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CommentMy digital life … Rod Taylor
Crazy diving, Day Glow Freaks and Eminem feature in the digital life of this operations director
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CommentStudy abroad: Overseas construction courses
Training is a good way to boost your career. And as a bonus you can do it while travelling to other parts of the world - such as the Caribbean or the Middle East. Here are three global destinations offering construction learning with a difference
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Heated mirrors
Bathroom accessories specialist HiB has launched two mirror designs called Grace and Victoria
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Bathroom furniture and accessories
Eco Bathrooms, a division of JJO Plc, is launching new ranges at KBB this year
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Sinks, taps, cooker hoods
Sink manufacturer and kitchen accessories specialist Carron Phoenix will be launching a range of new sinks, taps, waste disposal units and cooker hoods
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Quick-heating oven
Rangemaster will launch the Professional Deluxe Range Cooker at the show. It is available in three widths of 90, 100 and 110cm
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CommentInformal legal advice: Breaking the 11th commandment
Judges will condemn any adjudicator who breaks the 11th commandment and asks a lawyer for advice on a case but doesn’t formally declare it
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CommentLegal disputes: The Olympics and Wembley
The notable lack of disputes on Olympic projects has been down to the openness of dialogue and willingness to share and exchange documents. If only Wembley had done the same
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NewsFoster & Partners' Commonwealth Games arena begins to emerge
Work by Lend Lease expected to complete on the 12,000 seat Scottish Hydro Arena in 2013
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NewsRMJM woes continue as another big name resigns in 2012
Design director in the Asia studio, Georges Hung, is second big name to resign from the architect this year
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NewsWhitehall cuts construction costs by up to 7%
Data shows government making progress towards efficiency targets for the first time
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CommentIf we lose specialist subcontractors, the industry will be deskilled
A barren landscape of deskilled workers awaits us at the end of this downturn if we continue to neglect or leapfrog the specialist subcontractor, says Richard Piggott
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NewsConsultants will get less work on government major projects
Consultants have been in a “very green paddock for a long while”, says government’s major projects supremo
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Inbox: Mixed messages
This week one reader thinks the government has a strong FITs policy but weak PR, while another says Sir John Armitt is just plain wrong about the ODA’s ‘no marketing’ rule for firms working on the Olympics
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CommentWhat could go wrong?
It’s not hard to spot the danger in this safety blunder photo taken in Panama
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CommentWhere should the government spend to drive growth?
With the Budget just six weeks away, the chancellor must ensure that what money he has to invest will lead to growth - and not in 20 years’ time either
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NewsCities plan to invest billions in Green Deal retrofit work
Local authorities team up to issue large-scale retrofit schemes initially worth £1.7bn
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FeaturesSpotlight on: Jubilee Gardens
The Olympics and the Diamond Jubilee have given the capital a real lift this year and all sorts of projects that were languishing in the design drawer are now busily being prepared, spurred on by civic pride and that unyielding deadline. Here’s one such project, Jubilee Gardens