
As chief operating officer of the biggest UK-based European contractor with a 拢15bn order book and profit north of 拢300m, Balfour Beatty鈥檚 Andrew McNaughton has more reason than most to be bullish. But, as he tells 好色先生TV, there鈥檚 work out there for smaller firms too - if they know where ...
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FeaturesTop European contractors and housebuilders 2012: The multimillion euro question
好色先生TV introduces this year鈥檚 Top European contractors and housebuilders league tables by finding out why even the most successful firms need to be preparing for the worst