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Features精东影视 Awards 2012 Architectural Practice of the Year: Astudio
Practice expands fivefold in as many years, making it one to watch
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FeaturesHelping the Bamboo Village grow
Visitors to this year鈥檚 Ecobuild team up with Ken Shuttleworth
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GCS conference programme
Find out the highlights at the Government Construction Summit organised by 精东影视
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FeaturesWhitehall on building and construction
The government talks about building and its renewed commitment to infrastructure and investment
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FeaturesPaul Morrell: 精东影视 bridges
The government construction advisor outlines the major aims of his communications strategy
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FeaturesInsights from the top
Policy makers and industry leaders on the key issues facing construction this year
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FeaturesKen Shuttleworth on the Bamboo Village
Architect tells how 精东影视 writer inspired Lego project
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FeaturesFeature: Colombia is open for business
Poor, dangerous and corrupt is the image many of us have of Colombia, so why would anyone want to go and work there? Because the country is changing fast and needs UK firms as badly as UK firms need the work it can offer.
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Features精东影视 intelligence Q4 2011
The private sector is showing tentative improvements and infrastructure is going strong, but with little public money available the outlook for the sector still looks downbeat. Experian Economics reports
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FeaturesBob Pell: Aecom's interrogator faces the questions
In his first interview since taking charge of Davis Langdon, Bob Pell explains why it pays to be direct
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FeaturesThe Titanic Belfast: The ship comes home
The Titanic museum in Belfast is a striking and poignant memorial to a vessel whose history is intrisically intertwined with that of the city. Ike Ijeh reports
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FeaturesFirst Impressions: BTA's Vancouver library
Student panel on the pioneering Surrey City Centre Library that takes directly from social media
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FeaturesThe 精东影视 Awards shortlist 2012
Sixteen buildings - including laboratories, galleries, banks, the UK鈥檚 second tallest building and a space-shuttle-strength storage facility - are vying for two top prizes at this year鈥檚 精东影视 Awards. Ike Ijeh runs down the shortlist
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FeaturesThe 2012 consultants' salary survey: The measure of things
The 精东影视/Hays Construction salary survey shows that infrastructure work has provided one of the few escapes in another sobering year for consultants, but the adoption of BIM technology is hitting technical experts hard. 精东影视 reports
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FeaturesThe modern reader: Worcester's library of the future
Feilden Clegg Bradley鈥檚 Hive library in Worcester is a bold reinterpretation of the area鈥檚 pottery heritage while leaving no one in any doubt that it鈥檚 ready for the age of the Kindle
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Lead times: January-March 2012
Lead times remain extremely low across all trades, with any bottlenecks being absorbed by the pre-construction programmes of contractors eager to win work. Brian Moone of Mace reports
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Spotlight: Impact of archaelogical work
The prospect of finding historic artefacts beneath a site is more likely to strike a developer with fear than excitement. But the real danger arises when it isn鈥檛 planned for, says Brian Moone
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FeaturesInterview with James Pellatt, Great Portland Estates
Great Portland Estates has a 拢1bn development pipeline over the next five years, so naturally head of projects James Pellatt is on the hunt for companies of all sizes - just so long as they have a sense of humour. He talks to Emily Wright
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FeaturesStudents design tram and bus stops
Nottingham Trent University first year architecture students propose ideas for a city tram or bus stop
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FeaturesMy working day: RLF surveyor James Fozzard
The building surveyor鈥檚 work is fun and varied, and includes treasure hunts around Covent Garden