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FeaturesBest housing or residential project sponsored by Wavin
Winner 鈥� Urban Splash - Lister Mills, Bradford
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FeaturesBest commercial project sponsored by Oval
Winner 鈥� E Bowman & Sons - The Burghley Brewhouse project
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FeaturesBest public/community project sponsored by Calco
Winner 鈥� Snell Associates - Water activities centre, Whitlingham park
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FeaturesMore than just a QS
Paul Morrell will leave a big hole when he says goodbye to Davis Langdon
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FeaturesSustainability: Thermal insulation
Much of the energy consumed by buildings is lost through their fabric. Enhanced insulation could potentially make an ever greater contribution to long-term performance. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon examines the issues and costs
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FeaturesWe wish to make a complaint
The supply of gas, water and electricity seems to present terrible problems to the companies whose sole business is to do just that 鈥� and things are getting steadily worse. Lorraine Cushnie finds out why
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FeaturesSaved by a credit card
Tropus made it into business by the slimmest of margins 鈥� and is now worth 拢20m
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FeaturesTop 250 Consultants 2006: And they鈥檙e off!
Fasten your earmuffs 鈥� speed demons, classic saloons, green racers, nimble runarounds and hardy 4脳4s are all on the starting grid for this year鈥檚 Top 250 consultants survey. Martin Hewes compiles the results and Katie Puckett does the commentary
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FeaturesGods of the Plague
They gave Shepherd Construction a two-sheet brief and asked it to build a lab secure enough to test the most dangerous virus on Earth 鈥� inside six months. Thomas Lane reports on how the team took the test and triumphed
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黑洞社区 intelligence Q2 2006: Slow start
Since the fall in output in 2005 鈥� widely regarded as a blip 鈥� the industry has failed to bounce back at the speed predicted. But although public sector output declined in the first half of 2006, there has been an acceleration in the commercial sector
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FeaturesWelcome to Pete Waterman鈥檚 鈥榠nstitute for the mentally insane鈥�
The Pop Idol panellist, and man behind Kylie and Rick Astley, opens the doors to his 鈥榗reative village鈥� 鈥� a 300,000ft虏 redevelopment of London鈥檚 County Hall
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Features鈥楳aybe we are just waking up to a serious problem鈥�
After two men died in a crane collapse in Battersea last week, the public suddenly started treating all cranes with suspicion. Sarah Richardson looks at whether they have good reason to
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FeaturesWho鈥檚 going to clad all these?
After the collapse of Schmidlin earlier this year, the world of curtain walling has been in a state of unusual nervousness, with contractors wondering who they can turn to to do the work on major projects. Sarah Richardson looks at an uncertain future for cladding services
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FeaturesWhat鈥檚 new under the sun
Viridian Solar has just started business on the basis of a green water heater 鈥�
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Features鈥業 have tended to make a nuisance of myself鈥�
HOW THEY MADE IT 鈥� In the first of a series looking at how the sector鈥檚 heavyweights scaled the career ladder, Lydia Stockdale speaks to Andrew Wyllie, chief executive of Costain
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Let the good times roll
This month鈥檚 survey reveals an optimistic mood among UK contractors, who are more willing to take on workers, particularly in the civil engineering sector