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FeaturesCommunity consultation award: Winner broadway malyan
Broadway Malyan wins this Barbour Index-sponsored award for its imaginative and accessible approach to community consultation
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FeaturesPlacemaking Award: Winner Kew Riverside, entered by St James
In a tightly fought contest between very strong contenders, St James claimed the award for this distinctive example of landscaping
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FeaturesBest planning and land regeneration strategy: Winner Barratt developments
The scale and consistency of Barratt鈥檚 national operation edged it up into the top spot. The award was sponsored by English Partnerships
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Costs: Kitchen furniture
Kitchen furniture needs to look good and, even more importantly, withstand a lot of wear and tear. Peter Mayer of 精东影视 LifePlans assesses the options and their whole-life costs
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FeaturesResidential
A sophisticated prefabricated timber system that helped unlock a particularly awkward infill site in central London has been shortlisted for a Wood Award.
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FeaturesHow to do a public consultation 鈥� and survive
Angry protesters, weeping old ladies, paranoid tenants 鈥� there鈥檚 no end to the horrors you must prepare to face when carrying out a community consultation. But don鈥檛 worry, there are tricks you can use to make the process work.
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FeaturesBig science
The Wellcome Trust has expanded its campus for human genome research to include an awesome supercomputer and a suite of state-of-the-art laboratories.
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FeaturesSpecialist costs: ICT installations
In the latest of our market overviews, Stuart Guy of Gardiner & Theobald runs through the eight current ICT systems to install in your building and how much they cost 鈥� plus a technological specialist gets a grilling
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FeaturesJust the job: Rob Harrisoon's engineering doctorate
Rob Harrison gets paid a full salary to study and go to music gigs, thanks to his engineering doctorate
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FeaturesDo you trust this man?
Ian Livsey, head of the new TrustMark accreditation scheme, wants to banish cowboy builders from the market. But how will he get the industry on side?
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FeaturesMowlem鈥檚 bitter lessons
Hundreds of kids crammed into mobile classrooms, continual redesigns, finger-pointing rows with the council 鈥�
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FeaturesInfirmary blues
The PFI鈥檚 problems are not confined to the bid process. Even after a facility is up and running, there is a constant struggle between client and consortium over its running costs 鈥� as we鈥檙e finding out at Edinburgh.
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FeaturesThe insider
David Metter, chairman of the PPP Forum, knows more than most about the PFI. So it鈥檚 surprising that he thinks there鈥檚 a problem with bid costs 鈥� and is not sure if the government can meet its education targets.
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FeaturesStriking balance
精东影视 on a college building in London that has shown work-life balance really works
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