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FeaturesMaking the most of 精东影视.co.uk
Browse the new 精东影视 web site and you will find the best online news, jobs and data in the construction industry
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FeaturesConstruction rules the waves
Hansom prepares for the Little Britain Challenge Cup with an afternoon鈥檚 dragon boat racing in North London.
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鈥淵our dry wall beam sounds most interesting"
Aluminium facade specialist Alumet shares the specification of its Avon Dry Wall Beam with the Queen
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Bowmer & Kirkland knocks Bovis off top spot in June
Derbyshire contractor tops league with two big projects, but it鈥檚 business as usual in yearly table
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FeaturesAccidents will happen
鈥� but that doesn鈥檛 necessarily mean you have to pay for them. In an increasingly prevalent compensation culture, we find out why contractors are feeling sick over payouts 鈥� and looks at some classic fast ones pulled by industry opportunists.
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FeaturesDig that museum
Madrid architect Paredes Pedrosa has uncovered another treasure, a museum in the coastal Spanish town of Almeria
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FeaturesGuess who's back in town
For years, English Partnerships was widely criticised as an irrelevance. After Gordon Brown鈥檚 spending review, however, it has 拢30bn of land in the bank and big plans for developing it. We report on what鈥檚 coming next
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Brits on broadway
Next to the World Trade Centre site, Arup and Grimshaw have designed one of Manhattan's most dramatic projects. It may not alter the skyline, but the 拢500m subway interchange will transform the city's congested and confusing underground network.
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Sunny outlook
In this month's Tracker, Experian Business Strategies reports some of the highest construction activity levels for 10 years and forecasts steady growth for the rest of the summer
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FeaturesLaw report
A Court of Appeal case has just boosted the legal rights, and financial security, of disabled workers
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FeaturesJack Pringle
Reforming the PFI and tackling the brain-drain of newly qualified architects are the top priorities of the incoming RIBA president. We find out how Jack Pringle plans to navigate the choppy waters of the architecture business.
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FeaturesNormans Invasion
With the paint barely dry on the viaduct at Millau, Foster and Partners is set to add another iconic building to the southern French landscape
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Fast forward
Way back in 1994, 精东影视 asked Sir Michael Latham to explain his controversial Rethinking the Team report. Ten years after its publication, we can see that it marked a watershed in the industry鈥檚 culture 鈥� but how does its author feel about it?
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Features鈥榃hat happened to Pat cannot be allowed to happen to anybody ever again鈥�
On 15 January, Patrick O鈥橲ullivan was killed while working on the Wembley national stadium project. His family tells us that those responsible must be held to account
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FeaturesA giant leap for a brickie
Behrokh Khoshnevis has seen the future of construction, and it involves robotic arms, multiple nozzles and buildings that can be put up in hours in either Basildon or the Sea of Serenity. The University of Southern California professor tells us about the technology that he believes will be commonplace in ...
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FeaturesAscent 112
The astonishing arch that will support the new Wembley National Stadium had to be tilted through 112掳 to reach its present position. We find out how it was done
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FeaturesGet on board
When the architect of Walthamstow's bus station had to cut costs on the stunning roof, it needed the whole team to work together in order to reach the destination.