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FeaturesTop 150 Contractors and Housebuilders 2009
Welcome to the 2009 Top 150 contractors and housebuilders, ranked by everything from turnover to average pay. This year鈥檚 results reflect the calm that prevailed before the storm broke over contractors. But, come next year, which of them will be catching their deaths 鈥� and which will be singing in ...
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FeaturesEducation project of the month: North Road primary school, Darlington
Its sloping green roof makes this innovative new building seem to be emerging from the earth
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FeaturesFirst impressions: Sn酶hetta's Oslo national opera
Students from Nottingham Trent University comment on Norwegian architect Sn酶hetta鈥檚 national opera and ballet centre in Oslo
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Market forecast: A history lesson
Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon presents the latest news of the blues, and an illuminating comparison between this recession and the previous three
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FeaturesPart L: forcing historic buildings to be energy-efficient
In the first of a three-part series on the government鈥檚 consultation on Part L, will forcing historic buildings to adopt energy efficiency improvements, such as double glazing, do more harm than good?
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FeaturesNo more Mr Nice Guy: cracking down on bogus self-employment
The taxman has been moaning about bogus self-employment for decades. Well, he鈥檚 not moaning anymore: he鈥檚 getting his money, or else
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FeaturesParty Tricks: Ash Sakula's Luton Carnival Arts Centre
Ash Sakula鈥檚 Carnival Arts Centre is Luton鈥檚 answer to Notting Hill 鈥� buzzing with life and invention and a haven for stiltwalkers and other forms of streetlife
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FeaturesLife after Skanska: David Fison on downsizing
After being on the ropes at one of the world鈥檚 biggest contractors, David Fison moved to a small family firm. Here he tells Roxane McMeeken what happened, and how it changed his life
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FeaturesWorking life: finding 3,000 people to tunnel for Crossrail
Crossrail needs 3,000 human moles to construct 42km of tunnels and the woman over there on the right is on the look-out for them. Not easy, as the nearest academy is presently in Switzerland...
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FeaturesDurkan to build 拢17m green flats for London key workers
Development of 145 apartments for Network Housing Group will meet level four of the Code for Sustainable Homes
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FeaturesWinners revealed at 61st Housing Design Awards
Top prize goes to Totnes scheme built by Galliford Try subsidiary in collaboration with the council and a community group
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Wireless switches
MK Electric has expanded its Echo range of 鈥渟elf powered鈥� wireless and battery-free switches with a variety of decorative and industrial finishes
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Surface-mounted luminaires
Cooper Lighting has expanded its Crompton Cercla range of surface-mounted luminaires and is now offering them in two sizes and four lamp options along with a wide choice of emergency versions
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FeaturesOffice lighting
More than 5,000 lighting fittings from Zumtobel have been used on the Colmore Plaza office development in Birmingham
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FeaturesThe law won: QSs join the legal profession
The legal profession is one of the few still prospering, which is why so many QSs are clamouring to enter it. But how easy is it to make the switch?
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FeaturesFresh start: Wilkinson Eyre鈥檚 Guangzhou tower
The Guangzhou international finance centre may be Wilkinson Eyre鈥檚 first high-rise, but the practice says this means it will be bringing a 鈥榝resh look鈥� to its debut
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FeaturesDaylight fittings
Aura Corporation has launched the Actulite Venus luminaire, which uses the Actulite polarised daylight lighting system to produce a quality of light identical to natural daylight, claims the company
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FeaturesCeiling panels
TechStyle is a new large format suspended ceiling from Hunter Douglas Architectural Projects that is designed to meet the demand for high-performance acoustic absorption in applications such as open-plan offices while at the same time offering improved appearance
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FeaturesThey want cashback too: working with supermarkets
Supermarkets have long been Britain鈥檚 toughest clients. Well now they鈥檙e getting even tougher. Sarah Richardson found out how 鈥� and what construction firms are doing to meet their demands