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Cemex: So what if it’s raining?
Our changing weather patterns are having an impact on product development. One company making the most of it is Cemex, which has recently begun producing permeable paving. Visit www.building.co.uk/technical for more on specification
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Greenfix Sky-Gardens: A growth business
The managing director of Greenfix Sky-Gardens argues that green roofs should be used to create wild habitats as well as sustainable solutions to waterproofing www.building.co.uk/specifier
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Mature student on work-study balance
If you decide to study at an age when you have more financial responsability full time education may not be an option. Mature student talks about the work - study - life balance
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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Awards: Why Obi won
He graduated just five years ago but already Obiora Onuora is a senior engineer leading teams on projects worth £110m. It’s no wonder he clinched this year’s Newcomer of the Year at the ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Awards. Katie Puckett asked him how he got there …
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Getting won over
After a bad experience with collaboration software, Hammerson staff were disinclined to try again. But a mixture of stick, administered by the managers, and carrot, provided by the software itself, has finally convinced them. Stephen Kennett reports
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Japanese construction: The hidden fortress
Behind the sleek skyline of Tokyo is a super-efficient construction industry that operates complex projects with military precision and flawless co-ordination. James Clegg found out how it works
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The tracker: Trouble on the horizon
The industry is still going strong, but a drop in tender enquiries suggests that activity may slow in the future. Experian Business Strategies reports
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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø intelligence Q4 2007: Mixed signals
The housebuilding sector has been the main casualty of instability in the financial markets. In contrast, commercial projects are steaming ahead, says Experian Business Strategies
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Energy certification of Non-Domestic ºÚ¶´ÉçÇøs
Fulcrum have produced a white paper explaining the requirements for non domestic Energy Performance Certificates (EPC's) which will now be affecting all new buildings and existing buildings for sale or rent.
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Park Hill Flats, Sheffield
Client: English Partnerships, Manchester Methodist and Urban Splash
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CV tips - What to write to get that first job in construction
Greg Lettington, Director at Hays Construction & Property, offers some tips on how to make your CV stand out from the rest when you look for that elusive first rung on the industry ladder
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'Cityscapers: By the Throat' - an international design collaboration
Laraine Naughton, a third year Interior Architecture student at Napier University, got the opportunity to work with other students from across the world as they looked at the road between Glasgow and Edinburgh
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How to make your fortune quantity surveying
With skilled staff in short supply, QS firms are jostling to offer the most attractive corporate structures to their employees. From traditional partnerships to limited companies, Mark Leftly runs through the risks of each model and weighs these against their potential to make you a packet
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Should I stay or should I go?
There’s a lot of talk in the construction industry about opportunities to work abroad, from the allure of building Dubai’s dazzling skyscrapers to the chance to help people in countries ravaged by war or natural disaster. But what is the reality of working in foreign countries, and how does it ...
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Peter Bonfield: The BRE's speed merchant
Peter Bonfield is a man in a hurry, whether he’s pedalling furiously on his 36-mile round trip to work or plotting grandiose five-year plans. The question is, can BRE keep up with its energetic leader? Thomas Lane went to find out
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Whitelee wind farm: Putting the wind up
You might think the biggest difficulty in building a wind farm would be the wind itself, but on the moor outside Glasgow the rain, snow and liquid peat are just as bad. Thomas Lane donned his souwester to take a look at the construction of Europe’s largest onshore wind farm.