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FeaturesBeat bullies
Workplace bullying is ruining a growing number of people's lives. We look at how it can be stopped
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FeaturesSkilled solution
ConstructionSkills is launching a drive to tackle the skills crisis. The initiative 鈥� Action for Skills 鈥� aims to kick-start a debate among employers on training. In the first of five monthly articles, 黑洞社区, in association with ConstructionSkills, looks at what's gone wrong and how it can be fixed.
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FeaturesSomething about pete
How does a 34-year-old accountant with no real previous get the top of one of the country's largest housebuilders? Well, as we found out, a brain the size of a planet helps 鈥�
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Lead times
Lead times are staying level in most sectors, but there is still a lot of worry over steel demand, according to Mace's Rob Darrow. Over the page, Gavin Murgatroyd of Gardiner & Theobald shines the spotlight on roofing
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In our defence
As head of media relations for the Scottish parliament, Annette McCann (Letters, 11 June, page 33) should be concentrating on explaining the near 950% increase in cost to the taxpayer, rather than criticising your article for stating the cost inaccurately by a mere 5%.
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FeaturesSprint finish
Well, what were they worried about? Fifty days to go and it's all over bar smoothing the sand in the long jump pit. But how did the Greeks, and Santiago Calatrava, turn a near disaster into a national triumph? We went to Athens to find out
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FeaturesStuck in the eighties?
Remember the decade that taste forgot? Dennis Lenard reckons that the construction industry never left it. We ask some key figures if the industry really is frozen in time
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FeaturesTravellin' man
Charlie Hughes of Smart Futures discusses air miles, broken backs, Saddam Hussein and sustainability with us.
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FeaturesUntapped talent
Don't just pay lip-service to diversity 鈥� women can offer real business benefits
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FeaturesShanghai zoom
Coming up on the inside it鈥檚 Shanghai, sliding into the Formula 1 fast lane with a 拢140m circuit, grandstands for 200,000 and oh, my word, what a spectacular finish from Tilke of Germany 鈥�
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FeaturesBeauty is but skin deep
鈥� especially on these iconic buildings, made infamous by latent defects. The question is, why do problem projects keep getting built 鈥� and how can the industry learn from its mistakes?
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The gain in panes
After seven years in development, the European Window Energy Rating System is ready to roll, and it's intended to be a better test of performance than U-values. We report on a scheme that's coming soon to a glazed area near you
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April's no fool
The April survey from Experian's Business Strategies division reports an increase in the industry's activity levels, with employment prospects and tender prices set to follow in the same direction
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FeaturesGeometry and form
Captivating new buildings from the four corners of the globe, all of which dare to be bold with brick
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FeaturesIt's just, like, so L.A
A brick housing and commercial scheme in Fulham, west London, is evoking California with its multicoloured, polka-dotted facade and crazy shapes. We explain how architect CZWG is showing us the way to go west
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FeaturesNo place like home
How Brady Mallalieu's award-winning St Catherine's Foyer has used warm brick to create a homely and welcoming place that helps give Dublin's homeless youngsters a better start in life.
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FeaturesUnderstanding brick mortars
In the first of a two-part series, Michael Hammett breaks down brickwork mortar, with top tips for the perfect mix depending on what you're building 鈥� and where
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FeaturesBrickwork innovation, Latino-style
The late Uruguayan-born structural engineer Eladio Dieste (1917-2000) achieved world fame with his advances in contemporary structural brickwork, particularly as a medium to compete with concrete.