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    Movers and makers: 26 March 2010

    2010-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Weber, the manfacturer of industrial mortar, has brought out a flooring systems brochure. The 16-page guide introduces the main product categories of commercial, industrial, decorative, calcium sulphate and marine screeds as well as innovative products such as Leca insulation fill, which allows for quick and easy foundation preparation

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    Preventing a pile-up

    2010-03-19T00:00:00Z

    Transport infrastructure spending seems to be one of construction鈥檚 good news stories. According to Davis Langdon, there has been 10% growth in real terms

  • Singapore鈥檚 East Coast Parkway. The country is expected to represent 11% of South-east Asian transport expenditure in 2014
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    Nought to sixty

    2010-03-19T00:00:00Z

    South-east Asia has big plans to ramp up its transport network, and must act fast to stop the economic growth of the past decade from going into reverse. But first it needs to find billions of dollars of private investment

  • Work on the existing East London line involved stripping out the railway to the tunnel inverts and replacing it along with new power and signalling systems to take up to 20 trains an hour
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    In the loop

    2010-03-19T00:00:00Z

    The 拢1bn East London line extension, which opens in May, is the first part of a plan to give the capital an orbital railway. Stephen Kennett looks at the work done and how the circle will be completed

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    The London Library: Speaking volumes

    2010-03-19T00:00:00Z

    The London Library has been extending in higgledy-piggledy fashion ever since it moved to its St James鈥檚 home in 1845. Now Haworth Tompkins has set out to rationalise its circulation so that readers may actually be able to find the books they鈥檙e looking for

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    Down the line: Market report on transport

    2010-03-19T00:00:00Z

    Transport investment is currently buoyant, but in the medium term, prospects could be affected both by political divisions and spending cuts. Simon Rawlinson and Steve Waltho of Davis Langdon provide a guide to what the next few years might hold in store

  • How Paddington鈥檚 Crossrail station will eventually look
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    Dig in!

    2010-03-19T00:00:00Z

    Crossrail will offer a feast of work for UK construction, with the three main tunnelling contracts up for starters. Andy Pearson finds out exactly what these entail

  • Studio E鈥檚 Sacred Heart primary school in Hammersmith, west London, was built in 2007 around two 120-year-old plane trees
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    Cost model update: Small projects

    2010-03-19T00:00:00Z

    In this latest update, Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon reviews the capital costs of primary schools, social housing and small industrial buildings

  • A huge road crane, normally used for erecting wind turbines, was used to lift the 36m-span bridge sections into place
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    Double crossing: Heneghan Peng鈥檚 Olympic bridge

    2010-03-19T00:00:00Z

    Heneghan Peng鈥檚 54m-wide central bridge at the Olympic park, which was lowered into place last week, has been ingeniously designed to form two narrower walkways after the Games have finished. Stephen Kennett explains how it all works

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    Low-paid architect jobs: An offer you can refuse

    2010-03-19T00:00:00Z

    If you were an unemployed architect, would you take a job working 14-hour days for 拢6 an hour? Well, that鈥檚 exactly what one firm is offering

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    Alsop鈥檚 new look: Chris Littlemore interview

    2010-03-19T00:00:00Z

    Chris Littlemore, the boss of Archial, is planning to exploit the architectural group鈥檚 most famous brand for its relaunched international business

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    Charter 284: If we all pull together...

    2010-03-19T00:00:00Z

    星空传媒鈥檚 campaign to safeguard capital investment, competitiveness and the future of the construction industry has been greeted by overwhelming approval. Shouldn鈥檛 you add your name to the list?

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    Charter 284 Energy: The future

    2010-03-19T00:00:00Z

    It is clear to all that the future of power generation in the UK cannot be coal-fired. So why has the government so far failed to set a clear strategy on renewable and nuclear energy? Roxane McMeeken presents the final part of our Charter 284 manifesto

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    The tracker: One step at a time

    2010-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Construction activity and orders are still inching towards growth 鈥� even if the civil engineering sector experienced its quietest ever month in January

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    Off-site hospital

    2010-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Yorkon has handed over what it claims to be the largest UK hospital to be built off site

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    Mould-proof grouting

    2010-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Weber is rolling out its mould-stop technology to a number of its popular grout products including Weber joint fine flex, Weber joint wide and Weber joint wide flex

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    Power generation

    2010-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Cummins Power Generation has launched a new range of generator sets

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    Washroom fittings

    2010-03-12T00:00:00Z

    A number of products from Rada have been incorporated into a 拢270m healthcare project in Newcastle-upon-Tyne that will see services transferred to the Royal Victoria Infirmary and Freeman Hospital

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    Go figure: The future of infrastructure spending

    2010-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Treasury secretary Ian Pearson gives Joey Gardiner a lesson in abstract mathematics

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    Cordon sanitaire: MAAP鈥檚 mental health facility

    2010-03-12T00:00:00Z

    How do you make a mental health facility secure without it feeling like a prison? The answer MAAP Architects proposes is to turn the buildings themselves into a perimeter fence