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FeaturesHanif Kara: They said 鈥榮tay weird鈥�, so he did
Hanif Kara has a reputation for inventiveness and eccentricity, but he has soberly steered his engineering firm through a merger with White Young Green and a recession. He tells Emily Wright about the need to make difficult decisions.
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FeaturesMadrid health centre: If Gucci did factories
鈥� they might look a little like this Madrid clinic, by local practice Estudio Entresitio
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FeaturesCountry focus: Germany
Overall the outlook for Germany is reasonably bright, but construction will feel the pain as the effect of the economic stimulus measures wears off
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FeaturesHays 2010 salary guide: Do we have to fight about it?
There鈥檚 no way to sugarcoat this: contractors鈥� pay is down and benefits are under threat, too. Roxane McMeeken looks at the figures in the Hays 2010 salary survey and asks how employers and employees can stick together through the hard times
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FeaturesFive best countries for water infrastructure work
Over the next 10 years, mankind will spend 拢500bn on water works. Chloe Stothart picks the five best countries to look for your share of it
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FeaturesDavid Penfold on Sainsbury鈥檚 waste strategy
David Penfold is a driven man: he has to cut Sainsbury鈥檚 waste to as close to zero as possible. And given the amount of activity that the store engages in, he needs good ideas and even better suppliers.
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FeaturesChalbury McCouat vs PG Foils: failure to choose location for arbitration
These parties agreed the dispute resolution mechanism but failed to say in which country the arbitral tribunal should be held
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FeaturesFirst Impressions: Coca-Cola's Madrid HQ
Nottingham Trent students comment on the Puerta+Asensio Architects designed building in Spain
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FeaturesBack for seconds: David Nurser
David Nurser has a voracious appetite for risk-taking. First he set up the surveying firm CNP in a recession. And now he鈥檚 a year into his second venture, Paragon (more great timing)
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FeaturesCrouching tiger: Buying a business in China
Tempted to get a foothold in China by buying a business there? It鈥檚 a strategy that can pay dividends, but is strewn with hidden dangers
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FeaturesThe future looks rosy: Sheffield's Park Hill estate
Urban Splash鈥檚 refurb of a listed sixties council estate is turning one of the republic of South Yorkshire鈥檚 biggest problems into an aspirational address
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FeaturesDomestic heat pumps: So you think this will do the job, then?
Given that the government seems bent on promoting heat pump technology to help it meet its carbon reduction targets, it鈥檚 odd that evidence for its effectiveness has been so thin on the ground. Now at last a study reveals the truth鈥�
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FeaturesSenseless acts of beauty
Foreign Office鈥檚 art college in north Greenwich is a beguiling mix of randomness, order and commercial astuteness
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FeaturesThe collapse of Connaught
The Sidmouth concrete specialist that morphed into a 拢600m social housing contractor was one of the greatest success stories of the past 30 years, and one of the landmarks of the industry. Andrew Hankinson reports on why it fell - and if the banks should have saved it
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FeaturesSpecialist costs: Off-site manufacture
Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon takes a look at how that sector can add greater value
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The tracker: Coming in to land
The decline in industry activity is expected to ease in August and September and level out in October, according to latest figures from Experian Marketing Information Services
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FeaturesPracticalities of free schools: Schools for scavengers
According to the secretary of state for education, pretty much any old building can be turned into a classroom. But is that actually true? Thomas Lane did some research
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FeaturesCost of school refurbishment: case study
They might not have the glamour of new-build, but refurbishments, such as this one at Castle Hill school in Kent, have their wow factor too - nowhere more so than on price. Ike Ijeh sums it up
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FeaturesConstruction in Africa: On the rise
African construction has long stood in the shadow of its Middle Eastern neighbours. But booms in tourism and population mean UK building expertise will get a warm welcome. Emily Wright goes exploring
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FeaturesWhat does it cost to do up a school?
It鈥檚 become clear that most schools are going to have to carry on in the buildings they鈥檝e got. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon looks at what it will cost to make them function better