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FeaturesThe amazing five-week apprenticeship (for cowboys)
Firms that offer fast-track plumbing and electrical courses for 拢5,000 a go create 鈥榯radesmen鈥� who are a menace to everyone they deal with. Sophie Griffiths posed as a trainee to find out what they promise 鈥� and what they actually deliver
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FeaturesFatal refurb: addressing refurbishment鈥檚 poor safety record
Refurbishment is an increasingly popular alternative to new build, but what can be done about its particularly poor safety record?
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Features黑洞社区 pathology: Photovoltaic panels
Photovoltaic panels can be great energy providers, as long as an eye is kept on potential problems with power output and deficiencies. Peter Mayer of BLP Insurance explains what to look out for
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FeaturesLasting impressions: why they won Sustainable Project of the Year
What set the two winners of 黑洞社区鈥檚 Sustainable Project of the Year awards apart from the rest of the crowd? Stephen Kennett asked the judges to explain their verdict
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FeaturesRome improvements: Hadid's Maxxi museum
Zaha Hadid鈥檚 long-awaited Maxxi art museum has given the Eternal City a bit of a shake-up
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FeaturesI鈥檒l be watching you: Serious Fraud Office
Richard Alderman is boss of the Serious Fraud Office, and he has the construction industry in his sights. Roxane McMeeken finds out how worried you should be
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FeaturesAll鈥檚 well that ends well: Stratford-upon-Avon theatre
Ripping the guts out of the RSC鈥檚 Stratford-upon-Avon theatre and building a new auditorium in the existing one was Bennetts Associates鈥� bold remedy to the many poetic injustices being done to the Bard
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FeaturesCountry focus: Russia
Russia has been badly hit by recession, and there are not many signs of recovery, says Pavel Vishnaykov of EC Harris Still, the 2014 Winter Olympics provide a glimmer of hope 鈥�
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Making energy from waste
Energy-savvy countries treat their waste as a resource, and the UK is beginning to cotton on. But the path is not easy for the waste-to-energy pioneers
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FeaturesNew world orders: Construction鈥檚 latest global hotspots
A startling report is forecasting a big shift in the world demand for construction by 2020. So dig out the guide books and maps for Nigeria, India and eastern Europe
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FeaturesObject lessons: Foster's Berkshire academy
Foster鈥檚 latest academy in Berkshire is based around the idea of learning through museum exhibits 鈥� which makes for some unusual interior decor
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FeaturesImagine the world in 2020: climate change
The year鈥檚 2020, and, having left 黑洞社区 for reasons far too shocking to go into here, former assistant editor Thomas Lane talks us through a day in his life as an engineer in a world that鈥檚 slowly coming to terms with climate change 鈥�
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FeaturesCoffee with a dragon: Theo Paphitis talks construction
Theo Paphitis, millionaire, TV personality and dispenser of tough truths has one or two things to tell the construction industry about failure, self-knowledge and Prince Charles 鈥�
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FeaturesRobo cop: BLP鈥檚 digital project police
Insurer BLP has come up with a digital system for policing building projects and spotting problems before they happen
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The tracker recovery on hold
Signs of recovery over the summer have been tempered by a slowdown in activity and a pessimistic outlook on employment, according to the latest figures from Experian Business Strategies
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FeaturesA world awaits us: The Copenhagen conference building boom
A deal on carbon reduction targets in next month鈥檚 Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen could create a boom for UK consultants working overseas
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FeaturesAcoustics: The sound of silence
A study at an Essex secondary school revealed a significant boost to pupil concentration when acoustics were improved
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Movers and makers: 13 November 2009
H+H UK has published a simplified factsheet on the acoustic specifications for schools
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FeaturesTom Barry: 鈥楾he UAE is coming out of recession as we speak鈥�
Tom Barry is boss of Arabtec, the UAE鈥檚 biggest contractor, and he鈥檚 been doing the job for 35 years. So who better to ask what鈥檚 going to happen next to the Emirates?
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FeaturesPardon me boy, is that the chattanooga choo choo?
Well, no it鈥檚 not. But following a major renovation and extensive tunnelling to Antwerp Centraal Station, trains can now whizz through on their way to Amsterdam, Brussels and beyond