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FeaturesSolving the panel puzzle
The Maggie鈥檚 Centre certainly provided a stern test of the capabilities of precast concrete supplier Thorp Precast. The job involved creating 56 precast panels, and although many of these were similar, very few were identical.
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FeaturesThe 鈥榗osmic whirlpool鈥� and other Maggie鈥檚 Centres
When writer and garden designer Maggie Keswick Jencks was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993, together with her husband, the architectural writer Charles Jencks, she set about her creating a charity project to provide cancer sufferers with expert support within a more sympathetic built environment.
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FeaturesThe tracker: One direction
Construction activity has been in continuous decline for 18 months now, and the dearth of residential orders offers little hope of respite any time soon. Experian Economics reports
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FeaturesTurn on the water work
Will the UK鈥檚 water woes lead to a torrent of work for construction companies?
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FeaturesOlympic marketing rights: Time鈥檚 running out
Is it too late for UK construction to benefit from the Olympics?
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Features好色先生TV intelligence Q1 2012
A 28% quarterly rise in commercial orders can鈥檛 disguise the general downward trend, with output falling in most sectors - even in the safe haven of infrastructure. Experian Economics reports
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FeaturesWuxi Grand Theatre: Wings of desire
Chinese symbolism and glacial Finnish design work in glorious harmony at PES Architects鈥� butterfly-roofed opera house in China
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FeaturesHyder power: Graham Reid
Graham Reid, Hyder鈥檚 UK managing director, explains how the firm has found itself with 500 vacancies to fill
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FeaturesEverybody鈥檚 talking鈥�
鈥� and unfortunately the government can鈥檛 hear a word they鈥檙e saying. It has never been more important for the industry to speak with one voice. Now the chairman of the CPA has a new plan
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FeaturesMy digital life... Rupert Cook
The Architecture PLB director on vintage Macs, his favourite tweeters and the perils of distraction
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FeaturesStedelijk Museum: Bathing beauty
Amsterdam鈥檚 Stedelijk Museum has a new addition with a seamless facade that is deliberately un-Dutch in its showiness
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FeaturesLead times April-June 2012
Lead times remain extremely low and static across all trades, with rotary piling and facade cleaning the only packages showing any movement
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FeaturesCLM's Jason Millett: The view from the finish line
What made the Olympic build such a success? Jason Millett, head of delivery partner CLM, shares the secrets of UK construction鈥檚 shining moment 鈥� and his one regret
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FeaturesMy working day: Nightingale's Stuart Ward
The newly qualified architect works on a converted pig farm at Nightingale Associates
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FeaturesMy digital life... Kees van der Sande
The Formation Architect associate director on being a geek, making bread and listening to 1970s prog rock
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FeaturesRetrofit reality check
A test to measure heat loss in refurbished homes shows a worrying gulf between predictions for energy efficiency and reality
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FeaturesBDP's David Cash: Cashing in
After a miserable 2011, BDP intends to boost profit by growing its international revenue by 20%. In an exclusive interview, the company鈥檚 new chairman explains the plan
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FeaturesAre contractors not up to the job?
好色先生TV鈥檚 survey shows clients are having trouble finding contractors with the skills they need. Joey Gardiner asks why
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FeaturesInfrastructure costs: Airports
As the debate on UK runway capacity gets ever more intense, all of the UK鈥檚 airports are focusing on how they can use their existing assets more effectively. Paul Willis and Simon Rawlinson of EC Harris review the key issues affecting infrastructure replacement and enhancement
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FeaturesThe shadow of the euro crisis
Uncertainty over the euro is crippling the British construction sector鈥檚 chances of recovery. How bad could things could get for UK firms and how much longer can it go on?