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Local lowdown
In the latest of his series on regional job markets, Robert Smith of recruitment consultant Hays Montrose looks at the South Coast, where QSs are in BIG demand
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Going steady
This month, although the outlook for the industry remains positive, the rate of growth looks set to fall from the dizzy heights of 2002
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FeaturesCalifornia SW6
The latest addition to the grey streets of west London is CZWG's crazily (and controversially) coloured Fulham Island. Even on a snowy winter morning, this mixed-use development-cum-fairground attraction conjures up sunshine and California beaches.
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FeaturesRafael Vi帽oly
The Uruguayan's idea of resurrecting New York's twin towers as refined replicas of their former selves was an attempt to imagine how the city would look in 25 years.We asked him where the inspiration came from
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FeaturesPhysically challenged
Regulatory changes aimed at giving disabled people full access to public buildings are creating big business for contractors. But with few guidelines to help, how do firms know what to do? Cue the rise of the latest construction professional 鈥� the access consultant.
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FeaturesMike Jeffries
How did a man with the reputation of being one the industry's shrewdest (and largest) operators let Atkins get into such a mess? And how will he clear it up?
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FeaturesPrescott's paradox
In his sustainable communities plan, the deputy PM showered south-east England with public money and gave permission for 200,000 more houses 鈥� and left many in the housing industry complaining bitterly of Stalinist tactics. How did he manage that?
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Lifetime costs: sanitaryware
The choice of sanitaryware in hospitals and healthcare schemes is a crucial one 鈥� but how to decide what to go for? Peter Mayer of 精东影视 Performance Group examines the whole-life costs of components
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FeaturesChurchill Hospital hospice: A design for life
Creating an environment in which terminally ill patients can enjoy the rest of their lives requires the utmost sensitivity and imagination in the architect鈥檚 choice of materials. We look at how Nightingale Associates went about the task at an Oxford hospice
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FeaturesGym鈥檒l fix it
Faced with 3 m of snow each year, the patients of Japan鈥檚 Odate hospital had nowhere to exercise in winter. But then along came Shigeru Ban with a characteristically unconventional solution 鈥� a subterranean gymnasium under a dome of pure plywood.
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Joined-up thinking
Student Javier Parsons tells us how he is giving Cyril Sweett a helping hand
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Stress busters
We speak to stress councillor Patricia Justice about feeling under pressure at work, and what you can do about it 鈥�
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FeaturesDream palaces
Visionary architect Marks Barfield has created the Skyhouse, which is designed to solve the housing shortage while saving the environment. But will it ever get off the ground?
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FeaturesGoodbye to grey
Rebranding is all very well, but for a sexy image to be convincing there's nothing like relocating to a funky new office building. We discovered a company that gave dullness the sack and employed neon colours, supergraphics and thousands of red tubes 鈥�
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Tender price forecast: Haze across the horizon
With a war looming, shares prices plummeting and the office market in London freezing, it’s all but impossible to know what will happen next. But building tender prices and workload are still likely to continue their steady rise
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Industry must link up with schools, says education secretary Clarke
Charles Clarke calls for links to be forged between firms and secondary schools to solve skills crisis.