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    Volume housebuilding award

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    David McLean Homes

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    Best commercial building

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    Manser Antiques, Shrewsbury

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    Best refurbishment project

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    New Schools, Eton College, Slough

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    Best landscape project

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    The Living Room, Dunbar Drive, Bolton

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    Sustainability award

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    Denville Hall Phase Two, Northwood, Middlesex

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    Best structural use of brick

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    Thornden Hall, Eastleigh, Hampshire

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    Prefabrication award

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    The Grove, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire.

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    Specialist brickwork contractor of the year

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    Marlborough Brickwork

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    Best craftsmanship award

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    20-32 Baker Street, London W1

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    Best export award

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    St Catherine's Foyer and Community Sports Centre

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    Special award for decorative brickwork

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    Greenwich Millennium Village, London

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    Appointments

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    Housebuilders Redrow Commercial has promoted Peter Howarth to construction manager. He was previously a senior project manager, and has been at Redrow for seven years. Howarth will be based in Manchester.Charles Church has hired Mitch Woods as the site manager for Admirals Keep, a 33-home development in Hampshire. Woods previously ...

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    Ian Grice

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    Being the new chief executive of a major contractor such as Alfred McAlpine is a very, very serious business 鈥� as Mark Leftly discovered to his cost. But hang on a second 鈥� is that a flicker of a smile for photographer Julian Dodd?

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    The city blurred by speed

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    You know those incredible statistics on Dubai's building boom? Well, the next wave of development is going to be even bigger. We went to find out how expats keep up with the pace

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    Factfile

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    Planning approvalsAs the system gradually slowed down towards summer, planning approvals in June were down on May's figures (see Homes, June issue) and most regions saw the numbers reduced further in July.August approvals continued to dwindle, particularly for housing associations. But September saw a strong boost in numbers, with the ...

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    Make it work

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    In the final part of our work鈥搇ife balance series, Andrew Garbutt of Berkshire Consultancy explains how to ensure your flexible arrangements can be maintained

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    Six simple steps to building an intercontinental transport hub in the centre of a capital city

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    We tell the story of how the Channel Tunnel Rail Link is arriving at St Pancras

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    Take your partners

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    As clients, councils tend to be one-night-stand types with a leering interest in the size of your tenders, or celibates who do everything themselves. But now the government is pairing them up with sexy private firms and shoving them under the mirrorball. We think this could be the start of ...

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    Goodnight, Vienna

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    Widescreen reality from the comfort of your own bed.

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    Get it right: masonry walls

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    Problems with external masonry walls come high on the list of recorded defects, according to home insurance claims and industry statistics. When designing and constructing walls, it is vital that not only is the structural stability considered but also thermal performance, moisture resistance and, where applicable, fire separation and acoustic ...