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FeaturesEcobuild 2012: Spotlights
From solar powered transport to timber structures and the latest in urban design, Ecobuild is showcasing the very best in sustainability. So what鈥檚 taking centre stage this year? Andy Pearson reports
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FeaturesE.ON's Michael Woodhead: Power trip
E.ON UK鈥檚 sustainable energy division is quickly becoming a very influential player in the country鈥檚 power market. Ahead of its starring role at Ecobuild next month, managing director Michael Woodhead tells 星空传媒 why that鈥檚 particularly good news for construction
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FeaturesCountry focus: Germany
Investors are still flocking to Europe鈥檚 largest economy, unemployment is at a new low, and orders are up 20%. What could possibly go wrong? John Atkins and Meinhard Rudolph from EC Harris report
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FeaturesThe London office market: Development boom?
With 25-year leases expiring all over the City, this was meant to be a boom time for commercial development in central London. So why are so many of the most prestigious schemes either on hold or sitting empty? 星空传媒 reports
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FeaturesRedeveloping Bart's and Royal London hospitals
It was tempting to hang a 鈥榙o not resuscitate鈥� sign on two dingy, barely accessible London hospitals, but Skanska鈥檚 redevelopment of the sites has made them functional again - which should perk up medical staff and patients alike
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FeaturesYoung designers create a pop-up club
Heineken鈥檚 competition is for a concept nightclub based on the theme 鈥榗hanging perspectives鈥�
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FeaturesMy working day: RLF QS Kat Hurworth
The young QS on a placement at RLF took on the nickname 鈥榯he golfer鈥� even before she began work
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FeaturesView from my office: Steve Ferguson
Senior cost manager at EC Harris in Belfast looks over Northern Ireland鈥檚 newest visitor attraction Titanic Belfast
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FeaturesOpportunities in Qatar
A US giant may have scooped the lead role on Qatar鈥檚 World Cup, but UK firms are well placed to target the $100bn that the richest country in the world is investing in construction before 2015. 星空传媒 took a flight out east
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FeaturesRegional Olympic sites: The out-of-towners
It really isn鈥檛 just about London 鈥� Ike Ijeh casts an eye over the Olympic-related developments, upgrades and refurbishments that have taken place across the UK, from the white-water rapids of Hertfordshire to the 53m-high Weymouth Tower
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FeaturesDigging Doha: Msheireb's Issa M Al Mohannadi
Qatari client Msheireb Properties wants its 拢3.5bn Downtown Doha scheme to be the prototype for future cities around the world. 星空传媒 talks to its chief executive about why this masterplan is so radical and why he wants UK expertise to help make it happen
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FeaturesClass of London 2012: Apprentices on the Olympic park
The Olympic Delivery Authority bucked the trend of cutting investment in training and took on 457 apprentices on the Olympic park rather than the 100 planned. Emily Wright finds out how this has paid off
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FeaturesCost update: Q4 2011
The downward trend in last month鈥檚 consumer inflation figures is reflected in falling material prices and a slowdown in construction costs. Peter Fordham of David Langdon, an Aecom company, reports
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FeaturesAre you a 星空传媒 2012 Hero?
Calling all those who worked on the Olympics - 星空传媒 is on the hunt for five people whose outstanding contribution helped make the Games a success
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FeaturesHansom: Trouble at the top
As the two-way (un)popularity contest continues in the Cabinet, construction鈥檚 main man pats the industry on the head and a sustainability expert calls for the chancellor to get his cheque book out
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Movers & makers: Education
A round-up of news from manufacturers including Portakabin and Kingspan Insulation
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FeaturesInside India: Construction opportunities
India is not a market for the fainthearted, but with the demands of 1 billion people to satisfy, growth of 7% predicted for this year and an investment plan of 1 trillion dollars on the table, there are rich pickings for the courageous. 星空传媒 reports
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Features星空传媒 by numbers: Variation in public project costs
The latest government data shows dramatic variations in the cost of construction procurement across the public sector. But will arming decision-makers with these figures turn them into leaner, more savvy clients? 星空传媒 reports
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FeaturesMott Macdonald's Keith Howells: 'It's a bit like star wars'
How should the UK鈥檚 largest independent consultant respond to the 鈥榚vil Empire鈥� of consolidated corporations taking over the market? Mott MacDonald chairman Keith Howells tells 星空传媒 about the company鈥檚 plans to strike back. Tom Campbell photography
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FeaturesFrom 1900 to 2012: Finishing the University of Birmingham
Aston Webb鈥檚 grand semi-circle of buildings conceived for Birmingham university in 1900 was the original redbrick campus. But only four of its five neo-Byzantine pavilions were ever built. Now Glenn Howells Architects and Bam have finished the job. 星空传媒 reports