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Essential guides: BREEAM, LEED, Green Star & Estidama
Key information about the four main environmental assessment methods for buildings
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FeaturesStool of hard knocks
Karol Olszewski was on his lunchbreak near London鈥檚 High Holborn when he spotted this nonchalant window-fixer posing a significant danger to himself and passers-by
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Features2012 countdown: The aquatics centre
Since the aquatics centre鈥檚 160m-long roof was lowered into place last year, work on the Zaha Hadid-designed venue has continued to power ahead
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Features2012 countdown: The temporary basketball venue
The Olympics may need a basketball venue the size of an aeroplane hanger, but London can probably get by without one after they鈥檙e over. So they鈥檝e made the whole thing demountable
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FeaturesSpecialist costs: M&E services
M&E specialists are still in a contracting market, and face an ever-expanding set of challenges
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Features2012 countdown: Higgins on the big make or break year
David Higgins has spent the past two years trying to rebuild a swath of east London during the worst recession for decades. The ODA boss tells how he鈥檚 kept the project on track - and why the struggle isn鈥檛 over yet
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Features2012 countdown: Infrastructure
The Olympics isn鈥檛 just about show-stopping stadiums. In fact, the budget for venues is 拢700m less than the cost of the no-frills enabling works, roads and utilities
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Features2012 countdown: The stadium
One year from now, the 80,000-seat Olympic stadium has to be ready. Will it make it?
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2012 countdown: It starts here 鈥�
Forget the World Cup. The biggest show on Earth is the Olympics, and the good news is we鈥檝e already won it
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Features2012 countdown: Jonathan Edwards and the Olympic village
Don鈥檛 worry. Jonathan Edwards hasn鈥檛 fallen on hard times since winning gold at Sydney in 2000. Rather, Locog is using his expert knowledge to help with the delivery of the 拢1bn Olympic village, right down to the fixtures and fittings
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Features2012 countdown: The velodrome
The plan with the velodrome was to make it as lean as a racing bike, says Chris Wise, one of its designers
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Features2012 countdown: The Games in numbers
The sheer scale of the 2012 project makes it a statistician鈥檚 dream. Here are a few figures, from the biggest buildings to the barest bones 鈥�
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FeaturesElectrical Contractors Association: Precedent Johnson
Diane Johnson is the ECA鈥檚 first woman president.What鈥檚 she got planned for her year at the helm?
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FeaturesCosts and challenges of biodiversity planning
Dormice are protected, frogs need water and bats return after removal 鈥� just some of the challenges in dealing with British fauna and flora
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FeaturesGreen FIZZ: Coca-Cola's Spanish HQ
Coca-Cola鈥檚 new Spanish HQ is refreshingly eco friendly and even boasts a LEED 鈥檊old鈥� certification
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FeaturesMillennium projects: 10 years of good luck
From the wobbly Millennium Bridge to the infamous Spinnaker Tower and the runaway success of Tate Modern, fortune smiled on some millennium projects more than others. Ike Ijeh celebrates their 10th anniversary
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FeaturesCan you arrange these tiles to make a coherent company?
Bovis UK has just lost its third chief executive in four years, its relationship with its Australian parent is difficult and talk of a sale is in the air. Sarah Richardson looks at what is going wrong
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FeaturesThe 2010 consultants鈥� salary guide
This year鈥檚 好色先生TV/Hays Construction & Property pay guide tells a familiar story of cuts and freezes. Roxane McMeeken finds out who鈥檚 getting by on economy baked beans, and why employers might be about to get a lot of belly aching
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FeaturesIs it a crane? Is it a mobile access platform?
It鈥檚 both, apparently 鈥� or so these workers seem to think
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FeaturesFirst Impressions: Thomas Heatherwick鈥檚 Shanghai pavilion
Kingston University/Design Museum student gives his first impression direct from Shanghai