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FeaturesCost model: Laboratories
Laboratories are probably the most demanding buildings that it is possible to build. Here, Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon examines the factors that their designers have to take into account, from the need to attract world-class talent to energy efficiency
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FeaturesZaha's challenge
The abandonment of Zaha Hadid’s Architecture Foundation HQ in London was a disappointment for design connoisseurs, but what does it tell us about the ambition of the British construction industry?
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FeaturesWhere next?
Britain’s regional builders have suddenly become irresistibly attractive purchases for major contractors across Europe. Tom Bill finds out why.
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FeaturesThe incredible hull
Ralph Erskine’s Ark is one of London’s most striking landmarks, but it has lain dormant for most of its short existence. Now developer Landid and an architect called DN-A have enacted an extraordinary genetic mutation. Martin Spring saw the result
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FeaturesSports quiz: Return of the Six Nations rugby shirt challenge
Can the English bring the reigning French champions to their Waterloo? Predict the results of that and the weekend's other matches and you could win a rugby shirt of the team of your choice.France v EnglandFrance's team, the reigning champions, have been on fine form this tournament. Even Jonny Wilkinson ...
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FeaturesPredict the FA Cup winners and win a football shirt
This Barnsley fan will be travelling to Liverpool at the weekend hoping for a FA Cup upset. If he entered our prediction quiz he could win back his football shirt
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FeaturesSports quiz results - Barnsley!
Did anyone except Sport Billy see the upset at Anfield coming on Saturday? Didn’t think so…
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FeaturesThe A-G of energy certificates
The government’s dithering over energy labelling has made understanding how it works seem like an arduous ascent. With just seven weeks until its introduction for non-housing, Thomas Lane helps you begin the climb
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FeaturesThe house with four gardens
Each window of David Mikhail’s latest house overlooks a landscape with its own unique character
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Lead times November 2007-February 2008
For the first time since the construction boom began, lead times seem to be returning to normal, says Brian Moone of Mace.
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FeaturesThe squeeze
They are culling their supply chains and demanding cash from those that are left, but are main contractors really as bad as the big bad wolf? Roxane McMeeken listens to both sides of the argument
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FeaturesSpotlight on enabling works
Those contractors involved in getting a site ready face an extremely complex market …
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APC Trainer: Killer moves: (A015: Conflict avoidance, dispute resolution)
Every week Building.co.uk features a handy guide to answering APC interview questions for trainee surveyors. For more, visit the website, but in the meantime here’s one of our experts, Alastair Bloore, with some high-flying ideas about dispute resolution. Steady on there, tiger …
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The tracker: Against all odds
You would think contractors would be feeling seasick given the current financial turmoil – but you would think wrong: things are still surprisingly upbeat, says Experian Business Strategies
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FeaturesThe evolving QS
With flotation looking distinctly iffy – as Turner & Townsend realised last week – cost consultants are looking for other ways to expand and survive.
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FeaturesSolar shed roofing: Hello, sunshine
Large industrial sheds are difficult and expensive to heat but a new system that turns the building into a huge solar collector can warm the inside space, cut carbon emissions and meet the demand for renewables. Stephen Kennett reports
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FeaturesMuck and brass
Over the next 10 years, up to 40 new waste treatment centres will be needed in the UK and each will be worth around £350m, so do the maths on that. Olivia Hemmings reports on why there’s never been a better time to talk rubbish
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FeaturesI regard it as a badge of honour when people say I’m over the top about nuclear power
INTERVIEW: Margaret Thatcher’s former press secretary, Sir Bernard Ingham, has spent much of the past 10 years lambasting the ‘mad mullahs’ of the anti-nuclear lobby and subjecting their arguments to an unrelenting barrage of ridicule. And don’t think the government’s decision to build a lot of nuclear stations is going ...
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FeaturesWood-grained PVCu facias
Swish Building Products has launched a range of M-Boss roofline products.