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FeaturesPaperless tiger
Singapore is going to be the first country in the world to do all its building control with intelligent object technology. Soon, checking a design against regulations will be the work of a few seconds. Victoria Madine wonders when the UK will do the same
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Don't get tangled in the web
Online procurement has the same legal requirements as paper-based contracts, but care should be taken over conditions, jurisdiction and the issue of when it is binding
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NewsSalvage from Edinburgh fire to be used in rebuilding
Demolition crews save what they can for the reconstruction of the Scottish capital's historic Cowgate district.
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NewsAmec and WSP temper profit expectations
AMEC and WSP added to the black clouds gathering over the construction and support services sectors, by issuing warnings of a deteriorating market.
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Skanska to bid for £290m Beijing subway job
Skanska has set up a joint venture with Beijing's largest contractor to bid for a £290m extension to the city's subway.
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Weir returns with Peabody Trust
Former Wilson Connolly director John Weir this week returned to the housebuilding industry as a consultant to housing association Peabody Trust.
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Contaminated land rules to be tightened
The government this week proposed changes to the Building Regulations to deal with global warming and the difficulties of developing brownfield land.
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Row over German standards
British firms are set to take Germany to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg after it announced that it intended to retain its own product standards.
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FeaturesHow to cut paper (before it cuts you)
BuildOnline's net-based project collaboration tool is designed to eliminate paper drawings and slash administration costs. Andy Pearson meets the intrepid team in Gateshead that has been testing the system, and asks: did they resist the temptation to print?
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FeaturesFollow me or die
The head on the screen, severed but still talking, has a warning to give you. Unless you leave your futile attachment to things of paper (with the exception of magazines, obviously), you face a future of non-existence … Thomas Lane made a record of the seance
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FeaturesModels of solid light
Once upon a time, it would have taken a craftsman weeks to build an architect's model from drawings. Now you just press a "go" icon and, hey presto, a laser crafts a miniature edifice in resin. Matthew Richards explores the world of rapid prototyping
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A few simple rules
Online collaboration tools are there to make everybody's life easier. And if you consider the legal ramifications before the project starts, they might just do so
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Just the job
Christopher Groome, business manager of the International Alliance for Interoperability, tells Victoria Madine how he is helping to make construction IT literate
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FeaturesCost model: High-rise housing refurbishment
The government is reappraising the UK’s social housing in order to meet its decent homes target by 2010. Here, Davis Langdon & Everest examines the costs, key issues and associated problems of refurbishing a tower block
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The bank with backbone
Barclays is paving the way for terror-proof skyscrapers at its new head office in Docklands. Is its reinforced core the way to convince tenants to move into tall buildings?
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Digital building is here
There's a scene in Minority Report where Tom Cruise walks into a fashion boutique in 2054 and is greeted by intelligent adverts that know everything about him from what clothes he buys to what toothpaste he uses. This, say retail experts, is not inconceivable. Now substitute the mall with a ...
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Object lesson
Object lesson: Architect Building Design Partnership has been appointed by the University of Cambridge to design a faculty of education next to Homerton College in Hills Road. BDP has proposed a wooden structure with a zinc-clad roof that would reflect the wooden libraries and communal halls of the university's colleges. ...
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Foster unveils World Trade Centre designs
Architect Foster and Partners this week presented its designs for the World Trade Centre site in New York.