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FeaturesDrama in Shanghai: Shanghai campus by Morphosis Architects
锘縏here鈥檚 more than one way to achieve contextualism, and Morphosis Architects鈥� Giant Campus in Shanghai goes for the provocative approach. Ike Ijeh is beguiled. Photographs by Roland Halbe
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FeaturesMadani Sow: Why it鈥檚 great to be in Britain
Innovation in business practice and access to wider markets make Britain a good place for a French contractor to be, says the boss of Bouygues UK. And then there is the opportunity for more acquisitions
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FeaturesA hard man to lose: Rob Holden on leaving Crossrail
When Rob Holden, chief executive of Crossrail, resigned last week, the company was quick to try to reassure its partners. But questions remain as to why he quit and where his departure leaves the 拢14.5bn project in its most critical year so far
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FeaturesThe tracker: That's snow business
The industry was badly affected by the winter weather and construction activity is expected to continue to decline through the start of 2011. Experian Marketing Information Services reports
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Features好色先生TV Intelligence Q3 2010
Experian鈥檚 Marketing Information Services鈥� analysis shows the relatively buoyant state of the market up to September last year
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FeaturesHow Balfour Beatty drained its site using state-of-the-art 'blotting paper'
The contractor used 55,000 strips of permeable polyseter to enable work on a saturated site to start in months rather than years
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FeaturesHow paternity rights and abolition of retirement age will hit construction
The Coalition government鈥檚 new paternity rights will cause major headache for employers in the male-dominated building industry
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FeaturesHeat, Dust and opportunity in Iraq: Back to Basra
Improved security and oil-funded mega projects make Iraq a land of rising opportunity for British companies starved of contracts at home. That鈥檚 not to say working there is a picnic 鈥� 好色先生TV reports from the country鈥檚 biggest construction site
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Three of a kind: Dublin airport's Terminal 2
锘緿ublin airport鈥檚 new Terminal 2 consists of three different elements, straddling a road. What unites the building is the curving roof form - made up of more than 300 flat panel shapes. Stephen Kennett meets the designers
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FeaturesSustainability: Zeroing In
Cyril Sweett reviews the recommendations from the Zero Carbon Hub鈥檚 Carbon Compliance Task Group and considers the implications for the definition of a zero-carbon home from 2016
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FeaturesRobert Deatker: High flyer
Turner & Townsend鈥檚 Robert Deatker is the man responsible for ensuring the smooth delivery of one of the UK鈥檚 most mind-bogglingly complex schemes - the 2 million ft2 London Bridge Quarter, which includes the 310m Shard. And he鈥檚 determined to pull it off
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FeaturesNew industrialists: Waste and power station design
Dark satanic mills were once, in fact, exuberant celebrations of technology and design. Now Cabe鈥檚 new guidelines on power stations and waste facilities will try to put the architecture back into industry
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FeaturesA VAT gift to cowboys?
The government鈥檚 VAT hike to 20% this month has been met with dismay throughout construction. But while some sectors will be exempt, small builders are bound to be hit as cash-strapped homeowners turn to the black market
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Clay roof tiles
Tile maker Redland鈥檚 Rosemary clay tiles have been used to reroof a house in Perth, Western Australia
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Heat reflective roofing membrane
BriggsAmasco installs UltraPly TPO membrane on John Fernley College
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Mototrised roof hatches
Stoke sixthform college fittted with Bilco D-50T hatches that double as smoke vents
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FeaturesFuturistic suite in Sweden's Ice Hotel
Graduate architect and designer create a temporary ice suite inspired by Disney鈥檚 Tron: Legacy