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FeaturesSpecialist costs: Concrete frames
In the first of our specialist market overviews, Ian Purton of Gardiner & Theobald looks at the concrete sector鈥檚 lead times and costs
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FeaturesSpecialist Q&A
John Doyle Construction, part of the John Doyle Group, specialises in the construction of substructure, superstructure and infrastructure projects. Stef Stefanou is the firm鈥檚 urbane chairman.
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FeaturesThe burning of the bodies
Construction鈥檚 institutions may have been dealt a deadly blow last week, when they were attacked as isolationist and threatened with merger plans. We report on how reforms could spell the end of professional bodies as we know them
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FeaturesWhat a result!
Last week, Wembley stadium opened its doors to the public to win over those who would be the Arch鈥檚 stiffest opposition 鈥� local residents and fans of the old twin towers. We went along to watch the project engineers rack up some PR points
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Not an ivory tower 鈥�
鈥� so much as a giant titanium egg, which Napier University has cooked up to attract students away from Edinburgh鈥檚 other universities 鈥� with a little help from 精东影视 Design Partnership.
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FeaturesRichard McCarthy
The sheer get-up-and-go of the head of the ODPM鈥檚 sustainable communities group is proving increasingly valuable 鈥� particularly in easing the 鈥榗reative tension鈥� between government and housebuilders. We got him to sit still for a minute.
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FeaturesLafarge鈥檚 African mercy run
Charity ship bound for Africa will carry 48-tonnes of cement donated by Lafarge and builders merchant Ridgeons.
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FeaturesKew for a song
Ted Cullinan celebrated a hat trick of gardening jobs by visiting Kew and writing a ditty in honour of partner Robin Nicholson.
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Specifier Products
The latest ideas for adding the final flourish to a building, from sun-shading aluminium louvres to spectacular coloured glass interlayers. Plus, the connectors, cramps and beams that hold it all together
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FeaturesSeven steps to curtain walling heaven
Malcolm Dobson, technical director of Technal, gives his tips on what to look out for on site to ensure the perfect curtain walling installation
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FeaturesCement: Mixmasters
Those fighting construction鈥檚 never ending war against cock-ups on site have just been handed a powerful new weapon: cements that have been precisely blended to do the job that they鈥檙e supposed to
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FeaturesConcrete: Freeflow
The architect for this museum in Lincoln wanted a concrete that would be quick and easy to pour, yet have a finish sensitive enough to record the texture of a leaf. Here鈥檚 how he found it
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FeaturesGyvlon: Crackdown
Any firms interested in finding a flooring material that is faster and greener than traditional screeds, doesn鈥檛 need reinforcement and won鈥檛 shrink may be interested in Gyvlon 鈥�
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FeaturesBernard Kasriel: Realpolitic
Bernard Kasriel, chief executive of Lafarge, talks about environment-friendly technology, negotiating with suspicious governments and the delicate business of digging enormous great holes
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FeaturesPlasterboard: Hush hush
Changes in planning policy have elevated plasterboard from a way to subdivide a room into a vital tool of government policy. But only if it passes stringent acoustic tests. So how is the next generation is meeting the challenge?
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FeaturesRoofs: Powersharing
The roofing industry is being crowbarred away from its traditions by a mixture of government regulation and market imperatives. Luckily, this process is being helped by an evolutionary leap in materials technology 鈥�
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FeaturesWalker鈥檚 big score
The thing is, there must be 50 ways to screw up a 拢1bn project, and if you can think of 25 of them, you鈥檙e a genius. We talk to a man who鈥檚 trying to do even better than that 鈥�
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Local lowdown: Central Scotland
Robert Smith of Hays Montrose says that, in central Scotland, PFIs are leading the way