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    healthcare investment outside england

    2001-09-14T00:00:00Z

    ScotlandScotland is currently investing nearly half a billion pounds in the biggest hospital building programme in the history of the Scottish NHS. Four new hospitals are complete, with two due to be finished by the end of this year, and another two by the end of 2003. Half of these ...

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    Testing times

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    The scientists at the National Physical Laboratories need to measure things so accurately that the slightest change in temperature can ruin an experiment – or, for that matter, a contractor.

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    Laing pursues NG Bailey over laboratory meltdown

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Soon-to-be-sold contractor seeks out-of-court settlement with M&E specialist over air-conditioning fiasco.

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    Icons of power

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Who – and what – really makes a difference in the construction industry? 精东影视 selects 11 of the 21st century's most powerful icons, from Gordon Brown to a really, really big digger

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    Spiders from out of space

    2001-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Behind a neoclassical facade in London, giant spiders will clamber over the steel frame of two atriums. But this idea belongs to Will Alsop rather than William Burroughs

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    Hot story

    2001-07-13T00:00:00Z

    The burning question: How much fire protection does your building need? New calculations could mean big, all-glass buildings need much less than you thought. Pioneering use on the GLA headquarters could be the first step in a design revolution, as we discovered

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    Third dome planned for Eden

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Cornwall's landmark 拢80m Eden Project to undergo an ambitious expansion programme, which will include a third giant greenhouse.

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    Opening night

    2001-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Given the weather we've had, a roof that opens to the elements may not be everyone's idea of happiness, but for a view of the stars, there are few things to beat it.

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    Pipe dreams

    2001-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Ralph Carpenter has a habit he wants others to share: building sustainable homes out of hemp. But will he be able to convince those who think the idea is, ahem, a bit potty?

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    Ground speed

    2001-04-20T00:00:00Z

    Tesco wasn't prepared to queue for long to get its new Essex distribution centre, so Taywood proposed an unusual steel-fibre reinforced concrete floor that could be installed in a mere 25 days. Thomas Lane finds out how it worked.

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    Star of track and field

    2001-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Rugby-loving Paul Westbury is Buro Happold's youngest ever partner. Here's how the 31-year-old is tackling one of engineering's toughest conundrums: how to make stadiums flexible and attractive.

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    Here's one we made earlier

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Cardboard isn't just for Blue Peter. Buro Happold thinks it's the green building material of the future, and is testing its theory on an Essex school. Thomas Lane finds out how to build with giant toilet rolls – and asks what happens if it rains