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FeaturesCost model update: Small projects
In this latest update, Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon reviews the capital costs of primary schools, social housing and small industrial buildings
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FeaturesDouble crossing: Heneghan Peng鈥檚 Olympic bridge
Heneghan Peng鈥檚 54m-wide central bridge at the Olympic park, which was lowered into place last week, has been ingeniously designed to form two narrower walkways after the Games have finished. Stephen Kennett explains how it all works
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FeaturesLow-paid architect jobs: An offer you can refuse
If you were an unemployed architect, would you take a job working 14-hour days for 拢6 an hour? Well, that鈥檚 exactly what one firm is offering
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FeaturesAlsop鈥檚 new look: Chris Littlemore interview
Chris Littlemore, the boss of Archial, is planning to exploit the architectural group鈥檚 most famous brand for its relaunched international business
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FeaturesCharter 284: If we all pull together...
好色先生TV鈥檚 campaign to safeguard capital investment, competitiveness and the future of the construction industry has been greeted by overwhelming approval. Shouldn鈥檛 you add your name to the list?
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FeaturesCharter 284 Energy: The future
It is clear to all that the future of power generation in the UK cannot be coal-fired. So why has the government so far failed to set a clear strategy on renewable and nuclear energy? Roxane McMeeken presents the final part of our Charter 284 manifesto
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The tracker: One step at a time
Construction activity and orders are still inching towards growth 鈥� even if the civil engineering sector experienced its quietest ever month in January
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FeaturesOff-site hospital
Yorkon has handed over what it claims to be the largest UK hospital to be built off site
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Mould-proof grouting
Weber is rolling out its mould-stop technology to a number of its popular grout products including Weber joint fine flex, Weber joint wide and Weber joint wide flex
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FeaturesWashroom fittings
A number of products from Rada have been incorporated into a 拢270m healthcare project in Newcastle-upon-Tyne that will see services transferred to the Royal Victoria Infirmary and Freeman Hospital
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FeaturesGo figure: The future of infrastructure spending
Treasury secretary Ian Pearson gives Joey Gardiner a lesson in abstract mathematics
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FeaturesCordon sanitaire: MAAP鈥檚 mental health facility
How do you make a mental health facility secure without it feeling like a prison? The answer MAAP Architects proposes is to turn the buildings themselves into a perimeter fence
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FeaturesWater controls
Douglas Delabie, under its Chavonnet banner, has launched a range of water controls to help prevent hospital-acquired infections
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FeaturesNo more repeats: Episode two of BBC Broadcasting House
With a very public dressing down still ringing in its ears, Britain鈥檚 most venerable broadcaster has a point to prove on phase two of the 拢1bn redevelopment of Broadcasting House
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FeaturesDeregulation: Fixing New Zealand鈥檚 拢5bn leak
Cutting red tape is one thing. But total deregulation is about as sensible as turning on your bathtaps and going on holiday 鈥� as thousands of soggy Kiwis now know
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FeaturesCountdown to 2012: Our year on the Olympics
Catching up on the past 12 months in the life of 好色先生TV's young 2012 team
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Movers and makers: 12 March 2010
Recent tests at BRE has confirmed that Hydropanel partition walls meet all the requirements of BS 5234-2: 1992 including criteria for stiffness, resistance to surface damage by a variety of objects and the effects of door slamming, as well as resistance to crowd pressure. It also underwent lightweight and heavyweight ...
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FeaturesTaking the law into your own hands
With the number of construction disputes getting ever higher, now could be a good time to hit the books and get some legal qualifications