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FeaturesThe incredible journey
Who鈥檇 have thought that building a simple rail line from Kent to London would involve so much work, undertaken by so many people, touching so much of the country and affecting so many water voles? Here鈥檚 a quick look at the big picture
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FeaturesLovely idea...
鈥� shame about the council鈥檚 cost-cutting hit men. Gus Alexander takes a stroll around Whitechapel鈥檚 Idea Store, the David Adjaye-designed library-cum-IT-superstore, and laments what might have been
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Projects update: health and safety
The seconds following a site accident can make all the difference between life and death, which is why the Red Cross has set up a programme of construction-specific first aid training days
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FeaturesSt Pancras Midland Grand Hotel: A hotel to remember
The Midland Grand Hotel used to be a vast, obsolete luxury liner moored alongside St Pancras station. Then it was an office, then a ruin, and in a few years it will become something truly splendid.
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FeaturesGet the job
Craig Paterson explains how a good telephone manner can put you ahead of the competition
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FeaturesThe state of the garden
If Kent鈥檚 the garden of England, then Alan Titchmarsh would have something to say about the way it鈥檚 been kept. Much of the north coast, for example, is a post-industrial mess 鈥� but that is about to change.
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FeaturesRight down the line
When the CTRL is built, it promises to create a kind of chemical reaction all down its length: grey, post-industrial landscapes will turn into sleek mixed-use developments, business parks and green spaces. Katie Puckett asked LCR鈥檚 Stephen Jordan how he intends to keep that promise
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FeaturesOut of control
In the week that the RICS lent its support to 星空传媒鈥檚 Reform the Regs campaign, Sarah Richardson spent a day with Leeds building control to witness the problems at ground level
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FeaturesA confident man
Roger Madelin has waited 20 years to tackle the father, mother and great aunt of all regeneration projects: London King鈥檚 Cross. So how come he鈥檚 looking so calm, so relaxed?
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FeaturesA tale of two cities
The one on this page shows the City of Dreadful Night, captured by Dickens and still going strong today; the other exists only in computers, but if all goes to plan, it鈥檒l be with us tomorrow.
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FeaturesThe big picture
Here, gathered in the soon-to-be-restored gothic splendour of St Pancras Chambers, are a tiny fraction of the people who鈥檝e made CTRL a reality.
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FeaturesThis鈥檒l be the big one
The vast industrial cathedral of St Pancras is testament to the ingenious engineering of our Victorian forebears and the endurance of wrought iron. But how can it be made into a 21st-century terminus?
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Miliband talks up importance of 鈥榲ision thing鈥� at Gateway
The government intends to have a strategic framework for the Thames Gateway in place by next summer, said communities minister David Miliband.
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FeaturesTurin triumphs
The next Winter Olympics don鈥檛 take place until February, but have Italy鈥檚 design teams already won gold? In the second of our features on making the most of the Games, we look at how Turin鈥檚 facilities are promising to be a success.
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FeaturesThe old romantic
He may no longer be the carefree youth who proposed to his wife a week after they met, but Keith Miller鈥檚 more considered approach to business looks set to see the Miller Group pass the 拢1bn-turnover mark.
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FeaturesSome legacy
A little more than a year after Athens hosted the 鈥榖est ever鈥� Olympics, this is what its facilities have become 鈥� desolate monuments to poor planning and incoherent politics. Over the next five pages, Mark Leftly reports on the lessons that London needs to learn.
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FeaturesJust the job: Saira Is-Haq at the NHBC
Trainee building surveyor Saira Is-Haq talks about being the only Asian - and woman - on her course
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FeaturesThe fall of Paris
For the first time, 星空传媒 tells the extraordinary story of how Paris Moayedi, the man who dazzled the construction world for the best part of a decade, lost control of his own company.We reveal the boardroom splits, the desperate financial manoeuvres, the public relations disasters and the boardroom coups that ...
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FeaturesThe Xinhui factor
Could shipping modules from China be a cheap solution for prefab housing? Joint venture Verbus thinks so, and has invested 拢1m devising a system to win over developers at next week鈥檚 launch. Katie Puckett follows a prototype on its journey from Xinhui to Salisbury