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FeaturesCrisp and complex
A cuboid visitors centre in an Austrian vineyard bottles 900 years of tradition for slurping, sloshing wine bibbers.
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FeaturesSpecialist contractor Awards 2003
The first-ever gathering of specialists took place in London last week to recognise the construction industry's crack firms. Here's some of the highlights
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Features'There were times when I was really scared 鈥�'
You'd think the construction industry would be desperate to find bright young students. In fact, it seems to go out of its way to put them off. We went back to college for some hard lessons.
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FeaturesQuiet at the back please
Foster and Partners' Bexley Business Academy encourages integration through its transparent, open-plan, triple-height design. But how do you stop the noise disturbing other classes 鈥� and comply with acoustic rules? We listened in on a lesson
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Lifetime costs: educational buildings
School-building is booming, thanks to the PFI 鈥� and firms now have to build with best value rather than lowest price in mind. Peter Mayer of 黑洞社区 Performance demonstrates how to cost a school's whole life
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Appointments
Contractor Ashford Construction has promoted David Wilson to estimating director, responsible for procurement in the Midlands construction business. Wilson previously worked at Laing and Miller Construction.Amec has appointed four senior managers to its nationwide building and facilities services business. Alex Sweeney joins as operations manager in facilities services; Alan Littlewood ...
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FeaturesHired guns
A successful career in construction doesn't have to be restricted to years of loyal service in one company. In fact, as we find out, more people are now jumping from firm to firm as freelancers 鈥� opting for better rates of pay, more free time and greater flexibility
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FeaturesWinner takes all
Giving up your job to become a freelancer will always involve some risk, especially if you are under 30. But as Amanda Hales, a 29-year-old QS, testifies the gamble can definitely pay off
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FeaturesA lone rider's rights
If you are considering becoming self-employed you must be aware of contractual, tax and legal implications
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FeaturesCecil Balmond
He doesn't recognise fixed systems of order, closed symmetries or assumptions of hierarchy, and sees structure as connective patterns. Man's clearly a bounder. We try to talk some sense into him.
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FeaturesThe Hawksmoor mystery
Julian Anderson has spent the past two years chronicling the restoration of Christ Church in Spitalfields, east London. Over the next eight pages, we show a selection of his photographs of the work in progress. What they do not reveal is the story behind the restoration.
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Tender price forecast: North-west leads the way
London is still suffering from the office sector slump, according to Davis Langdon & Everest, which is dampening inflation and keeping tender price increases to a minimum. But UK output as a whole has continued its steady increase 鈥� especially in the booming North-west
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FeaturesSheltered by Mother Earth
The tale of the three little pigs could take on a new meaning for children at an Old Kent Road nursery, which is built not of straw or sticks, but rammed earth. We went on site to find out how it was done
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