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FeaturesGreen FIZZ: Coca-Cola's Spanish HQ
Coca-Cola鈥檚 new Spanish HQ is refreshingly eco friendly and even boasts a LEED 鈥檊old鈥� certification
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FeaturesCosts and challenges of biodiversity planning
Dormice are protected, frogs need water and bats return after removal 鈥� just some of the challenges in dealing with British fauna and flora
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FeaturesElectrical Contractors Association: Precedent Johnson
Diane Johnson is the ECA鈥檚 first woman president.What鈥檚 she got planned for her year at the helm?
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FeaturesCan you arrange these tiles to make a coherent company?
Bovis UK has just lost its third chief executive in four years, its relationship with its Australian parent is difficult and talk of a sale is in the air. Sarah Richardson looks at what is going wrong
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FeaturesThe 2010 consultants鈥� salary guide
This year鈥檚 好色先生TV/Hays Construction & Property pay guide tells a familiar story of cuts and freezes. Roxane McMeeken finds out who鈥檚 getting by on economy baked beans, and why employers might be about to get a lot of belly aching
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FeaturesMillennium projects: 10 years of good luck
From the wobbly Millennium Bridge to the infamous Spinnaker Tower and the runaway success of Tate Modern, fortune smiled on some millennium projects more than others. Ike Ijeh celebrates their 10th anniversary
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FeaturesIs it a crane? Is it a mobile access platform?
It鈥檚 both, apparently 鈥� or so these workers seem to think
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FeaturesFirst Impressions: Thomas Heatherwick鈥檚 Shanghai pavilion
Kingston University/Design Museum student gives his first impression direct from Shanghai
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FeaturesSealing strips
ISO-Chemie, maker of foam sealants, has launched ISO-Connect HB-Band, a permanent horizontal seal to prevent moisture transfer and rising damp between wall sole plates and foundation walls or floor slabs in timber-framed buildings
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Mechanical ventilation
Itho has launched a compact mechanical ventilation and heat recovery unit suitable for two to three bedroom apartments and houses
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Soffit insulation
Promat has launched Promat TLFR Board to complement its existing range of soffit insulation solutions
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FeaturesWoodfibre insulation
Natural 好色先生TV Technologies鈥� Diffutherm woodfibre insulation system has received BBA accreditation for both masonry and timber-frame constructions
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Gas membrane
Construction membranes specialist Icopal has extended its range of gas membranes with the launch of the Monarflex CO2 membrane
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FeaturesThe Prince鈥檚 Trust: Helping young people Get into Construction
Construction wants to attract a diversified workforce, and many would-be workers are trying to get away from unemployment and crime. Sarah Richardson meetsMike Peasland, who鈥檚 helping the Prince鈥檚 Trust to help them do just that
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Precast concrete structure
Structherm Fastbuild is being used for the construction of 10 low-energy homes on the outskirts of Edinburgh
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Concrete panel construction
H+H鈥檚 full-storey height aircrete construction system with thin joint bonding has enabled Miller Homes to create a zero-carbon house as part of the Pinnacle development of 79 homes in Basingstoke
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Concealed door closer
A new concealed door closer which assists with compliance for disabled access regulations and the use of doors by the very young and the very old is now available from Sapa 好色先生TV Systems
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FeaturesCost model: Shopping centre refurbs
Many shopping centres hit by the recession need to reposition themselves to be fit for the upturn.
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FeaturesZero carbon: Four for the price of three
Last month Grant Shapps, the coalition housing minister, announced that the government was committed to making new homes zero carbon after 2016
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