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FeaturesA history lesson: Countdown to 2012, London's 1908 Olympics
When London staged the Olympics 100 years ago, the delivery authority was a bunch of clubbable aristos, the developer was a Hungarian folk dancer and the athletes had to book themselves into local hotels. Nick Jones tells us what we have to learn from that approach
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FeaturesThe delivery man: Robert Napier, new chair of the Homes and Communities Agency
Can Robert Napier build 240,000 homes a year and run the new government agency in the toughest housing market since the seventies?
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FeaturesEscape to victory: how SMEs can work abroad
While many of the big consultants dodge the downturn by picking up business overseas, their smaller rivals may be feeling a little imprisoned in the UK. But it doesn鈥檛 have to be like that. Thom Gibbs unearths some escape routes that work, and some that don鈥檛
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Features'London doesn't have to beat Beijing, nor should it try. you have to be pragmatic and get 80% there': Countdown to 2012, David Higgins, chief executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority
David Higgins has to deliver the 2012 Olympics with a fraction of the money that China had to spend. Oh, and he has to regenerate a swath of east London at the same time. To kick off our countdown to the Games, Sarah Richardson asked him how he鈥檚 planning to ...
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Cost update: September 2008
The downturn鈥檚 effects become evident as inflation escalates for consumer, input, output and materials prices, says Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon
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FeaturesWhere we鈥檙e at 鈥� the 2012 London Olympics
This is the space 鈥� an area as vast as Hyde Park 鈥� that has been cleared to make way for the Olympic park.
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FeaturesSun, sea and salt extraction
A British inventor, architect and services engineer have devised a system that could produce food, fresh water and energy solely through the use of solar power.
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FeaturesOn your marks: Countdown to 2012, London's Olympic stadium
No false starts here. Construction at London鈥檚 80,000-seater Olympic stadium has got off faster than Usain Bolt (well, almost). Martin Spring watches the sprint towards that now famous deadline
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FeaturesA year in the life of the borrowers: the credit crunch one year on
Twelve months on from Northern Rock, Tom Bill looks back at how an unprecedented series of events unfolded, leaving most construction firms residing in the pockets of their clients and bank managers 鈥�
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FeaturesLibrary fines and other crimes: Feilden Clegg Bradley鈥檚 Addlestone town hall
Feilden Clegg Bradley鈥檚 拢12.6m town hall in the Surrey town of Addlestone houses the council, public library and police station all under the same roof. Which means you鈥檇 better get your books back on time
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FeaturesSun, sea and sandcastles
The British seaside is back 鈥� after all, who wants to go abroad with summers like ours鈥�? To celebrate, we challenged some of our finest construction minds (plus sundry offspring) to a giant sandcastle building showdown. Roxane McMeeken and Katie Puckett commentate on the action.
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FeaturesWho guards the guards?: Arson and intimidation in Glasgow
Some security firms in Scotland don鈥檛 bother with tenders when they bid for work. Instead they make an offer you find difficult to refuse, and if you do, they apply a bit of muscle. But why do the authorities let it happen?
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FeaturesProcurement: Retail delivery
The successful fitting out of a major retail scheme owes a lot to effective retail delivery management. Simon Rawlinson and Nick Clare of Davis Langdon lift the lid on the processes involved
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FeaturesThe fixer: James Bulley, the Olympics鈥� troubleshooter
Ah, the London Olympics. Twenty-three venues, 15,000 athletes, 9 million visitors. What could possibly go wrong? It鈥檚 James Bulley鈥檚 job to plan for anything that does. So why is he looking so damned cool?
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FeaturesBlood, sweat and fixed gears: 黑洞社区鈥檚 cycling track day
When dozens of the industry鈥檚 most fanatical cyclists descended on a London velodrome for 黑洞社区鈥檚 inaugural Track Day, an afternoon of frenetic racing ensued 鈥� stirring memories of a certain sporting extravaganza held in the stadium 60 years earlier 鈥�
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The tracker: The bumpy road
Despite wider financial turmoil, most industry sectors held their position this month 鈥� although cracks begin to show when the regions are examined more closely, says Experian Business Strategies
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FeaturesA fine winery: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners鈥� Spanish project
In between its airport terminals and office towers, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners manages to find time for the odd small but perfectly formed project. Martin Spring visits a wine factory in northern Spain
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FeaturesWates staff work on local community projects
Wates works with specialist waste expert Hippowaste on 鈥楪rants up for Grabs' initiative
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FeaturesFirst impressions: Projects by Hadid and Metropolitan Architects
Another 鈥楩irst Impression鈥� panellist, this time Michelle Sweeney, graduate from the School of Architecture at the University of Manchester, comments on five new schemes
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FeaturesWe were there 鈥� Construction鈥檚 Olympians tell their stories
Construction is full of people who鈥檝e lived the Olympic dream. As the Beijing Games kick off, eight of them tell Emily Wright about their years of training for moments of glory. Photography Michael Clement