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FeaturesCost model: Indoor arenas
Even in recessionary times, entertainment creates opportunities and in the live music business, promoters want new, purpose-built venues. Simon Rawlinson and Martin Jennings of Davis Langdon examine how gigs are changing the face of the indoor arena
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FeaturesIs there any such thing as a good framework?
BAA鈥檚 decision to abandon framework agreements has led many to fear that other major clients will follow suit. No bad thing, says Stan Hornagold (above right), while Don Ward (above left) couldn鈥檛 disagree more 鈥�
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FeaturesComplying with Part L: A question of cuts
L is for 鈥� Some building types need to shave their carbon emissions a lot. Others, less so. Yet the regulations say they all have to improve by 25%. The last in our series on Part L examines a proposal to fix this anomaly
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FeaturesRefurbishment funding: A long way from home
Assessing the once mighty 拢21bn Decent Homes programme鈥檚 past achievements, and its increasingly uncertain future
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FeaturesCan you do better?
好色先生TV and the UK Green 好色先生TV Council's prestigious Sustainability Awards are open for entries and, this year, there鈥檚 also a one-day conference for green experts to debate the latest challenges
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FeaturesRight man for the job: Mats Williamson of Skanska
After last week鈥檚 interview with former Skanska boss David Fison, his successor Mats Williamson tells Tom Bill how he was flown in to drag the contractor back into the black 鈥� in just 12 months
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FeaturesCountry focus: Hong Kong
Despite government investment in public sector projects, the construction industry has been badly damaged by the slowdown in China and Macau
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FeaturesUttlesford: the council trialling consequential improvements
L is for 鈥� The government has twice shied away from including consequential improvements in reforms to Part L. Now one small council in Essex has shown that not only can it be done, but it can even be popular. In the second in our series on the Part L ...
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FeaturesGreen cement: reforming the carbon criminals
Examining the latest attempts to find greener formulas for one of the world鈥檚 biggest carbon criminals 鈥� cement
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FeaturesTimber panellised system
Framework BSL, the manufacturer of pre-engineered panellised building systems, has supplied a timber panellised system for the construction of an art centre at King Charles I School, Worcestershire
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FeaturesTop 150 Contractors and Housebuilders 2009
Welcome to the 2009 Top 150 contractors and housebuilders, ranked by everything from turnover to average pay. This year鈥檚 results reflect the calm that prevailed before the storm broke over contractors. But, come next year, which of them will be catching their deaths 鈥� and which will be singing in ...
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FeaturesEducation project of the month: North Road primary school, Darlington
Its sloping green roof makes this innovative new building seem to be emerging from the earth
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FeaturesFirst impressions: Sn酶hetta's Oslo national opera
Students from Nottingham Trent University comment on Norwegian architect Sn酶hetta鈥檚 national opera and ballet centre in Oslo
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FeaturesWorking life: finding 3,000 people to tunnel for Crossrail
Crossrail needs 3,000 human moles to construct 42km of tunnels and the woman over there on the right is on the look-out for them. Not easy, as the nearest academy is presently in Switzerland...
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FeaturesNo more Mr Nice Guy: cracking down on bogus self-employment
The taxman has been moaning about bogus self-employment for decades. Well, he鈥檚 not moaning anymore: he鈥檚 getting his money, or else
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FeaturesLife after Skanska: David Fison on downsizing
After being on the ropes at one of the world鈥檚 biggest contractors, David Fison moved to a small family firm. Here he tells Roxane McMeeken what happened, and how it changed his life
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FeaturesPart L: forcing historic buildings to be energy-efficient
In the first of a three-part series on the government鈥檚 consultation on Part L, will forcing historic buildings to adopt energy efficiency improvements, such as double glazing, do more harm than good?
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Market forecast: A history lesson
Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon presents the latest news of the blues, and an illuminating comparison between this recession and the previous three
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FeaturesParty Tricks: Ash Sakula's Luton Carnival Arts Centre
Ash Sakula鈥檚 Carnival Arts Centre is Luton鈥檚 answer to Notting Hill 鈥� buzzing with life and invention and a haven for stiltwalkers and other forms of streetlife