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Ground speed
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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How long has it got?
Nick Schumann - clears up the confusion surrounding building life design. It's simple really …
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The complete guide to underfloor heating
Underfloor heating has finally banished the dodgy reputation it gained in the 1960s for burned feet in the morning, being cold when the heat was needed in the evening, and massive electricity bills.
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Dear Robert
Robert Smith of Hays Montrose tackles your work problems. This week, teambuilding for architects and how to get a health and safety qualification
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Appointments
ContractorsSheffield-based BDB Design Build has promoted David Hutchinson to director.HousebuildersDavid Dodge (right) has joined Gleeson Homes as managing director in the North-east.ConsultantsProperty consultant Ambury has appointed Ian McArdle, previously with Chesterton Katalysis, managing director.Bill Ritchie, Robert Butler and Keith Boxer have joined engineer Whitby Bird & Partners as directors of ...
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Government to crack down on contractors' PFI profits
Treasury is to publish guidelines for refinancing loans, including clawback clauses to curb excess profits.
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Carillion and Mailbox in £5m legal wrangle
Completion delayed as row continues between Carillion and Birmingham client over £100m development.
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Welsh opera house axes construction managers
Schal and Citex/Mace left out in the cold as Welsh assembly opts for fixed price on £92m millennium centre.
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Besieged CIB wins client support
A leading client has written to construction minister Nick Raynsford to pledge support for the beleaguered Construction Industry Board.
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Laing execs get taste of things to come
Executives at Laing's construction arm were due to meet O'Rourke chairman Ray O'Rourke this week to hear his plans for the firm.
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Restaurant, central London
Wells Mackereth has designed this six-storey development by converting two Victorian buildings in Covent Garden for client Mirror Image Restaurants.
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EDAW team wins £150m masterplan
Team jointly led by EDAW and Mott MacDonald has won a competition to masterplan a £150m redevelopment in south Greenwich.
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Foot and mouth hits civils work
The foot-and-mouth crisis is halting progress on building and engineering projects across the country, according to the Institution of Civil Engineers.
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Carillion and Wates team up
Carillion Housing and Wates Construction have joined housing association Whitefriars Housing Group for a £240m improvement programme in Coventry.
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Gleeson wins Sheffield job
Housebuilder Gleeson Homes and developer Westport Developments have won a competition to develop the grade II-listed Leopold Street area of Sheffield.
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Foster loses control of St Pancras design
Foster and partners' outline design for St Pancras, which is to be the central London terminal of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, will now be carried through to detailed design by the public–private partnership's in-house architectural team.
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Draft version of energy regulations published
The government has published a draft version of its amendments to the energy regulations to give the industry time to prepare for the change.
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McLean Group qualifies as chartered architect
Contractor and housebuilder David McLean Group has gained accreditation as a chartered architect to offer clients a one-stop design-and-build service.
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BAA buys into Asite e-commerce venture
Stanhope-led construction services portal Asite has received a boost by securing BAA as a shareholder.