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FeaturesThe best seats on earth: South Africa鈥檚 World Cup stadiums
On 11 June, the 2010 World Cup kicks off in South Africa, the first time it鈥檚 been held on the African continent. Some 32 nations will compete in 10 stadiums, five of which are new. Stephen Kennett and Thomas Lane take a look at the construction of the big three
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Acoustic ceilings
Rockfon has launched three acoustic solutions for the education sector 鈥� Rockfon Contour baffles, Rockfon Eclipse ceiling islands and the impact-resistant Rockfon Boxer ceiling system
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FeaturesAcoustic lighting rafts
More than 1,700m of SAS International System 600 acoustic lighting rafts, incorporating HCP radiant heating panels, have been installed at the Trent Valley Academy in Lincolnshire
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Risk! Is moving abroad to work worth it?
Moving abroad can be the only way to find work in a recession, but it can also be a gamble. Emily Wright spoke to three farflung Brits about the sacrifices they have made and the difficulties of fitting in, as well as the exciting opportunities for those willing to play ...
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FeaturesAll about the kit: school furniture and equipment
A flexible approach to school design doesn鈥檛 usually start with the furniture and equipment. But if we want to make best use of teaching spaces, maybe it should
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FeaturesActon up: 拢560m South Acton estate
Countryside Properties and L&Q have been selected to help regenerate the 拢560m South Acton estate
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FeaturesFirst impressions: Drost + van Veen education centre
Students from the Royal College of Art and Nottingham Trent University comment on the Netherlands scheme
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SMEs: Tangled up in tape
A survey by the NFB has shown how public procurement is systematically biased against small firms. Emily Wright found out how, and met one group of SMEs that are fighting back
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FeaturesSpotlight on lifts
The complexity of lifts can vary immensely, which means that their lead times do the same. Here Brian Moone looks at what鈥檚 involved 鈥� with special reference to the lifts at one very special building 鈥�
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FeaturesGrant Shapps: A young man in a hurry
Come the summer, Grant Shapps is probably going to be in charge of housing policy. And he鈥檚 got an awful lot of policy to get through, from a root-and-branch rethink of planning to a radical overhaul of the HCA. Joey Gardiner asked the questions, Tim Foster took the photos
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FeaturesTwist and shout: RMJM鈥檚 Abu Dhabi Capital Gate tower
RMJM鈥檚 Capital Gate tower in Abu Dhabi leans at a stomach-lurching 18潞, making it a project that largely consisted of geometrical and structural problems 鈥� not least of which was finding out where the building had moved to each morning
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FeaturesThe big squeeze: 5 taxes that could affect your business
A special feature on small businesses鈥� struggle with bureaucracy begins with Roxane McMeeken鈥檚 look at five ways HM Revenue and Customs is squeezing more money out of its customers
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Lead times: July - September 2009
There鈥檚 good news for anybody waiting impatiently for structural steel 鈥� it鈥檚 arriving three weeks earlier. Other packages are pretty static, and once again none have increased
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Prefabricated walls
Szerelmey has launched a lightweight prefabricated wall structure combined with external stone cladding that it says speeds up construction and cuts costs
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FeaturesTextured panels
DuPont has launched a range of decorative panels with 3D patterns for interior decor
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FeaturesPanel system
Eurobond鈥檚 composite panel system has been used on an 拢11m 鈥淟ifestyle鈥� building at Stoke-on-Trent college鈥檚 Cauldon Campus
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Movers and makers
Solar Gard, which makes solar control films, has launched the Capsol audit tool, which measures the impact of solar gain on office buildings. Capsol, and Solar Gard鈥檚 complementary consulting service, can be used to predict the results of retrofitting solar control window film
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FeaturesScottish parliament: Miralles鈥� magnificent mess revisited
The bizarre mixture of the dysfunctional,the delightful and the disappointing that is the Scottish parliament building opened in 2004. Five-and-a-half years later, Martin Spring returned to ask the MSPs it was built for what it鈥檚 like to work in
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FeaturesThe VIP list: Teenagers design a nightclub
Women in Property invited some very important guests to help design a new bar at the Matter nightclub in Greenwich
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FeaturesInternally grateful: Meet two construction interns
Our jilted generation of graduates can be trained, retained and ultimately employed 鈥� if firms woke up to the advantages of internship. 好色先生TV met two interns and explained why 好色先生TV is backing The Pledge to recruit more