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FeaturesDavid Higgins: Good move
Network Rail is going through its biggest investment phase since Victorian times - and it鈥檚 got itself a new boss. 好色先生TV talks to David Higgins, ex-Olympics chief, about leaving one big project for another
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FeaturesWorking in Qatar: First person
The EC Harris partner in Qatar on the challenges and opportunities of working in the Middle East
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FeaturesView from my office: Rhodri Meredith
The F+G senior QS recalls his favourite view of a sunset on Ao Chaopao Beach in Thailand from his Cardiff office
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FeaturesRobert Care: looking up
Arup鈥檚 London office just got a much-needed burst of sunshine from Australia - Robert Care is here, with plans to steer the firm to success in the UK and abroad. David Matthews finds him characteristically optimistic
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FeaturesSpecialist costs: Curtain walling
The London office market revival could be the boost that curtain walling contractors need. So what are the options in terms of cost, and meeting Part L requirements? Steve Mudie of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, reports
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FeaturesLegal tax avoidance: No place to hide
Legal tax avoidance is practised widely, but with mounting pressure from protest groups and the chancellor, is it still worth it? Here we weigh the financial benefits against the reputational risk
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FeaturesSculpting the Hepworth
Art meets industry in David Chipperfield鈥檚 Hepworth Wakefield gallery, reflecting two facets of its Yorkshire location鈥檚 heritage. But is this work of art devoid of humanity?
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FeaturesConstruction statistics: Is it really that bad ?
Government statistics suggest construction contracted 5% last quarter, but it鈥檚 hard to find anyone who believes that is true. Joey Gardiner argues the reality is actually more positive and presents alternative data to back up his case
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FeaturesHigh Speed 2: full speed ahead
High Speed 2 is a project people love to hate. But it would reduce train overcrowding, boost business and pump billions into the construction industry
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FeaturesPeriod drama: The Holburne Museum
Bathonians were up in arms when Eric Parry Architects sought to add a modern extension to an 18th century, grade I-listed building. But the architect won out and the Holburne Museum shouldn鈥檛 have anyone reaching for the smelling salts
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FeaturesThe tracker: A mixed bag
Construction activity is still in decline, but the situation is better than last month. Experian Marketing Information Services reveals that some sectors and regions are even looking healthy
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FeaturesHey, big spender: Richard Pilkington
The UK development market is about to receive some much-needed good news: Oxford Properties is over from Canada with 拢3.5bn to spend - and that鈥檚 just for starters. Meet your new best friend, development director Richard Pilkington
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FeaturesQ & A with AKII 鈥� Structurally sound
The downturn, increasing materials prices and regulatory changes are all having an impact on structural engineers. 好色先生TV asks Paul Scott, a director at structural engineering practice, AKT II, how the sector is holding up
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FeaturesStudents propose scheme for Budapest development
Postgraduates of QS, surveying, planning and real estate will propose development schemes by the river Danube
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Culture clash - Las Arenas, Barcelona
What do you get when you turn a 19th-century bullring into a 21st-century shopping centre? A theatrical melding of Spain鈥檚 cultural past and present
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FeaturesCanada: 'Where $340bn dreams come true'
What makes Canada possibly the most attractive country in the world for contractors right now? Perhaps it鈥檚 something to do with the billions of dollars it has to spend on construction. The trick is breaking into this highly lucrative market
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FeaturesUcatt: Out for the count?
In 2009 Alan Ritchie was voted leader of Ucatt - put there by 5.3% of its membership. But now the ballot has been ruled void and the union is having to spend its time appealing the decision and salvaging its reputation. How did it get into this mess?
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FeaturesCost model: City of London offices
With uncertain prospects for finance, recovery in office development is likely to remain cautious. Refurbishment and reuse will remain alternatives but the low-carbon agenda will transform both these and new build, say Iain Parker and Graham Jones of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company
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FeaturesWho's afraid of Zaha Hadid?
London developers are, says the world-renowned architect. But that鈥檚 not going to stop her increasing her presence in the UK and following up her aquatics centre success with tall buildings in the capital. She talks about work, high points and low - and why her clubbing days are over
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FeaturesFirst Impressions: Gensler鈥檚 'Snow in the City'
Student architects discuss the proposition to convert the Olympic park media centre into an indoor snow centre