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  • Tim Stone
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    A bitter pill

    2006-06-23T00:00:00Z

    The PFI is not responsible for the NHS' headline-grabbing deficits - the NHS is

  • Integrated steel 3
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    Whole-life costs: Concrete vs steel

    2006-06-23T00:00:00Z

    What are the environmental, capital cost and lifetime cost differences between a building with a steel frame and one built using concrete? David Weight of cost consultant Currie & Brown applies the firm鈥檚 Live Options modelling system to find out

  • Darryl Strong
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    Appointments

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Who's moving up the career ladder this week?

  • The planetarium resembles an alien space ship half buried in Greenwich park after a crash landing
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    Curved space 鈥� the Peter Harrison Planetarium

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Greenwich park is about to get a strange and beautiful adornment: a weird bronze cone through which the heavens will be made manifest. Thomas Lane found out how it's being made

  • The house performs 40% better than the Part L carbon emission target
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    Housing

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Contractor Osborne wanted to push the boundaries of sustainability, so it built a demonstration house packed with green features, from solar panels on the roof to heat pumps under the floor. Sonia Soltani paid a visit

  • Geothermal energy
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    Products

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    A range of items to bring out the interior designer in everyone, including belle 茅poque bathrooms and pool lighting. Plus, the more pressing matters of efficient boilers and greywater recycling

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    Checklist

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    One of the reasons small is beautiful is that it's usually a lot less hassle. Which brings us to the specification of an apartment block 鈥� Scott Brownrigg and Barbour Index explain

  • Angus Robertson
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    Just the job

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Angus Robertson tells Sonia Soltani how he followed his heart to the city that never sleeps

  • Farnborough airport鈥檚 new terminal and operations building evokes modern aircraft by its long, sleek, streamlined form, faced in shiny aluminium
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    The technology and beauty of aircraft

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    A sleek building in the shape of a boomerang, or more appropriately a pair of aircraft wings, has been opened at Farnborough airport in Hampshire.

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    Where in the world?

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    From the salmon runs of British Columbia to the golf courses of Hong Kong, the white rum of Antigua to the jade green pastis of southern France 鈥� there's a whole world waiting for you. Hays Construction & Property and 黑洞社区's international salary guide helps you take off the blindfold ...

  • At developer Stanhope鈥檚 14,300 m虏 Chiswick Park, west London, buildings are clustered and retail outlets brought within the office shells to create a mini-community
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    Cost model: Business parks

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Business parks are back, but this time they need to be sustainable and mixed-use. Neal Kalita of Davis Langdon examines how developers can meet the evolving needs of planners and occupiers without breaking the bank

  • Left to right: lawyer Dominic Helps, carbon coach Dave Hampton and the CIC鈥檚 Graham Watts consider their carbon output 鈥� as represented by Dave鈥檚 giant purple balloon
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    Let's see how they got on

    2006-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Back in February, 黑洞社区 challenged three industry figures to repent their sins and adopt low carbon lifestyles. One hundred days later, Katie Puckett gathered them together to find out how they coped - and finds that things aren't going quite to plan.

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    Cost update: June 2006

    2006-06-09T00:00:00Z

    In this quarter's focus on the costs of industry materials and labour, Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon reports on the impact of record global commodity prices

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    Materials

    2006-06-09T00:00:00Z

    The latest look at materials and energy costs shows that manufacturers' input prices are still through the roof - partly because gas is 60% up on this time last year 鈥�

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    Labour

    2006-06-09T00:00:00Z

    黑洞社区 and civils operatives are about to enjoy a 14.5% rise over three years - but it's not quite the 60% they had in mind 鈥� Plus the latest labour rates for plumbers and more

  • Modules are lowered into place at Berkeley First鈥檚 17-storey tower. It will be completed in September, after just 21 months on site
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    The only way is up

    2006-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Berkeley First had a mere 21 months to house 1000 students and key workers on a tight west London site. There was just one solution: the tallest modular construction the UK has ever seen. Sonia Soltani found out how it was built

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    A quick recovery

    2006-06-09T00:00:00Z

    After March's nosedive, Experian Business Strategies reports that construction activity is now back up and running - plus why civils are enjoying the most growth but employment prospects are falling

  • Why not work in ... Edinburgh
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    Why not work in 鈥� Edinburgh

    2006-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Scotland's capital is going to be a boom town for at least 10 years, according to Robert Smith of Hays Construction & Property

  • Jeff Ashwell
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    Appointments

    2006-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Who's got a new job this week?

  • Arsenal fans should have plenty to celebrate next season
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    Gunning for glory

    2006-06-09T00:00:00Z

    At least one world-class football stadium in London is on schedule, on budget, and in time to stage its first match 鈥� 1-0 to the Arsenal