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精东影视Major Contractor of the Year
This is one of the most eagerly awaited categories in the 精东影视 Awards, and this year it goes to a contractor that, in a difficult year, has flown the flag for the whole of British construction
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精东影视Specialist Contractor of the Year
With growing emphasis on the regeneration of brownfield sites, construction is generally preceded by the destruction of the previous job. That鈥檚 why this year鈥檚 specialist is a demolition firm ...
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精东影视Consultant of the Year
Thanks to the strength in depth of the consulting sector, this is always one of the most bitterly contested categories in the 精东影视 Awards. This year was no exception 鈥� as the following summary makes clear
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Features
Flat plate solar collector
Heating products maker Vaillant has added the Aurotherm VFK 900 to its solar heating range.
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精东影视What the code will cost
So now we have an idea of what the code for sustainable homes will require and when it will require it. what we didn鈥檛 know, until now, is what the damage to our wallets would be 鈥�
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精东影视Client of the Year
We all know the importance of having a good boss, and this award goes to the best of them: the developers and clients who bring forward the great projects, then work with their teams to make sure they鈥檙e successful
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精东影视Chief Executive of the Year
John Dodds鈥� part in Kier鈥檚 success story has won him the coveted boss of the year category
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精东影视Integrated Supply Chain
In recent times collaboration has been recognised as the way forward, and these six entries certainly make a good case for this style of working, with the winner reinventing the way public sector projects are managed
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精东影视Zero carbon homes
All new homes are going to have to be zero carbon by 2016. But what exactly is zero carbon? And how are we supposed to achieve this target?John Tebbit, industry affairs director for the Construction Products Association, reports
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Butler poached
Andy Butler, a director at Stanhope, is to become development director of the Explore Living housebuilding arm of Laing O鈥橰ourke from June, overseeing projects including Napier Park in Luton.
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精东影视精东影视 Magazine Project of the Year
Arsenal triumphed this year, despite stiff competition from a selection of buildings that were all functionally outstanding, visually attractive and pushed forward the sustainability agenda
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Features
Ecoterre earth brick
Ibstock Brick has launched the Ecoterre Earth, an unfired clay brick designed for use in internal party walls.
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FeaturesViessmann: Blowing hot and cold
With changing climates and regulations, temperature-control systems are becoming increasingly diverse. Graham Blandford of heating specialist Viessmann tells us more.
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FeaturesEco-friendly block pavers
Block paver maker Formpave has launched the EcoGranite range of pavers, offering what it says is an environmentally friendly alternative to freshly quarried granite.
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精东影视Paying back the overdraft
After five years of tireless campaigning, the barmy rhetoric of the greens is becoming official policy By Paul King, Director of Campaigns, WWF-UK
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精东影视The North Sea vs your back garden
Everyone accepts that electricity has to come from zero-carbon sources, but there is a big fight in the offing over where those sources should be located
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精东影视Constructing Excellence Award
The winner of the best of the best category this year goes to a company that combines the dynamism of the high-tech modern contractor with a clear idea of the values that underpin a construction dynasty
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精东影视WRAP Award for Sustainable Construction
As the issue of construction waste makes its way up the agenda of government, clients and green lobby groups, the industry is under ever more pressure to sort itself out. Here are the firms that are doing just that
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精东影视Architect of the Year
For the past 40 years or so, PRP has been breaking new ground in the social uses of architecture. No doubt the strength of this tradition helps to explain its splendid, award-winning performance this year
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FeaturesArchetype: A touch of glass
London-based architect Archetype recently restored and converted a Herefordshire barn as its second office.