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FeaturesAirports: Flights of fancy
Airports have become air-conditioned nightmares beset by security checks and endless queues. But some designers, intent on reviving the Golden Age of Aviation, have let their imaginations fly. 精东影视 looks at five of the newest terminals
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FeaturesEarls Court: That's show business
Plans to redevelop 77 acres of prime real estate in Earls Court - entailing the demolition of London鈥檚 landmark exhibition centre - have become mired in political wrangling. But is there really any doubt as to how it will end?
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Housing
This week鈥檚 housing products include the installation of Redland 49 roof tiles to prevent the vortex effect for homes under the Heathrow flight path and a 150 window replacement job for Kirklees council
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FeaturesCost model: The agile workspace
Office work has changed beyond recognition since Dolly Parton鈥檚 Nine to Five. But only now are offices being designed with as much flexibility as the workforce that uses them, write Ciaran Timpson, Nicola Gillen and David Thornley of Aecom
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FeaturesAgenda 15: Your views
The spotlight turns to sustainability policy and ways to promote longer-term infrastructure planning
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FeaturesAgenda 15: What you said
精东影视 has been asking the construction industry what policies the next UK government needs to adopt - here we review your responses
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FeaturesThe sum of their parts: Mergers and acquisitions
There鈥檚 no guarantee that mergers will work out for the companies involved - we look at four of construction鈥檚 biggest deals
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FeaturesZaha Hadid: Softbridge Project, Oxford
The groves of academe have been buzzing with debate about Zaha Hadid鈥檚 Softbridge project, now on site at St Anthony鈥檚 college, Oxford. But for Bam鈥檚 engineering team constructing its cylindrical form in a desperately constrained site was an education in itself
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FeaturesTracker: June 2014
Positive signs as the construction activity index remains unchanged at 57, while, at the sector level, both non-residential and civil engineering experience boosts. Experian Economics reports
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FeaturesTop 150 contractors and housebuilders 2014
精东影视鈥檚 annual list of the UK鈥檚 biggest performers in the construction sector shows that housebuilders have enjoyed the past 12 months most. But many predict the tides are ready to turn for contractors, as Joey Gardiner reports
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FeaturesA sunny outlook
Despite a slight blip in contract activity in June, construction looks stonger compared with last summer. Michael Dall presents highlights of Barbour ABI鈥檚 latest monthly Economic Construction Market Review, with a special focus on the residential sector which is largely responsible for driving growth
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FeaturesFrom the archive in ... 2013
As One Brighton marks its fifth birthday, we take a look back to 2013 when it was profiled as a cost-effective model for sustainable living
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FeaturesMaking waves: Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Moving-floor technology may seem the stuff of fictional super-villain lairs, but the leading hydrodynamics laboratory at Plymouth University has employed the technology to support one of the largest energy wave test sites in the world
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FeaturesLead times: April-June 2014
While only a handful of trades showed lengthening lead times, the majority of the sector is anticipating increasing demand within the next six months. Brian Moone of Mace Business School reports
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Flooring
This week鈥檚 flooring products cover everything from a range of decorative designs with safe features to thermally-efficient foundations for a student Passivhaus project
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FeaturesHousing Design Awards 2014: Addresses to impress
From radical warehouse conversions to art deco elderly care, this year鈥檚 Housing Design Awards show an industry emerging from the recession with a spring in its step and unafraid to experiment
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FeaturesInterview: Peter Amato
As the man in charge of overseeing Chinese developer Dalian Wanda鈥檚 拢3bn UK development plans, Peter Amato is already becoming the man contractors and consultants most want to know. But you鈥檒l have to learn to keep up 鈥�
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Overall improvement
Q2 2014 saw tender prices and overall activity pick up the pace, largely due to the housing sector. While the demand for skilled trades has led to increases in day rates and wages
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FeaturesRogers Stirk Harbour's British Museum
RSHP鈥檚 World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre at the British Museum strives both to harmonise with its neoclassical context and set itself in contrast to it. But does it succeed?
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FeaturesOne Brighton: Five years on
One Brighton, the UK鈥檚 largest private car-free development, was built as a model for sustainable living. Now, five years on, Ike Ijeh visits to ask whether it has lived up to its green promises