More Focus – Page 194
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Casualties and survival tactics for 2011
If 2010 was the year of the wreckage, then 2011 has to be the year of crawling out of it
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Winging it: Bombardier aircraft factory
Air traffic gridlock over the holidays might have put you off flying for life. But Bombardier is launching a new plane with high-tech carbon fibre wings - first, though, it needed a factory that could be designed in tandem with those wings
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Five projects in 2011 worth getting excited about
The public sector fairy tale is well and truly over - but that doesn’t mean that work in 2011 will completely dry up. Here are five of the most exciting projects of the year ahead.
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Best foot forward: Interview with Graham Cash
Most UK contractors are busily diversifying to survive. Not so with BAM Construct, the UK’s third biggest contractor - its boss is determined to stick with what it’s good at: construction
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Jakob + Macfarlane's Lyon office: The cube with a hole
Cuboid buildings may be all the rage but Jakob + Macfarlane’s provocative office block in Lyon is one of a kind
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Country focus: Poland
EU funding and infrastructure projects cushioned Poland from the downturn, but the public sector culture of always accepting lowest price tenders needs to change
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Industry expert quotes on 2011
Construction’s finest give their thoughts on the year ahead
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Firms, people and government to watch in 2011
Here are some firms, people and government figures to keep an eye on
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Where the work will be in 2011
Construction companies will have to find new markets to carry them through 2011
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Fancy a half at your heritage local?
Historic buildings need to earn their keep these days, whether they’re in the City or the shires. They can’t all be museums or art galleries though, and the new preservers of our built heritage might surprise you
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First Impressions: Make's Birmingham Cube
Three architecture students give his honest opinion on the new £100m metallic tower
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An overview of 2010
It was the year we all knew was going to be bad. It was just a question of how bad. The key events everyone was waiting for, with bated breath, were the general election in May and George Osborne’s Comprehensive Spending Review in October
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Make That Christmas single out now
Construction’s first celebrity supergroup record first single - download now and help us raise money for two charity
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Projects of the year 2010: Take it to the max
The big, the beautiful and the bonkers - Ike Ijeh and Thomas Lane dish out the awards to an international array of projects that helped keep construction headlines lively in 2010
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Green army: How the Green Deal will work
The government hopes its Green Deal will encourage homeowners to install energy efficiency measures and create an army of 250,000 to do the work. Sounds great, says Iain Withers - but will anyone join up?
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Anything but tinsel: High-tech and artistic decorations
Fairy lights, Christmas trees and Santas are bedecking high streets across the country in the time-honoured tradition. But for a hardcore group of artists and designers, Christmas is more about technology than tinsel
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Make That's: We built this city
Christmas is a time for dressing up right, having fun, and giving, right? What better way to combine all three than forming a band to cut a charity single?
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2010’s heroes and villains
The past year wasn’t all bad - which is why we have kicked off our review of the year with the heroes of 2010 - something a little more positive to ease you in.
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Happy endings in 2010?
Whether it was true love or marriages of convenience, 2010 had plenty of matches through mergers and acquisitions - one of which became the industry’s worst kept secret …