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FeaturesGraveney School: Shining example
Tooting鈥檚 Graveney School teaches architecture to its schoolchildren, invites architects to lecture, and counts architects among its alumni
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FeaturesWomen in engineering: The only way is up
With women making up fewer than 10% of engineers in the UK, what can be done to encourage more to join the profession?
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FeaturesMarket review: Mixed signals
The construction sector is still thriving but according to economic indicators there was a fall in activity in services and manufacturing
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Commercial
This week鈥檚 commercial products include bespoke ceiling panels for the 47 floors of The Leadenhall 黑洞社区
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FeaturesFrom the archives in 1992
Back in 1992 黑洞社区 paid a visit to site of Waterloo train station鈥檚 international terminal, which opened in 1994
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FeaturesAction station: Bond street tube station
A cramped site 20m underground, below a busy street is not an easy place to conduct the 拢320m upgrade of Bond Street tube station. Especially when the only access is via two 9m-wide shafts.
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FeaturesSkills: Up to the job?
With funding of apprenticeships under threat and training providers not always churning out people with the right skills, how will we get the workers we need?
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FeaturesPC Harrington: The higher they climb鈥�
When PC Harrington Contractors collapsed into administration in May, it had debts of around 拢28.4m and just 拢900 cash in the bank. We reveal the true story of the firm鈥檚 demise
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FeaturesSustainability: Life cycle carbon management
Usual depictions of a building鈥檚 carbon life cycle fail to consider the day-to-day running of the place. Reimagining a building鈥檚 life cycle could improve its carbon efficiency
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FeaturesForesight saga
QSs are supposed to price a job accurately and de-risk procurement. But some clients are wondering what they鈥檙e paying them for
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FeaturesFree webinar: Using BIM on the London Bridge project
Hear views from key players on how BIM is being used on one of the capital鈥檚 landmark infrastructure projects
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FeaturesInfrastructure: Keep the engine running
Lack of investment in UK infrastructure could be a serious barrier to economic growth, but is the government prepared to pay for it?
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FeaturesLondon Business School: A perfect match
Sheppard Robson鈥檚 partial conversion of the Westminster Register Office complex includes a glazed link building for the entrance
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FeaturesFree webinar: The future of school building
Hear views from architects, contractors and QSs on the Conservative government鈥檚 school building plans and the impact of tight budgets on projects
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FeaturesCost model: Car parks
While a concept relatively unchanged over the past 50 years, car parks can still have a dramatic impact on commercial space around them
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Cladding
This week鈥檚 cladding products include a ventilated facade, a ballistic protection system and eco-friendly cladding
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FeaturesHays international salary survey 2015
The clamour for talent in the UK is growing and salaries are rising in response
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FeaturesThe centre cannot hold
Our Inside Westminster series continues with a look at the government鈥檚 plans to devolve powers to mayor-led cities and regions
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FeaturesA care in the world
Architype鈥檚 拢9.6m overhaul of St Michael鈥檚 Hospice in Herefordshire is a nuanced balance between residential and institutional functions
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FeaturesTracker: April 2015
Constraints on activity tightened in April and the orders index has stopped growing but there鈥檚 less worry about labour shortages even though employers look set to take on more workers