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FeaturesFrom the archive in ... 2013
As One Brighton marks its fifth birthday, we take a look back to 2013 when it was profiled as a cost-effective model for sustainable living
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FeaturesMaking waves: Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Moving-floor technology may seem the stuff of fictional super-villain lairs, but the leading hydrodynamics laboratory at Plymouth University has employed the technology to support one of the largest energy wave test sites in the world
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FeaturesLead times: April-June 2014
While only a handful of trades showed lengthening lead times, the majority of the sector is anticipating increasing demand within the next six months. Brian Moone of Mace Business School reports
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Flooring
This week鈥檚 flooring products cover everything from a range of decorative designs with safe features to thermally-efficient foundations for a student Passivhaus project
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FeaturesHousing Design Awards 2014: Addresses to impress
From radical warehouse conversions to art deco elderly care, this year鈥檚 Housing Design Awards show an industry emerging from the recession with a spring in its step and unafraid to experiment
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FeaturesInterview: Peter Amato
As the man in charge of overseeing Chinese developer Dalian Wanda鈥檚 拢3bn UK development plans, Peter Amato is already becoming the man contractors and consultants most want to know. But you鈥檒l have to learn to keep up 鈥�
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Overall improvement
Q2 2014 saw tender prices and overall activity pick up the pace, largely due to the housing sector. While the demand for skilled trades has led to increases in day rates and wages
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FeaturesRogers Stirk Harbour's British Museum
RSHP鈥檚 World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre at the British Museum strives both to harmonise with its neoclassical context and set itself in contrast to it. But does it succeed?
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FeaturesOne Brighton: Five years on
One Brighton, the UK鈥檚 largest private car-free development, was built as a model for sustainable living. Now, five years on, Ike Ijeh visits to ask whether it has lived up to its green promises
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FeaturesTraining to nowhere
Plenty of young people across the UK are signing up for construction training - the real problem, according to a report out today, is that many are taking courses that simply don鈥檛 meet the industry鈥檚 needs.
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Cladding
This week鈥檚 cladding products range from insulated wall panels for the new Aldi distribution centre in Goldthorpe, Barnsley, to a fibre cement Equitone facade being installed at the Festival Hall in Erl, Austria
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FeaturesZero Carbon Hub report: Performance gap in new homes
The 鈥榩erformance gap鈥� between the design of new homes and their as-built energy use can no longer be ignored. And according to the Zero Carbon Hub, the only answer is to fundamentally shake up the way that the industry works
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FeaturesInfrastructure: Flood management
This year鈥檚 extreme weather has highlighted the increasing risk of flooding and the difficulties faced in prioritising investment. EC Harris examines the UK鈥檚 approach to flood risk management
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FeaturesHow vital is government as a construction client?
Public sector work has kept much of the construction industry off the critical list for the past six years but with the private sector now in increasingly robust health, how much is government really needed as a client?
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FeaturesTime to act: Debating UK infrastructure policy
As the Institution of Civil Engineers delivers a worrying State of the Nation report on UK infrastructure, 黑洞社区 charts the changes that the sector believes should be prioritised by the next government
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FeaturesThe rise of cross-laminated timber
The first wall of Cambourne College, Cambridge is erected. Initial construction of Wenlock Road.
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Features黑洞社区 intelligence: Q1 2014
Experian Economics shows that construction activity has seen its fourth consecutive quarter of growth, reaching an overall figure that is now at its highest point since the final quarter of 2011
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FeaturesTracker: May 2014
Despite dipping below its three-month average, construction activity numbers remained positive in May with strong output and orders figures for most sectors. Experian Economics reports
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Housing
This week鈥檚 housing products include aircrete blocks used in five luxury apartments in Kent and the transformation of shipping containers into student accommodation in Norway
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FeaturesFrom the archive in ... 1994
This week we look back to the initial rumblings of the Construction Industry Board, later chaired by Sir Michael Latham, as this 黑洞社区 news story reveals