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FeaturesVideo: Tour of the Shanghai Tower model
Shanghai Tower general manager Gu Jian Ping and RLB Asia MD Stephen Lai show off the model for China's tallest building
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FeaturesFeeling the chill in Shanghai
It's two degrees below zero and oddly quiet in China's second city 鈥� and that's not just because of a ban on honking car horns
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FeaturesMiddle East Q&A: Nick Clayson
Norton Rose's head of Middle East real estate explains why the Dubai property market has gone haywire
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FeaturesMood sours in once booming Dubai
Announcements of lay-offs and projects put on hold have left contractors in the emirate worried
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FeaturesReady for take-off? Heathrow expansion
Fasten your safety belts: the government is about to give the go-head for the 拢13bn expansion of Heathrow airport. Good news for the construction industry, of course, but, as Dan Stewart reports, the backers of the alternative options are not finished yet
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FeaturesNatural ventilation: Second wind
A Cambridge university research team decided traditional natural ventilation strategies were just not up to scratch and came up with a new approach. Stephen Kennett reports
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FeaturesModular schools
A new sixth-form centre at the Alperton Community school in Brent, north-west London, has been constructed entirely of pre-owned modular buildings
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FeaturesThe new masters: Women at the top
Next year, for the first time, five of the biggest industry bodies will have a woman at the helm. So, how did they get to where they are and how do they see the future for women in construction? They each picked a rising star in their sector to tell ...
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LED lighting
Lighting designer and supplier Havells Sylvania has added to its Concord portfolio with the launch of Planate 鈥� a range of slim modular LED panels designed to provide a high-quality alternative to fluorescent lighting solutions
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FeaturesPerformance doorsets
Leaderflush Shapland鈥檚 Plasform Unique, Plasform Original and Plasform Extended Performance doorsets have been used on a new extension for the Gloucestershire Royal hospital
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FeaturesMiddle East Q&A: Derek Johnson
Davis Langdon's Middle East head sees much potential in the region and reckons 'what's happening in Dubai will be beneficial in the long term'
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What it costs: Pervious paving
Sustainable urban drainage systems are a must for school and hospital developments. Peter Mayer of 好色先生TV LifePlans gives the whole-life costs of one solution
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Door closers
Geze has developed the TS 3000 EC door closer specifically for the education environment
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FeaturesCladding panels
A series of cobalt and brilliant blue exterior cladding panels from Trespa UK have been used on The Cube, a new building at Mount鈥檚 Bay school in Cornwall
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FeaturesWhat lies beneath: Grimshaw's conversion of the LSE
Don鈥檛 be fooled by the classical Edwardian exterior 鈥� Grimshaw鈥檚 modern conversion for the London School of Economics is as exciting as it is innovative. By Martin Spring Photographs by Jens Willebrand
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Anti-ligature windows
A window that maximises ventilation while minimising the risk of self-harming has been developed for hospitals by Kawneer
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Antibacterial paints
Paint manufacturer Johnstone鈥檚 has developed Microbarr, an antibacterial coating it claims will eradicate 99.9% of surface bacteria in 18 hours
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Airtight schools
Insulation from Saint-Gobain Isover has been used in the first timber-frame school to be built for Powys council
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Cost update: December 2008
After sharp inflation in the second quarter, consumer, input, output and materials prices all peaked and are now on a declining trajectory, says Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon