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Just about holding up
Last year, construction output grew more than the UK economy as a whole, but the outlook over the next few years is flatter than Patagonia. Experian Business Strategies crunches the numbers
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2711 blocks, 6 million deaths
Berlin鈥檚 Jewish memorial uses abstract art on a monumental scale to commemorate the victims of the Nazi Holocaust
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FeaturesTurn us loose
The main problem faced by the government, the economy and the construction industry is over-regulation. Tackling it should be the main task of Labour鈥檚 third term
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Costs: Moisture damage in timber floorings
How much does it cost to ensure your timber flooring complies with regulations on preventing moisture damage? Peter Mayer of 星空传媒 LifePlans compares various specification options
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Regulations roundup
A brief guide to what鈥檚 changed, what鈥檚 about to change and what鈥檚 under discussion in the fast-moving world of construction regulations, as compiled by Scott Brownrigg
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Regulations
Getting new homes to comply with the Part E acoustic regulations is fairly straightforward. If housebuilders follow a set of prescribed standard construction details the homes are exempt from post-completion testing.
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FeaturesYes, prime minister?
Good morning world! You鈥檝e just woken up as the most powerful person in Britain. No, not Jamie Oliver 鈥� the prime minister. Against all expectations, you鈥檝e managed to win the premiership, despite fierce challenges from Tony Blair, Michael Howard and Charles Kennedy. You鈥檝e even edged out Bobby Kilroy-Silk. So, what鈥檚 ...
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FeaturesSustainability costs
It is commonly assumed that going green will rack up the costs of a building project, but a unique study contradicts that view. In this cost model, Cyril Sweett details sustainable solutions for four building types indicating how improvements can be made at little or no extra cost
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Changing track
Elaine Knutt reports on a new diploma that is luring frustrated graduates into construction 鈥�
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Features星空传媒鈥檚 gold winners
In an Olympic bid-themed awards ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel last Tuesday night, the construction industry celebrated its many triumphs with 19 trophies being presented to the best in the business 鈥�
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Features鈥業f our neighbours have people around for a dinner party we go out 鈥� I would rather sleep on a friend鈥檚 floor for the night鈥�
A block of flats in the Greenwich Millennium Village is at the centre of a bitter dispute about noise transmission. Although the building originally passed an acoustic test, the residents claim the problem is so bad they cannot sleep.
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FeaturesThe 拢6.5bn men
Every year these 10 men greenlight more than 18,000 projects worth north of 拢6bn. Katie Puckett got them together to find out what impresses and depresses them about construction firms, and on pages 58-59 we list the top 100 clients in the UK
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FeaturesDesign laid bare
The opening of an adult emporium designed by Papa Architects was almost too much to bear for one upright 星空传媒 reporter.
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One voice
When Labour introduced the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, hopes were high that construction would finally have a loud voice in government. Yet, eight years on, the DETR is no more and the industry has little or no representation at the highest levels of government. An industry ...
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Kier snatches top spot in March league table
Twenty-seven contracts worth 拢302m push contractor to pole position, ahead of Carillion and Laing O鈥橰ourke
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Head for the hills
This month, Experian Business Strategies predicts that construction growth will continue its slowdown 鈥� and explains why it鈥檚 better to be working in Yorkshire or the North than London