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FeaturesGo figure: The future of infrastructure spending
Treasury secretary Ian Pearson gives Joey Gardiner a lesson in abstract mathematics
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FeaturesNo more repeats: Episode two of BBC Broadcasting House
With a very public dressing down still ringing in its ears, Britain鈥檚 most venerable broadcaster has a point to prove on phase two of the 拢1bn redevelopment of Broadcasting House
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FeaturesCountdown to 2012: Our year on the Olympics
Catching up on the past 12 months in the life of 好色先生TV's young 2012 team
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FeaturesDeregulation: Fixing New Zealand鈥檚 拢5bn leak
Cutting red tape is one thing. But total deregulation is about as sensible as turning on your bathtaps and going on holiday 鈥� as thousands of soggy Kiwis now know
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FeaturesCordon sanitaire: MAAP鈥檚 mental health facility
How do you make a mental health facility secure without it feeling like a prison? The answer MAAP Architects proposes is to turn the buildings themselves into a perimeter fence
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FeaturesOff-site hospital
Yorkon has handed over what it claims to be the largest UK hospital to be built off site
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Movers and makers: 12 March 2010
Recent tests at BRE has confirmed that Hydropanel partition walls meet all the requirements of BS 5234-2: 1992 including criteria for stiffness, resistance to surface damage by a variety of objects and the effects of door slamming, as well as resistance to crowd pressure. It also underwent lightweight and heavyweight ...
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FeaturesWater controls
Douglas Delabie, under its Chavonnet banner, has launched a range of water controls to help prevent hospital-acquired infections
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FeaturesWashroom fittings
A number of products from Rada have been incorporated into a 拢270m healthcare project in Newcastle-upon-Tyne that will see services transferred to the Royal Victoria Infirmary and Freeman Hospital
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Mould-proof grouting
Weber is rolling out its mould-stop technology to a number of its popular grout products including Weber joint fine flex, Weber joint wide and Weber joint wide flex
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FeaturesTaking the law into your own hands
With the number of construction disputes getting ever higher, now could be a good time to hit the books and get some legal qualifications
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FeaturesBack to the floor: Factory Records is reborn as a nightclub
Factory Records, the legendary Manchester label, has been reborn as a nightclub. Thomas Lane nips in ahead of the crowds
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FeaturesCivil stars: ICE鈥檚 London award winners
Civil engineering may not be the most glamorous profession but the ICE鈥檚 London awards give its brightest and best their moment in the limelight. Thomas Lane takes a look at the winners
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FeaturesCountry focus: United Arab Emirates
The end of the year could see a more robust performance from the UAE economy, but for the time being it鈥檚 displaying only the most anaemic of recoveries. Simon Light of EC Harris in Dubai reports
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FeaturesMe and my baby: Steve Morgan is back at Redrow
You can鈥檛 imagine much intimidates Steve Morgan. In his time, the 57-year-old former site engineer has battled the prime minister of Thailand for control of Liverpool football club, founded Redrow at the age of 21 with a 拢5,000 loan from his father and was on the wrong end of a ...
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FeaturesUS and you: America鈥檚 London embassy is looking for UK firms
America is about to build a 拢330m embassy in south-west London and it wants British firms to do the lion鈥檚 share of the work
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FeaturesThe two-year rush hour: London鈥檚 Park Plaza hotel
Park Plaza has built a 1,000-bedroom hotel and conference centre in the middle of one of London鈥檚 noisiest roundabouts. But it was delivering the project in just 24 months that kept the construction team suitably stressed
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FeaturesTaking the law into your own hands
With the number of construction disputes getting ever higher, now could be a good time to hit the books and get some legal qualifications
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FeaturesWinging it: Eddie the Eagle on sport and building
Eddie the Eagle, aka Michael Edwards, soared to international stardom when he flopped in the 1988 Winter Olympics ski jumping event. After the glow faded, he finally came back to earth as a Gloucestershire builder. Emily Wright asked him about a life of brilliant improvisation