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FeaturesDark Victory: 2010 Part L update
The new version of Part L kicks in next week, and its tough energy rules are going to make lighting a building altogether more problematic than ever before
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FeaturesHays 2010 salary guide: Do we have to fight about it?
There鈥檚 no way to sugarcoat this: contractors鈥� pay is down and benefits are under threat, too. Roxane McMeeken looks at the figures in the Hays 2010 salary survey and asks how employers and employees can stick together through the hard times
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FeaturesChalbury McCouat vs PG Foils: failure to choose location for arbitration
These parties agreed the dispute resolution mechanism but failed to say in which country the arbitral tribunal should be held
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FeaturesFirst Impressions: Coca-Cola's Madrid HQ
Nottingham Trent students comment on the Puerta+Asensio Architects designed building in Spain
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FeaturesThe future looks rosy: Sheffield's Park Hill estate
Urban Splash鈥檚 refurb of a listed sixties council estate is turning one of the republic of South Yorkshire鈥檚 biggest problems into an aspirational address
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FeaturesDomestic heat pumps: So you think this will do the job, then?
Given that the government seems bent on promoting heat pump technology to help it meet its carbon reduction targets, it鈥檚 odd that evidence for its effectiveness has been so thin on the ground. Now at last a study reveals the truth鈥�
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FeaturesSpecialist costs: Off-site manufacture
Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon takes a look at how that sector can add greater value
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FeaturesThe collapse of Connaught
The Sidmouth concrete specialist that morphed into a 拢600m social housing contractor was one of the greatest success stories of the past 30 years, and one of the landmarks of the industry. Andrew Hankinson reports on why it fell - and if the banks should have saved it
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FeaturesCrouching tiger: Buying a business in China
Tempted to get a foothold in China by buying a business there? It鈥檚 a strategy that can pay dividends, but is strewn with hidden dangers
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FeaturesBack for seconds: David Nurser
David Nurser has a voracious appetite for risk-taking. First he set up the surveying firm CNP in a recession. And now he鈥檚 a year into his second venture, Paragon (more great timing)
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FeaturesSenseless acts of beauty
Foreign Office鈥檚 art college in north Greenwich is a beguiling mix of randomness, order and commercial astuteness
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FeaturesPracticalities of free schools: Schools for scavengers
According to the secretary of state for education, pretty much any old building can be turned into a classroom. But is that actually true? Thomas Lane did some research
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FeaturesWhat does it cost to do up a school?
It鈥檚 become clear that most schools are going to have to carry on in the buildings they鈥檝e got. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon looks at what it will cost to make them function better
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The tracker: Coming in to land
The decline in industry activity is expected to ease in August and September and level out in October, according to latest figures from Experian Marketing Information Services
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FeaturesCost of school refurbishment: case study
They might not have the glamour of new-build, but refurbishments, such as this one at Castle Hill school in Kent, have their wow factor too - nowhere more so than on price. Ike Ijeh sums it up
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FeaturesAssessing the coalition's education strategy
The coalition has been impressively quick to burn down the old regime鈥檚 cherished BSF programme, but what exactly is it planning to put in its place? Well, after six months we are in a position to reach some preliminary conclusions, so Sarah Richardson takes us through the story so far, ...
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FeaturesFirst-term report for Michael Andrew Gove
Note on the curriculumDuring his first six months with us, Michael has embarked on his major project for the year: the cancellation of 星空传媒 Schools for the Future, and the replacement of it - or at least parts of it - with an alternative programme of school renewal.Accuracy of workUnfortunately, ...
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FeaturesConstruction in Africa: On the rise
African construction has long stood in the shadow of its Middle Eastern neighbours. But booms in tourism and population mean UK building expertise will get a warm welcome. Emily Wright goes exploring
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FeaturesStudents tackle death in hospitals
A hospice for advanced progressively ill children in Weimar wins Architects for Health student awards
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FeaturesTrial and error
The team turning a leaky Edwardian building into a paragon of energy efficiency is in its second month on site. Robert Prewett, the project architect, looks at services and reports back after an airtightness test