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FeaturesBolkestein鈥檚 monster
Just when you thought it was safe to use Continental contractors 鈥� A hideous European directive has begun a bloodthirsty rampage that could have a devastating effect on the UK construction industry.
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FeaturesIdeal for swimming pools
Paints should do exactly what they say on the tin. But in the celebrated case of Bath Spa, they didn't - and the result was a public disaster for everyone involved. We report on what went wrong
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FeaturesNever mind the gherkin here鈥檚 the Geyser
Jean Nouvel鈥檚 Torre Agbar in Barcelona may be smaller than Foster and Partners鈥� Swiss Re, but it鈥檚 more vibrant, colourful 鈥� and basic. Martin Spring compares the two
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FeaturesWhole-life costs: Primary schools
The first of our quarterly articles on whole-life costs focuses on primary schools. David Weight of Currie & Brown outlines typical expenditure on a basic single-storey building, then analyses the additional capital, energy and repair and maintenance costs of a further two building types
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FeaturesLock, Stock, and two cordless powertools鈥�
Vinnie鈥檚 got at 18-volt combi drill driver, and he ain鈥檛 afraid to use it.
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Costs: School toilets
Jamie Oliver is sorting out the nation鈥檚 school kitchens, but what about the toilets? Peter Mayer of 精东影视 Performance Group sums up the issues on choice of material and long-term durability
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FeaturesEducation
Essential information this week for all those specifying a school, college or university, including up-to-the-minute accessories and fittings, tips on whole-life costing, and how much those head-flushing, girls-weeping toilet cubicles are going to cost you. But first we have the coolest college atrium on the planet 鈥�
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Cost update: March 2005
In this quarter鈥檚 analysis of construction materials and labour prices, Davis Langdon reports on the double whammy of electrical costs and electricians鈥� pay deal that is making it pricey to get the sparks flying 鈥�
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FeaturesCompanies close up
Nick Jones visits the factory of ductwork contractor Hotchkiss to find out why a traditional approach to training has led to an impressive awards cabinet
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FeaturesWhatever happened to those fearless construction managers? 鈥�
The case of Great Eastern Hotel vs Laing is the first time that a court has turned a construction manager upside down and given him a good shake. On this occasion, 拢10m fell out of Laing鈥檚 pockets. So, has the game fundamentally changed, or was this case the exception the ...
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CM in the dock
Does this ruling concern the competence of one particular construction manager or does it have wider significance for the whole profession?
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The bitter truth
It鈥檚 difficult for an expert witness to tell the party paying them that their case leaks like a sieve, but it is in everybody鈥檚 best interests that they do just that
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FeaturesDiarmuid Gavin
Don鈥檛 be fooled by the affable exterior 鈥� television鈥檚 most popular gardener is plotting a revolution in our own back yards. Here he lets us in on the secret and tries to recruit you as well.
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FeaturesGoing great guns
What with all the fuss over Wembley, you could be forgiven for forgetting that a certain other north London stadium is under construction. We went to the new Highbury to check the state of play
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FeaturesThe Arnolfini wedding
Bristol鈥檚 famous marriage of art gallery, 1970s office and Victorian warehouse has been comprehensively redesigned by Snell Associates 鈥� We found out how it was done
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FeaturesCanterbury tale
Architect Rivington Street Studio has turned a run-of-the-mill repair and maintenance job into an elegant refurbishment for a faded campus of the Kent Institute of Art & Design.
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Architects face York plaque attack
A York councillor is proposing shaming bad buildings with a plaque of shame.