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Lead times
Despite strong order books and activity levels, most lead times are staying put, says Rob Darrow of Mace.
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Features黑洞社区 triumph at Highbury
黑洞社区 magazine win the Willmott Dixon London 5-a-side cup at the fifth time of asking.
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Costs: Lighting systems
Good lighting design can give retailers a competitive advantage as well as being energy efficient. Peter Mayer of 黑洞社区 LifePlans looks at the whole-life costs of common lighting options
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FeaturesThe eternal brick
Dan Cruickshank recalls discovering in his travels ancient brick buildings that are testament to the material鈥檚 incredible durability
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A building in a bag
Two students at the Royal College of Art have come up with a brilliant idea for erecting durable, lightweight housing in disaster areas using a footpump and a sackful of 鈥楥oncrete Canvas鈥�
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FeaturesThe 拢30m baby
Bison鈥檚 new Derbyshire factory contains (probably) the most advanced hollowcore flooring equipment in the world. So what鈥檚 so special about it? And why is this the right time to bring it on stream?
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FeaturesSpecial brew
As work draws to a close on the third and final stage of Barratt鈥檚 three-year, 拢60m Brewery Wharf apartment development in Leeds city centre, Paul Russell examines the challenges that were overcome to create this striking monument to contemporary urban living
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FeaturesL stands for Elcon
A concrete building system that died a death in Britain in the 1970s, and then proved immensely popular in the rest of the world, is about to be given a second chance
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FeaturesUnder fire
How good is structural steel at resisting fires in high-rise buildings? The destruction of the Windsor Torre skyscraper in Madrid and the latest findings into the collapse of the World Trade Centre throw new light onto this crucial question.
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FeaturesHousebuilders looking for commitment - The Rake鈥檚 Progress
Mercedes鈥� showcase for its cars at the old Brooklands racing circuit in Surrey copies the stylish slants and angles of its cars 鈥� all of which was achieved with 拢3.5m worth of high-tech insitu casting 鈥�
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FeaturesBetter yet
The Concrete Centre has welcomed a new standard covering the performance of innovative housing. Particularly so as concrete looks set to match the criteria with ease.
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FeaturesGive us shelter
As global warming takes hold, and daytime temperatures start to rise, and air-conditioning becomes ever more controversial and expensive, more and more emphasis will be placed on what buildings are made from
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Room service
You may know how rapidly hotels can be knocked out with insitu techniques, but what you may not know is that you can do something similar with precast 鈥� and with superb quality and very little fuss
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Laing O鈥橰ourke topples Bovis from its throne
Bovis Lend Lease鈥檚 rule of annual contractor鈥檚 league is usurped by Laing O鈥橰ourke鈥檚 拢1.4bn contract wins
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FeaturesYoung ones
The Chartered Surveyors Training Trust is recruiting wannabe surveyors from as young as 16
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FeaturesDo you want to join my tribe?
Henry Pitman is the Eton-educated businessman who founded Tribal as the universal solution to the public sector鈥檚 property problems. And he wants you to help him