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FeaturesCost model: Shopping centre refurbs
Many shopping centres hit by the recession need to reposition themselves to be fit for the upturn.
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FeaturesRTS Flexible Systems Ltd vs Molkeroi Alois M眉ller Gmbh & Co KG (UK Production)
If the parties behave as if a contract exists, then one may legally exist whether or not it has actually been signed
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FeaturesWaitrose鈥檚 Nigel Keen: 鈥楾he next 10 years will be fun鈥�
Few people expected Waitrose to do well out of the recession. But profit is up 25%, it鈥檚 building 10 supermarkets a year, and now has plans to take on the convenience store market. No wonder property boss Nigel Keen is feeling so chipper
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FeaturesThis is your 30-day warning
Thinking of doing a course? Whether you鈥檙e already in employment or jobhunting, learning extra skills can give you the edge. But, warns Emily Wright, time is fast running out
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FeaturesHeadingley pavilion: Boycott, Illingworth, Close 鈥� and Alsop
Alsop Sparch is about to join the great names that adorn the sacred home of Yorkshire cricket. But it took more than a sports club to construct the Headingley Carnegie stadium鈥檚 new pavilion, as Ike Ijeh found out
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FeaturesCharter 284: Word power
As the government prepares its emergency Budget, 黑洞社区 has prepared an emergency letter reiterating our Charter 284 demands. All you have to do is download it, sign it and send it to your MP
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The tracker: On a more positive note
Construction activity expanded for the first time in two years reports Experian Business Strategies
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FeaturesWorld (table football) Cup: Passion play
What is it about the World Cup? We staged our own finals in east London鈥檚 Bar Kick and it began to feel like the real thing. Sarah Richardson and Roxane McMeeken tell the story of plucky underdogs and amazing new talents
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FeaturesHospital specifier: Feeling better now?
Not that lying in hospital is ever going to be any great shakes, but designers can do a lot to improve the patient experience
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FeaturesInternational lessons from Prague
Construction, QS and surveying students add an international perspective to their studies
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FeaturesIn the pink
House painters in Bristol take a rose-tinted approach to safety hazards, it seems
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FeaturesCracking Brazil
It鈥檚 hosting the 2014 World Cup, and the 2016 Olympics, and has emerged from the credit crunch with barely a scratch. So why aren鈥檛 more UK firms working there?
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FeaturesWarning: Hazard sign
It鈥檚 always good to hear from our American readers, so thanks to Dave Hermanson, vice president of Capital Power in Illinois
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FeaturesGehry in Las Vegas: Just Frank being Frank
Gehry has taken on Vegas, and left it with an unusual mixed-use scheme: a brain health centre and 鈥檈vent space鈥�
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FeaturesIn pictures: Low-profile living
This New Forest residence makes a minimal impact on the environment and the view. Of course, that doesn鈥檛 have to mean going without a swimming pool. Thomas Lane goes down to the woods to investigate
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FeaturesMainstream green: Brighton belle
One Brighton is the brainchild of the team behind super-green development BedZed. But although sustainability is at the heart of the scheme, it鈥檚 going to do it its own sweet way
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Part L: Top Tips
The revision to Part L comes with four approved documents and two guides to help you tick those energy efficiency boxes. But in case you don鈥檛 fancy reading the lot, Nick Cullen has a 12-point plan to lead you on the path to compliance
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FeaturesThe 2010 Regs Round-up
The government has myriad tools at its disposal to persuade or compel construction companies to up their energy efficiency game. And with a target to make all homes zero carbon by 2016 and all buildings by 2019, regulatory control of the industry is only going to get more demanding.
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FeaturesPart L Revisited
As the industry waits for the full details of the implementation of Part L 2010, Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon reflects on lessons learned from the 2006 revision and what it could mean for the upcoming changes
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