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  • News

    Acoustic plasterboard

    2007-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Acoustic insulation company Hodgson & Hodgson has launched an acoustic floorboard called Reduc Micro 21 for use on timber floors.

  • Features

    The world according to ...

    2007-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Gary Williams, senior contracts manager, Szerelmey

  • News

    Specifier 4 May 2007

    2007-05-04T00:00:00Z

    This week: Flooring

  • Features

    Starting point

    2007-04-27T00:00:00Z

    The road from blackpool pier

  • Features

    Five ways to make a splash

    2007-04-27T00:00:00Z

    From flogging posters to doing up tube stations, the career paths of the directors of Urban Splash weren’t necessarily heading in the same direction until they converged at the cutting-edge developer. Anna Goldie spoke to them

  • Features

    The view from the deep end

    2007-04-27T00:00:00Z

    The first year in a new career can be frustrating, hectic and terrible for your sleep. It can also be the most rewarding 12 months of your life. Dan Stewart caught up with four young starters who are juggling first projects, training and even a social life

  • Features

    If I didn’t work in construction ...

    2007-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Not many industries offer the chance to plan the world’s greatest sporting extravaganzas, help to rebuild regions ravaged by natural disasters or live with penguins. Here’s one that does.

  • Features

    Time for a change of scene

    2007-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Just because you‘ve been in the same job for a few years doesn’t mean you have to stay there until the credits roll. Often, you can take the skills you’ve developed and use them in an entirely different way. Sarah Richardson pitches three scenarios for each of our virtual construction ...

  • News

    Careers guide April 2007

    2007-04-27T00:00:00Z

  • Denise Chevin
    News

    Welcome

    2007-04-20T00:00:00Z

    In a year when construction hasn’t received the best headlines, the ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Awards remind us that there’s plenty to celebrate.

  • Features

    Waterless urinals

    2007-04-20T00:00:00Z

    Swiss company Urimat has launched its waterless urinal in the UK.

  • Paul Everall is the chief executive of Local Authority ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Control and the former head of the buildings division at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
    News

    Putting the rules to work

    2007-04-20T00:00:00Z

    Green legislation will be pointless if it isn’t enforced. But how best to do it? Traditional council building control or self-certification? Paul Everall And Dave Baker argue the toss …

  • News

    PFI/PPP Project of the Year

    2007-04-20T00:00:00Z

    These projects prove that the PFI can deliver almost any kind of public sector project, from barracks to schools, and the winner may have changed the way we go about designing hospitals in the future

  • News

    Personality of the Year

    2007-04-20T00:00:00Z

    This award goes to a man who almost never appears in the pages of the British press, but has been a principal factor behind the success of Sir Robert McAlpine over the past 40 years

  • PCMs could make a difference on a lightweight timber-frame building like this one
    Features

    Phase-change materials: Phase to stun

    2007-04-20T00:00:00Z

    Phase-change materials that can store and emit energy might transform the way we design and specify buildings. As the first products come to market, Jan-Carlos Kucharek finds out how they work

  • News

    Manufacturer of the Year

    2007-04-20T00:00:00Z

    A building is only as good as the stuff it’s made from, so the industry relies entirely on the firms that make it. This year’s winner has helped everybody out with the quality and innovation of its designs

  • Features

    Movers and makers

    2007-04-20T00:00:00Z

    This week

  • This design for a secondary school in Richmond, North Yorkshire has been described by ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Schools for the Future as a model of sustainability. Designed by Atkins, it consists of new buildings, and an upgrade to two existing ones
    News

    Part L, one year on

    2007-04-20T00:00:00Z

    Project teams have spent the past 12 months grappling with the new toughened-up version of part l of the building regulations. the result has been a lot of struggle, a lot of misunderstanding, and a lot of valuable experience … Martin Clowes of Elementa Consulting tells the story

  • News

    Major Housing Project of the Year

    2007-04-20T00:00:00Z

    This category proves beyond doubt that Britain’s elite housebuilders can tackle the most problematic brownfield schemes and produce innovative and intelligent solutions to them