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FeaturesA VAT gift to cowboys?
The government鈥檚 VAT hike to 20% this month has been met with dismay throughout construction. But while some sectors will be exempt, small builders are bound to be hit as cash-strapped homeowners turn to the black market
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Clay roof tiles
Tile maker Redland鈥檚 Rosemary clay tiles have been used to reroof a house in Perth, Western Australia
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Heat reflective roofing membrane
BriggsAmasco installs UltraPly TPO membrane on John Fernley College
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Mototrised roof hatches
Stoke sixthform college fittted with Bilco D-50T hatches that double as smoke vents
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FeaturesFuturistic suite in Sweden's Ice Hotel
Graduate architect and designer create a temporary ice suite inspired by Disney鈥檚 Tron: Legacy
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FeaturesCasualties and survival tactics for 2011
If 2010 was the year of the wreckage, then 2011 has to be the year of crawling out of it
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FeaturesWinging it: Bombardier aircraft factory
Air traffic gridlock over the holidays might have put you off flying for life. But Bombardier is launching a new plane with high-tech carbon fibre wings - first, though, it needed a factory that could be designed in tandem with those wings
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Five projects in 2011 worth getting excited about
The public sector fairy tale is well and truly over - but that doesn鈥檛 mean that work in 2011 will completely dry up. Here are five of the most exciting projects of the year ahead.
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FeaturesBest foot forward: Interview with Graham Cash
Most UK contractors are busily diversifying to survive. Not so with BAM Construct, the UK鈥檚 third biggest contractor - its boss is determined to stick with what it鈥檚 good at: construction
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FeaturesJakob + Macfarlane's Lyon office: The cube with a hole
Cuboid buildings may be all the rage but Jakob + Macfarlane鈥檚 provocative office block in Lyon is one of a kind
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FeaturesCountry focus: Poland
EU funding and infrastructure projects cushioned Poland from the downturn, but the public sector culture of always accepting lowest price tenders needs to change
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Firms, people and government to watch in 2011
Here are some firms, people and government figures to keep an eye on
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Where the work will be in 2011
Construction companies will have to find new markets to carry them through 2011
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FeaturesFancy a half at your heritage local?
Historic buildings need to earn their keep these days, whether they鈥檙e in the City or the shires. They can鈥檛 all be museums or art galleries though, and the new preservers of our built heritage might surprise you
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FeaturesFirst Impressions: Make's Birmingham Cube
Three architecture students give his honest opinion on the new 拢100m metallic tower