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The bridge to Kibera

2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

These Kenyan children may have a school to go to, but without clean water and sanitation they will soon have to leave. They are among 700,000 dwellers in Africa’s biggest slum, and they are desperate for the construction industry’s help. Paul Jowitt explains how it can be given

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Simon Vivian begins

2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

Most of Simon Vivian’s six months in charge of Mowlem have been spent struggling with disastrous projects, boardroom bloodletting and a predecessor who didn’t leave. Now he’s finally ready to do it his way. Tom Broughton finds out what he has in mind.

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Appointments

2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

Movers this week

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Talking shop

2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Three young and thrusting managers at Bovis Lend Lease chat to Victoria Madine over coffee

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A sunny reception

2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½â€™s annual meeting of politicians, peers and top executives at the House of Commons

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A profession on the rise

2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Five years ago, project managers were regarded as pen-pushers – now they are seen as indispensable. So how much work is out there and who is winning the bulk of it?

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National treasure

2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Feilden Clegg Bradley’s headquarters for the National Trust is a model of crisp, functional architecture wedded to sustainable design. Martin Spring takes the train to Swindon to explain how it was done.

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Lead times

2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Despite strong order books and activity levels, most lead times are staying put, says Rob Darrow of Mace.

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Lord Hunt

2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

John Prescott might have trouble remembering who he is, but safety minister Lord Hunt is determined that the construction industry’s big hitters will take on board what he has to say.

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Head first

2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Former headmistress Valerie Bragg has been a leading player in implementing Labour’s schools strategy. Here she tells us about why architecture doesn’t really matter – and how she got on with Norman Foster at the Bexley academy.

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The big test

2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Education, education, education.

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Appointments

2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Movers and shakers this week

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Costs: Lighting systems

2005-06-30T16:23:00Z

Good lighting design can give retailers a competitive advantage as well as being energy efficient. Peter Mayer of ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ LifePlans looks at the whole-life costs of common lighting options

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Checklist

2005-06-30T16:20:00Z

Fit-out work in the retail sector is demanding on two fronts: tight timeframes and tough demands from clients. Here Barbour Index and Scott Brownrigg go through the priorities

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Products

2005-06-30T16:14:00Z

This week, a range of goodies as shiny and new as the items they are helping to sell, so have your own shopping spree with frameless glazing, heavy-duty switchgear and customer-proof carpeting

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Retail

2005-06-30T16:10:00Z

a listed Dutch department store gets an ultramodern makeover

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ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ triumph at Highbury

2005-06-30T13:09:00Z

ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ magazine win the Willmott Dixon London 5-a-side cup at the fifth time of asking.

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The eternal brick

2005-06-24T11:38:00Z

Dan Cruickshank recalls discovering in his travels ancient brick buildings that are testament to the material’s incredible durability

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Techtopia

2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

Wireless networking is taking over the world, and as this gadget round-up demonstrates, it’s getting smaller, lighter, faster, more powerful and easier to use. Not only that, it can read your fingerprints and knows what music you like. Thomas Lane takes us to the land of tomorrow

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Room service

2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

You may know how rapidly hotels can be knocked out with insitu techniques, but what you may not know is that you can do something similar with precast – and with superb quality and very little fuss