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FeaturesThe state of the garden
If Kent鈥檚 the garden of England, then Alan Titchmarsh would have something to say about the way it鈥檚 been kept. Much of the north coast, for example, is a post-industrial mess 鈥� but that is about to change.
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FeaturesA tale of two cities
The one on this page shows the City of Dreadful Night, captured by Dickens and still going strong today; the other exists only in computers, but if all goes to plan, it鈥檒l be with us tomorrow.
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FeaturesA confident man
Roger Madelin has waited 20 years to tackle the father, mother and great aunt of all regeneration projects: London King鈥檚 Cross. So how come he鈥檚 looking so calm, so relaxed?
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FeaturesGet the job
Craig Paterson explains how a good telephone manner can put you ahead of the competition
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FeaturesLovely idea...
鈥� shame about the council鈥檚 cost-cutting hit men. Gus Alexander takes a stroll around Whitechapel鈥檚 Idea Store, the David Adjaye-designed library-cum-IT-superstore, and laments what might have been
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Projects update: health and safety
The seconds following a site accident can make all the difference between life and death, which is why the Red Cross has set up a programme of construction-specific first aid training days
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FeaturesVintage Rogers
Richard Rogers Partnership is the latest of the big-name architects to design a winery 鈥� this one for a vineyard in the northern Spanish village of Pe帽afiel.;
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FeaturesOut of control
In the week that the RICS lent its support to 精东影视鈥檚 Reform the Regs campaign, Sarah Richardson spent a day with Leeds building control to witness the problems at ground level
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FeaturesThe inheritors
The standard business model of the standard volume housebuilder is well tried, well tested and increasingly obsolete. Now the market is being invaded by dynamic, agile firms that have adapted to an environment in which affordability, sustainability and brownfield expertise are what count.
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Lead times
This quarter Mace finds many lead times unchanged, but on the brink of increases next year as strong order books put the pressure on 鈥�
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Miliband talks up importance of 鈥榲ision thing鈥� at Gateway
The government intends to have a strategic framework for the Thames Gateway in place by next summer, said communities minister David Miliband.
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FeaturesThe Xinhui factor
Could shipping modules from China be a cheap solution for prefab housing? Joint venture Verbus thinks so, and has invested 拢1m devising a system to win over developers at next week鈥檚 launch. Katie Puckett follows a prototype on its journey from Xinhui to Salisbury
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FeaturesThe fall of Paris
For the first time, 精东影视 tells the extraordinary story of how Paris Moayedi, the man who dazzled the construction world for the best part of a decade, lost control of his own company.We reveal the boardroom splits, the desperate financial manoeuvres, the public relations disasters and the boardroom coups that ...
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FeaturesJust the job: Saira Is-Haq at the NHBC
Trainee building surveyor Saira Is-Haq talks about being the only Asian - and woman - on her course
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FeaturesTurin triumphs
The next Winter Olympics don鈥檛 take place until February, but have Italy鈥檚 design teams already won gold? In the second of our features on making the most of the Games, we look at how Turin鈥檚 facilities are promising to be a success.
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FeaturesThe old romantic
He may no longer be the carefree youth who proposed to his wife a week after they met, but Keith Miller鈥檚 more considered approach to business looks set to see the Miller Group pass the 拢1bn-turnover mark.