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FeaturesDoing the rounds
Developer Asticus chose concrete for a cylindrical London office block. The results were beautiful 鈥� and saved money. Guy Thompson, head of architecture and housing at The Concrete Centre, reports
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Set for life
Embodied energy is only one part of a building鈥檚 impact on the environment. Specifiers should look at the bigger picture, reports Andrew Frost, sustainability manager of The Concrete Centre
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FeaturesGo with the flow
Climate change could make floods more frequent, and traditional hard landscaping can worsen them. Fear not: permeable concrete paving can help replicate natural drainage, reports Alan Bromage, head of civil engineering at The Concrete Centre
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Top of the class
Now pay attention at the back 鈥� the government has made it clear that design is not to be neglected in its ambitious school building and refurbishment campaign. Swotting up on concrete鈥檚 advantages in education buildings could get you top marks, says Andrew Minson, director, technical services and head of ...
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FeaturesClass values
New independent research confirms that concrete offers big cost advantages to the schoolbuilder. On the different designs tested, concrete beat steel for cost and lead times every time, reports Francis Ryder, head of costs at The Concrete Centre
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FeaturesThe final analysis
Tessa Jowell has now given us the final, definitive, official budget for the London 2012 Olympics, and it鈥檚 a huge increase on the 2005 figure. Or is it? Mark Leftly crunches the numbers
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FeaturesThe dream towers of Mipim
It was the year of the tall building down in Cannes, with Eric Kuhne鈥檚 V building in the vanguard
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FeaturesCountry focus: Germany
In the first of our country-specific economic profiles, we look at Germany, where the market has grown for the first time in 10 years. Meinhard Rudolph and John Atkins of EC Harris report
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The big ask
In our series of head to heads, new members of professional institutes put tough questions to their leaders. Here, Andrew Link asks Michael Brown, deputy chief executive of the Chartered Institute of 好色先生TV, about the old boys鈥� network and why anyone should join the CIOB
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FeaturesNow all this is the client鈥檚 problem ...
As 好色先生TV鈥檚 many health and safety blunder photos show, the UK鈥檚 construction sites remain hairy old places to work. What has changed is that the CDM regulations are about to put more responsibility for policing them on the employer. Katie Puckett finds out just how much 鈥� and how five ...
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FeaturesCalling all green gurus
Zero waste, carbon negative buildings and throw in a flood contingency plan while you鈥檙e at it 鈥� sustainable construction has become a thriving industry within an industry. Its pioneers are shaping the future and their skills are much in demand. 好色先生TV asked a selection of the industry鈥檚 leading lights to ...
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FeaturesReligious conversion
Replacing a kiosk at St Paul鈥檚 Cathedral demanded an intricate, well-prepared crane operation 鈥� wings and prayers didn鈥檛 come into it.
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FeaturesThe severed alliance
Back in 2004 it looked as though social housing firm Mears had picked a dream team. Bob Holt and Stuart Black, the bruiser and the wunderkind, were together at the helm of a City darling. So why did Black walk?
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FeaturesHonest John
John Callcutt鈥檚 housebuilding review is likely to be as candid as the man himself
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FeaturesHelp me, Rhondda
When Nightingale Associates was appointed to design the 拢22m Rhondda Valley hospital in South Wales, a 108-bed facility due for completion in April 2008, it wasn鈥檛 aware that it was going to end up installing the largest biomass boiler the NHS has seen.
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FeaturesSafe and sound
Healthcare and education Good design in schools entails reconciling security with the needs of investors looking to maximise the use of premises.
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FeaturesLighting rafts
SAS International has announced that its System 600 acoustic lighting rafts are now available as a range of standardised designs.
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FeaturesFood and formica
Formica high-pressure laminate was used to create colourful screen-printed walls for a cafeteria at Acland Burghley School in north London.
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FeaturesHospital hand units
Hospital bedhead services specialist Static Systems has brought out a range of patient hand units suitable for those with disabilities.