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FeaturesCan the Olympics save their jobs?
Furniture supplier Remploy needs to save 拢227m and is planning to shut 32 of its factories 鈥� a move that the TUC says would spell disaster for its largely disabled workforce. Now there鈥檚 hope that orders for seating for Olympic venues could provide a lifeline.
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FeaturesA giant leap for Foster
Star architect prepares to boldly go where no man has gone before 鈥�
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Cost update: September 2007
In this quarter鈥檚 analysis, Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon reports on the continuing rise in construction materials prices, driven by demand from the Far and Middle East
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FeaturesShould councils be able to set their own sustainability targets?
Council planners are currently slugging it out with builders and developers over the right to set their own carbon emission targets for new developments.
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FeaturesPump up the volume
Martin Spring takes a look at the latest advances in volumetric construction, from novel uses for shipping containers to designs for modules that are 鈥� whisper it 鈥� less boxy. But will any of this increase its popularity among housebuilders?
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FeaturesDigs with a difference
Students won鈥檛 live in grotty bedsits any more. And with 1 million of them needing somewhere to live, it鈥檚 a market you鈥檇 be wise to swot up on 鈥� just leave the kids to add their own personal touches 鈥�
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FeaturesEat your heart out, Jamie
One part the Naked Chef, two parts Ready, Steady, Cook, Bovis Lend Lease鈥檚 away day at a cookery school might have been a recipe for disaster 鈥� but turned out dead pukka. Eleanor Harding put her apron on 鈥�
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FeaturesDivine mystery
What鈥檚 the secret of this baffling monolith of raw concrete that stands in a field near Cologne?
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FeaturesSunand Prasad
Politician and academic 鈥� not to mention architect 鈥� the new RIBA president certainly has the CV to tackle the top post in British architecture. But does he have the policies?
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FeaturesHousebuilders or planners - who should set sustainability targets?
An almighty row has been brewing between local authorities, who want to set their own sustainability targets, and developers who claim this is causing chaos. The two met last Tuesday to thrash out their differences...
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FeaturesAre company fines for construction site deaths strong enough?
Amid the recent spate of on-site deaths, we ask: do you think fines for negligence are strong enough?
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FeaturesWould you object to a neighbour's wind turbine overlooking your garden?
An independent think tank says local people should be allowed to approve the installation of domestic renewables. What about if it was your backyard?
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FeaturesCountry focus: Romania
Romania is booming after its recent accession to the EU, with a rapidly growing construction industry and the world鈥檚 鈥榯hird most promising鈥� economy, writes Stuart Powls of EC Harris
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FeaturesGus takes the scenic route
The Formica hell of a service station can ruin a bank holiday jaunt. But fear not: dotted around the motorway exits of Britain are some architectural gems to lift the spirits of even the most jaded driver. Gus Alexander enjoys some truly welcome breaks
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FeaturesUncharted territory
The UK Green 好色先生TV Council wants to create a road map towards a sustainable environment. Paul King, its chief executive and a man of impeccable green credentials, will be in the driving seat 鈥� or should that be bike saddle?
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FeaturesThe building that wasn鈥檛 there
LSI Architects鈥� visitor centre in Cley in the Norfolk marshes works hard not to be noticed
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Features鈥楶eople shouldn鈥檛 be scared of doing what they like at university鈥�
Don鈥檛 have a BSc in construction? Don鈥檛 worry. Roma Agrawal鈥檚 first degree is in physics, but that hasn鈥檛 stopped her becoming one of the main engineers on a 拢4m project at the tender age of 23. She tells Jo Donnelly how it happened
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An irresistible rise
The unprecedented run of industry growth is unlikely to come to an end any time soon, with orders high and employment prospects healthy. Experian Business Strategies reports
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FeaturesStewart McColl: I want my company back
When SMC Group shares dived from 196p to 16p in just eight months, chief executive Stewart McColl took the rap and left the company he鈥檇 founded. But as talks begin on a possible merger between SMC and Aukett, word is out that he could soon be making a comeback.
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FeaturesShould new housing be built on green belt land?
The Social Market Foundation says the government will have to build on the green belt to meet its housing targets.