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FeaturesConsultants: The best way to beef up
As US giant URS subsumes Scott Wilson, Aecom closes in on Davis Langdon, and EC Harris prepares for a flotation, Tom Bill examines what the best options are for businesses looking to scale up
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FeaturesIn at the sharp end
The 60,686 acrylic spikes on Heatherwick Studio鈥檚 British pavilion have been the talk of the Shanghai Expo, as Stephen Kennett found out when he paid a visit. But how on earth was it all put together?
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FeaturesOn the menu
With the private sector still subsisting on scraps and the non-infrastructure public sector just grateful that its provisions weren鈥檛 cut any further in the emergency Budget, the infrastructure market represents a veritable feast at the moment. So welcome to the latest in our infrastructure market reports
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FeaturesInfrastructure markets: saving grace
If there was one sliver of comfort in the Budget, it was that there were no further cuts to infrastructure spending. Victoria Jackson of Davis Langdon surveys the work that will be on offer in the years ahead
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FeaturesSpotlight: Mass-produced components
We shouldn鈥檛 get too worked up about rising lead times in four contractor areas, says Brian Moone. It鈥檚 as much a reflection on raw materials in the supply chain as it is a sign of increasing work
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FeaturesEssential guides: 黑洞社区 Regulations
Essential need-know facts about Parts A to P of the 黑洞社区 Regs
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Essential guides: British Standards
A round-up of all the British Standards that are relevant to the construction industry
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Essential guides: BREEAM, LEED, Green Star & Estidama
Key information about the four main environmental assessment methods for buildings
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FeaturesStool of hard knocks
Karol Olszewski was on his lunchbreak near London鈥檚 High Holborn when he spotted this nonchalant window-fixer posing a significant danger to himself and passers-by
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Features2012 countdown: The aquatics centre
Since the aquatics centre鈥檚 160m-long roof was lowered into place last year, work on the Zaha Hadid-designed venue has continued to power ahead
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Features2012 countdown: The temporary basketball venue
The Olympics may need a basketball venue the size of an aeroplane hanger, but London can probably get by without one after they鈥檙e over. So they鈥檝e made the whole thing demountable
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FeaturesSpecialist costs: M&E services
M&E specialists are still in a contracting market, and face an ever-expanding set of challenges
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Features2012 countdown: Higgins on the big make or break year
David Higgins has spent the past two years trying to rebuild a swath of east London during the worst recession for decades. The ODA boss tells how he鈥檚 kept the project on track - and why the struggle isn鈥檛 over yet
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Features2012 countdown: Infrastructure
The Olympics isn鈥檛 just about show-stopping stadiums. In fact, the budget for venues is 拢700m less than the cost of the no-frills enabling works, roads and utilities
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Features2012 countdown: The stadium
One year from now, the 80,000-seat Olympic stadium has to be ready. Will it make it?
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2012 countdown: It starts here 鈥�
Forget the World Cup. The biggest show on Earth is the Olympics, and the good news is we鈥檝e already won it
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Features2012 countdown: Jonathan Edwards and the Olympic village
Don鈥檛 worry. Jonathan Edwards hasn鈥檛 fallen on hard times since winning gold at Sydney in 2000. Rather, Locog is using his expert knowledge to help with the delivery of the 拢1bn Olympic village, right down to the fixtures and fittings
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Features2012 countdown: The velodrome
The plan with the velodrome was to make it as lean as a racing bike, says Chris Wise, one of its designers
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Features2012 countdown: The Games in numbers
The sheer scale of the 2012 project makes it a statistician鈥檚 dream. Here are a few figures, from the biggest buildings to the barest bones 鈥�
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FeaturesElectrical Contractors Association: Precedent Johnson
Diane Johnson is the ECA鈥檚 first woman president.What鈥檚 she got planned for her year at the helm?