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FeaturesKulveer Ranger: The London mayor鈥檚 transport adviser
Cuts to the tube upgrade, renegotiated contracts on Crossrail, delays to major transport projects 鈥� who鈥檇 be transport adviser to London鈥檚 mayor? Well, Kulveer Ranger is and he鈥檚 confident he is on the right track
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FeaturesCost update: Q3 2010
The quarterly analysis of construction costs and prices shows the upward trend of the last quarter continuing and wages pushing up. Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, reports
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FeaturesDoing an MBA: Ready for lift-off?
It takes time, effort and money. But doing an MBA can also help you raise your game and take both your career, and your thinking, to the next level
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FeaturesView from on high: ISG's Darren Hill
Tough times these may be for specialists, but many have worked out survival strategies. Here, Darren Hill, UK manager of ISG, the UK鈥檚 top fit-out specialist, talks to David Rogers about his plans to stay on top.
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FeaturesThe tracker: Pause for breath
September saw a brief halt in the downward trend of construction activity, but continued small declines are expected between now and Christmas, says Experian Marketing Information Services
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FeaturesThe breaking of Rok
Commentators who remained unmoved by Rok鈥檚 dizzying rise must now be feeling vindicated, says Joey Gardiner. But was the contractor a victim of its own management strategy, or brought down by market jitters?
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FeaturesTop Specialists 2010
Britain鈥檚 top subcontractors are having to adapt to survive - and faster than the first crustaceans. David Rogers looks at the strategies they鈥檙e adopting (going backwards isn鈥檛 one of them), while Martin Hewes ranks them by turnover and specialisation
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FeaturesFirst Impressions: Atelier KAAMA's Prague residential building
Two architecture students comment on the unusual scheme featuring different shades of copper cladding
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Rooflights
Brett Martin Daylight Systems has launched the next generation of its Mardome rooflights for flat roofs.
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FeaturesStanding seam roofing
Kalzip鈥檚 XT standing seam cladding system has been used on the striking 鈥渁ircraft hangar鈥� roof of the recently completed Skills Academy at the City of Bristol College.
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Resin slates
Grey Cambrian slate from Redland has been used on the Twenty Ten Clubhouse, which hosted this year鈥檚 Ryder Cup at Wales鈥� Celtic Manor Resort.
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FeaturesHitting the high notes
The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is planning to make a commanding appearance on the Cardiff streetscape under a sleek new roof. Stephen Kennett explains its complex geometry
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FeaturesInstant鈥� green roofs
An extensive green roof system from Blackdown Horticultural Consultants has been installed at the Centre for Disability Studies at Rochford in Essex.Designed by Simmonds Mills Architects, the 拢1.3m facility has 720m2 of Blackdown鈥檚 Extensive Nature Mat Green Roof System, which was specified as part of a sustainable building package designed ...
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Green roof membrane
Delta Membrane Systems has launched the Delta-Floraxx range of coverings for green roof applications.
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FeaturesHow to win work with private developers
After the public sector鈥檚 recent shellacking in the spending review, everyone wants work from private developers. Emily Wright talks to nine of the biggest private clients of UK construction to find out what they鈥檝e got to offer and what they鈥檙e looking for from you
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FeaturesCountry focus: France
Investors remain prudent, but France is weathering the economic storm pretty well - and offering opportunities that need to be acted on now. Patrick Leniston of EC Harris reports
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FeaturesCedar shingles
John Brash western red cedar shingles have been used on the new Booths supermarket in Hesketh Bank near Preston, to create a building that sits comfortably in its semi-rural location
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FeaturesHammerson's Vinod Thakrar: Think I鈥檒l bite?
Time was when some contractors found Hammerson such an exacting client, they steered clear. Now Vinod Thakrar, the man in charge of its supply chain, has them lining up to talk to him. Luckily for them, he鈥檚 after fresh blood
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Anti-pollution roof systems
Icopal has launched the Eco-Activ roofing range. The product line-up includes Noxite, a flexible roof waterproofing membrane made with recycled bitumen, which is then coated with a granular titanium dioxide finish that turns harmful nitrogen oxides in the air into harmless nitrates.
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FeaturesMake's 拢100m Cube: Birmingham cubed
The Second City鈥檚 Jewellery Quarter inspired the facade of Make鈥檚 astonishing Cube development. But as with any box of jewels, its real treasures are inside