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FeaturesNakheel's debt deal: Too little too late?
With debts of $10.5bn, Dubai developer Nakheel has left UK consultants 拢250m short. Some creditors say the company is close to a deal involving Islamic bonds, but others admit they are now reluctant to work with it again
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FeaturesHansom: Would you credit it?
Confusion reigns this week as bitter rivals swap names, an unsuspecting receptionist gets caught up in international politics, and a local paper scoops its biggest non-story of all time
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FeaturesCanada: the friendly careers frontier
For pioneering UK construction professionals scanning the international horizon, there can be few places more attractive than a country with English speakers, simple contracts, nice big scenery and lots of work
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FeaturesBlackfriars station: Pulling out the stops
Blackfriars station is being rebuilt on a bridge right over the River Thames. With a four-lane road to the north, live railway lines on all sides and the river below, it鈥檚 not the easiest site on which to deliver a complex project. So how was it done? Thomas Lane buys ...
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FeaturesBest of British: Nigel Webb of British Land
In construction鈥檚 current competitive climate, talk of new activity and large-scale development is what everyone is listening out for. British Land鈥檚 head of development, Nigel Webb, certainly has something to say.
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FeaturesThe beautiful game: World Cups in Qatar and Russia
England鈥檚 loss of its World Cup bid could be the UK construction industry鈥檚 gain. Qatar and Russia have billions of dollars to build stadiums and infrastructure from scratch but, says Roxane McMeeken, it鈥檚 us Brits that have the relevant talents and experience. So how easy will it be to win ...
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Changing the rules: Make's straw bale cladding at University of Nottingham
Architect Make decided a new university biosciences building deserved the UK鈥檚 first straw curtain walling system. So how did they do it?
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Architects in film
Lights, camera, architect 鈥� What does cinema tells us about a profession that for many remains shrouded in mystery? On the day a film about Norman Foster is released, Ike Ijeh takes a look at some fictional architects from the silver screen to see if they have any basis in ...
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FeaturesA hard man to lose: Rob Holden on leaving Crossrail
When Rob Holden, chief executive of Crossrail, resigned last week, the company was quick to try to reassure its partners. But questions remain as to why he quit and where his departure leaves the 拢14.5bn project in its most critical year so far
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FeaturesEuro contractors: Is the UK market in their grip?
Even the big guns in this year鈥檚 Top 200 European contractors league tables will feel the pain as public spending shrinks everywhere. But they could find good hunting among the UK鈥檚 large projects. Dave Lowery examines what lies behind the rankings listed over the next nine pages
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FeaturesThe tracker: That's snow business
The industry was badly affected by the winter weather and construction activity is expected to continue to decline through the start of 2011. Experian Marketing Information Services reports
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FeaturesMadani Sow: Why it鈥檚 great to be in Britain
Innovation in business practice and access to wider markets make Britain a good place for a French contractor to be, says the boss of Bouygues UK. And then there is the opportunity for more acquisitions
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FeaturesDrama in Shanghai: Shanghai campus by Morphosis Architects
锘縏here鈥檚 more than one way to achieve contextualism, and Morphosis Architects鈥� Giant Campus in Shanghai goes for the provocative approach. Ike Ijeh is beguiled. Photographs by Roland Halbe
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Features好色先生TV Intelligence Q3 2010
Experian鈥檚 Marketing Information Services鈥� analysis shows the relatively buoyant state of the market up to September last year
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FeaturesHow paternity rights and abolition of retirement age will hit construction
The Coalition government鈥檚 new paternity rights will cause major headache for employers in the male-dominated building industry
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FeaturesHow Balfour Beatty drained its site using state-of-the-art 'blotting paper'
The contractor used 55,000 strips of permeable polyseter to enable work on a saturated site to start in months rather than years
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FeaturesSustainability: Zeroing In
Cyril Sweett reviews the recommendations from the Zero Carbon Hub鈥檚 Carbon Compliance Task Group and considers the implications for the definition of a zero-carbon home from 2016
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Heat reflective roofing membrane
BriggsAmasco installs UltraPly TPO membrane on John Fernley College
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Mototrised roof hatches
Stoke sixthform college fittted with Bilco D-50T hatches that double as smoke vents