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FeaturesCosts and challenges of biodiversity planning
Dormice are protected, frogs need water and bats return after removal 鈥� just some of the challenges in dealing with British fauna and flora
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FeaturesGreen FIZZ: Coca-Cola's Spanish HQ
Coca-Cola鈥檚 new Spanish HQ is refreshingly eco friendly and even boasts a LEED 鈥檊old鈥� certification
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FeaturesMillennium projects: 10 years of good luck
From the wobbly Millennium Bridge to the infamous Spinnaker Tower and the runaway success of Tate Modern, fortune smiled on some millennium projects more than others. Ike Ijeh celebrates their 10th anniversary
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FeaturesCan you arrange these tiles to make a coherent company?
Bovis UK has just lost its third chief executive in four years, its relationship with its Australian parent is difficult and talk of a sale is in the air. Sarah Richardson looks at what is going wrong
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FeaturesThe 2010 consultants鈥� salary guide
This year鈥檚 黑洞社区/Hays Construction & Property pay guide tells a familiar story of cuts and freezes. Roxane McMeeken finds out who鈥檚 getting by on economy baked beans, and why employers might be about to get a lot of belly aching
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FeaturesIs it a crane? Is it a mobile access platform?
It鈥檚 both, apparently 鈥� or so these workers seem to think
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FeaturesFirst Impressions: Thomas Heatherwick鈥檚 Shanghai pavilion
Kingston University/Design Museum student gives his first impression direct from Shanghai
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Greening commercial property: What is acceptable behaviour in an office?
Well, installing energy-efficient plant and using it intelligently, are two examples. And this Carbon Trust mini-conference explains why it could save us all 拢27bn over the next 40 years
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FeaturesAldar鈥檚 Abu Dhabi HQ: One last spin of the wheel
Aldar鈥檚 Abu Dhabi headquarters is one of the final feats of jaw-dropping construction machismo we鈥檒l see from the UAE for a while, says Thomas Lane. And it gives us plenty of reasons to mourn their passing 鈥�
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FeaturesThe Prince鈥檚 Trust: Helping young people Get into Construction
Construction wants to attract a diversified workforce, and many would-be workers are trying to get away from unemployment and crime. Sarah Richardson meetsMike Peasland, who鈥檚 helping the Prince鈥檚 Trust to help them do just that
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Gas membrane
Construction membranes specialist Icopal has extended its range of gas membranes with the launch of the Monarflex CO2 membrane
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Precast concrete structure
Structherm Fastbuild is being used for the construction of 10 low-energy homes on the outskirts of Edinburgh
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FeaturesSealing strips
ISO-Chemie, maker of foam sealants, has launched ISO-Connect HB-Band, a permanent horizontal seal to prevent moisture transfer and rising damp between wall sole plates and foundation walls or floor slabs in timber-framed buildings
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Soffit insulation
Promat has launched Promat TLFR Board to complement its existing range of soffit insulation solutions
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Concrete panel construction
H+H鈥檚 full-storey height aircrete construction system with thin joint bonding has enabled Miller Homes to create a zero-carbon house as part of the Pinnacle development of 79 homes in Basingstoke
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Mechanical ventilation
Itho has launched a compact mechanical ventilation and heat recovery unit suitable for two to three bedroom apartments and houses
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Concealed door closer
A new concealed door closer which assists with compliance for disabled access regulations and the use of doors by the very young and the very old is now available from Sapa 黑洞社区 Systems
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FeaturesWoodfibre insulation
Natural 黑洞社区 Technologies鈥� Diffutherm woodfibre insulation system has received BBA accreditation for both masonry and timber-frame constructions
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FeaturesZero carbon: Four for the price of three
Last month Grant Shapps, the coalition housing minister, announced that the government was committed to making new homes zero carbon after 2016