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FeaturesMusic, maestro
Santiago Calatrava鈥檚 拢82m opera house in Valencia is a symphony in concrete and glass: the largest auditorium in Europe and the centrepiece of an arts and sciences complex designed by the local virtuoso
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FeaturesYou know what your trouble is?
Now that we鈥檙e in the penitential month of January, it鈥檚 time to take a long, cold, sober look at what鈥檚 wrong with everybody else. So here鈥檚 how the professions think their industry colleagues could improve 鈥�
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FeaturesWorld service
The attractions of foreign labour extend beyond the waking giant of India. More and more UK companies are finding more and more ways of using the global labour force to boost performance. Thomas Lane reports on who鈥檚 doing what, and how much money they鈥檙e saving
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Projects update: Regulations
Not only is the controversial Code for Sustainable Homes a watered-down version of BRE鈥檚 EcoHomes scheme, but it will have to be revised in about three years 鈥�
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Costs: Anti-bacterial surfaces
The NHS pays 拢1bn a year to treat hospital-acquired infections. This may be cut by specifying anti-bacterial surfaces. Peter Mayer of 精东影视 LifePlans considers some options 鈥�
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FeaturesHealthcare
This week鈥檚 Specifier checks up on the world of health, including the best and most cost-effective methods of tackling superbugs, plus products fit for a 21st-century hospital. But first, the story behind Europe鈥檚 first ever modular radiotherapy centre for cancer patients, which opens this month in London
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FeaturesThe 拢6 House
If you think John Prescott鈥檚 拢60,000 house was a tall order, how would you cope with a budget of 拢6? Not too badly, if the efforts of the three teams who attended 精东影视鈥檚 housebuilding competition in London are anything to go by.
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Coping with a cold snap
Can output growth continue as weather conditions worsen and demand takes a hit from rising tender prices? Experian Business Strategies runs down the key points of its contractors鈥� survey
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Focus on the regions
More ups and downs across the UK, as activity rockets in the East Midlands but plummets in Northern Ireland and East Anglia, and don鈥檛 even look at the West Midlands鈥� order books 鈥�
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FeaturesGoodbye, 2005
The year is gone, but not forgotten 鈥� or is it? Try our prize quiz to see what you remember 鈥�
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FeaturesWhatever happened to 鈥�2005
A year can be a long time in construction. From the devastation of the South-east Asian tsumani to the jubilation of the Olympic win, by way of the mindbending confusion of the 精东影视 Regulations, Mark Leftly charts the history of the good, bad and the straightforwardly weird
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FeaturesWaiting for Balfour
Ten days ago it all looked so simple: Carillion had pulled off a spectacular deal by agreeing the friendly takeover of Mowlem, its similarly sized rival. Then the UK鈥檚 biggest contractor intervened 鈥�
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FeaturesIn the shadow of the heron
Stephen Stone had just taken up the top job at Crest Nicholson when rumours began to circulate that Gerald Ronson鈥檚 Heron International was hatching a second takeover bid.
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FeaturesAfter the wobble
Ahhh, Christmas 鈥� Time for old chums to get together, share memories, slap backs, redistribute blame and generally relive their glory days. For this lot, those days were spent designing, building, redesigning and amending the Millennium Bridge. So here鈥檚 your chance to eavesdrop on Arup, Foster and Partners, Sir Robert ...
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FeaturesOpen government
It feels like a million miles from the labyrinthine Holyrood. Lord Rogers鈥� Welsh assembly is all about transparency: in fact, it鈥檚 mostly a canopy open to Cardiff Bay
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FeaturesBreaking amec
In the late 1980s, Amec pioneered the concept of the one-stop shop for construction services. Now, with its French services business up for grabs and the rest of the company set to be split in two and possibly sold, the sharks have started circling 鈥�