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Movers and makers
Alumasc has published a new technical manual providing full details of its aluminium rainwater systems. The guide sets out product selection tables, technical data and NBS specification advice as well as installation guidance for the Heritage, Aqualine and GX gutter ranges and the Heritage, Flushjoint and Guardian downpipe systems.Concrete, resin ...
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FeaturesDave Sheridan: His friends in the north
A year ago Dave Sheridan suddenly found himself thrust to the top of property services group, Apollo. Once he鈥檇 got over the shock he set out on a high-risk strategy of shifting the business away from London to the northern regions
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FeaturesCost model update:聽small projects
The recent changes to Part L could add up to 8% to the capital cost of building, says David Holmes of Davis Langdon. This is what that will mean for primary schools, social housing and small industrial units
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FeaturesWhat next for Laing O'Rourke? Britain's most secretive contractor
It鈥檚 been 10 years since Ray O鈥橰ourke bought Laing, the grand old man of UK construction. The intensely private boss won鈥檛 talk about it, but Laing O鈥橰ourke is regrouping after the downturn: eyeing new sectors and infrastructure mega-schemes
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FeaturesAmazing ONS Specs! Makes the economy look much better than it is!
According to the Office for National Statistics, 2010 was the year that construction became a powerhouse of national growth and regained all the ground it lost last year. Oh yeah? 好色先生TV checks out its story, with the help of a few economists 鈥�
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FeaturesQatar's zero carbon stadium: 96 degrees in the shade
Qatar wants to host the 2022 World Cup. But first it has to convince FIFA that the game can even be played in a Qatari summer. So it got Arup Associates to create a micro-climate inside a 500-seat test stadium. Cool.
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FeaturesFirst Impressions: Zaha鈥檚 Maxxi Museum of 21st Century Art
Three architecture students comment on Zaha Hadid鈥檚 2010 Stirling Prize winning building in Rome
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FeaturesSikh place of worship: The gurus of Gravesend
A cash-strapped project to build a Sikh place of worship in Gravesend procured the large marble domes, arched windows and highly ornate stonework from India - and saved more than 拢2m along the way
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Will raising social housing rent work?
Every extra pound housing associations are allowed to charge in weekly rent generates up to 拢4.4bn for their development budget, and the chancellor is counting on that money to fund social housing in the future. The question is: will it?
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FeaturesMarket forecast the depths of winter
After the uplift in activity in the first half of this year and the swingeing cuts in the spending review, a long and difficult winter lies ahead, says Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon
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FeaturesLaboratory of Molecular Biology: Master of science
The Medical Research Council鈥檚 new chromosome-shaped lab in Cambridge is an example of how attention to detail and planning can deliver complex buildings on time and to budget
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FeaturesDan Labbad: Aussie Rules
The arrival of Bovis Lend Lease鈥檚 new boss sparked rumours about the company鈥檚 future. Now, after a long silence, Labbad reveals his plans for one of the UK鈥檚 best known contractors.
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FeaturesBribery Act: Where the buck stops 鈥�
You probably wouldn鈥檛 dream of handing over a wad of $100 notes to clinch a deal abroad. But what if a third party acting on your behalf did just that, without you knowing? Under the new Bribery Act you鈥檒l now face 10 years in prison
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Features40 under 40 2010: Pascale Scheurer
Pascale Scheurer, 36, founding director of Surface to Air architects and Wired architects
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Features40 under 40 2010: Peter Millett
Peter Millett, 39, managing director of Shepherd Construction鈥檚 west division
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