1 Glasgow The City of Design and Architecture 1999 will be welcoming style tourists to a range of events, exhibitions and new buildings. Centrepiece of the year-long programme is the Lighthouse, or Scotland's Centre for Architecture, Design and the City, by architect Page & Park. Call 0141-287 1999 for a programme.
2 Edinburgh Meanwhile, in the Scottish capital, Benson & Forsyth's Museum of Scotland opened last November, Michael Hopkins and Partners' £34m Dynamic Earth project is due to open in June, and you can see history being made as the Scottish parliament goes on site in the summer.
3 Dartford Lovers of shopping and sonnets should go to Dartford, Kent, where the £350m Bluewater retail park is due to open in March. US-born architect Eric Kuhne was responsible for the oast-house-inspired design and chose the Keats and Shakespeare quotes for the decor.
4 Jubilee Line Extension East End Millennium Dome fans will be the first to benefit from the JLE. The Stratford to North Greenwich section is due to open in spring; visitors from central London will have to wait until summer.
5 Cardiff The Millennium Stadium, site of Laing's £20m slip-up, will host its first scrums in June. It will be interesting to see how generous the design-and-build contractor is with corporate hospitality.
6 Royal Opera House, London The £220m redevelopment should be complete by December. A mixed opera and ballet programme is planned; construction manager Schal should have some tickets for the dress rehearsals.
7 Earth Centre, Doncaster The eco-showcase opening to visitors at Easter will be a cut-down version of the original grand plan. Phase one includes an Alsop & Störmer water purification plant and a Feilden Clegg visitor centre.
8 National Museum of Film and Photography, Bradford Another lottery-funded project due to open in late April, Austin-Smith:Lord's extension to the museum should be a worthy addition to a city starting to thrive again.
9 Dubai For a touch of extravagance, book into Chicago Beach, the £300m hyper-exclusive leisure development built on a man-made island.
Or befriend staff at designer and project manager WS Atkins, who may be in line for preferential rates.
Nine new technologies
10 Photovoltaic roofing felts
11 Floors made from recycled glass
12 Porous "breathing" walls and ceilings that regulate humidity
13 Surveying by radar
14 Grey water recycling
15 Prefabricated walls, roofs, floors and services
16 ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ services controlled by microchips embedded in your body
17 Light-sensitive glazing that cuts solar heat gain by darkening when the sun shines
18 Slushy ice as a coolant in building services systems
Nine people to watch out for
19 Stephen Tompkinson and Robson Green Watch out for more career guidance on being a cowboy builder when ITV's happy-go-lucky Grafters return for a second series.
20 Bob the Builder This man could be the television ambassador the industry has been waiting for. Making his screen debut in April, Bob is a new children's character who manages a construction business with the help of Scoop the digger, Dizzy the cement mixer and Lofty the crane. The team's Eganesque motto is "Can we fix it? Yes we can!"
21 Sir John Egan A new role as chairman of property developer MEPC is unlikely to deter Sir John from taking an active interest in the industry he spent last year rethinking. Expect several conference appearances.
22 Lord Rogers The government's favourite architect and chairman of the urban taskforce will see his political star rise even higher this year. He is due to finalise the group's recommendations by April, and will chaperone John Prescott on a Netherlands housing project tour.
23 Clare Sampson The director of production at the New Millennium Experience Company is in charge of delivering 14 exhibition zones and an all-action central show – and all under the kind of budget and programming pressures most of us only have nightmares about.
24 Architecture's new champion The government is keen to find someone to take on part of the Royal Fine Art Commission's brief. Applicants should have design sense and an awareness of developers' and communities' needs.
25 Luther Cochrane Bovis' new chief executive was sidelined during the Bovis/Atkins merger talks but can be expected to take a higher profile now that the deal has been called off.
26 Oliver Jones The chief executive of Citex will be launching its new corporate identity, and could be hunting for acquisitions.
27 Clifford Mumm Mumm is the Bechtel project director charged with delivering the JLE without further industrial action, budget shocks or PR gaffs. He replaces Hugh Doherty – nominated last year as one of ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½'s "Eight for '98". Not that we're superstitious or anything …
Nine buzzwords
28 Outsourcing
29 Prime contracting
30 "Sustainable" anything
31 "Millennium" anything
32 "e-" anything
33 Whole-life costing
34 Supply-chain management
35 Clustering
36 Brownfield
Nine places to celebrate the millennium
37 In the Caribbean Bookings are now being taken for Thomson's "Millennium Magic" Caribbean cruise. Passengers will sail through the Panama Canal and arrive in New Orleans in time for the millennium festivities. Prices from £799; call Thomson Direct on 0990-502555.
38 At the dome Join Tony, Peter and chums at the grand opening ceremony. Ten thousand guests are expected. Senior members of the construction and design team can expect invites, along with representatives of voluntary organisations; 5000 tickets will be made available to members of the public through competitions.
39 In Cleethorpes Did you know that Humberside's finest lies on the prime meridian? New year's eve could be the ideal time to check out its charms. Call the tourist information office on 01472-323111 for details.
40 At home Invite friends and family to watch the television coverage beamed live from Greenwich, along with at least 100 million others.
41 En route to the dome If you decide to absorb the millennial atmosphere at Greenwich, you'll probably see in the new year in a traffic jam. Time is running out for the organisers to establish park-and-ride and river-boat facilities. As for the JLE …
42 In Edinburgh Scotland will have its own assembly by Hogmanay and the capital will no doubt be celebrating with a special bash.
43 In an architect-designed bar Architects and style junkies should head for one of the new breed of designer bars around the country. Try Denim by Shaun Clarkson in central London, or Branson Coates' Bargo in Glasgow.
44 Down under Be one of the first to see the new millennium by booking a holiday on a Pacific island. Most are already full, so you may have to retreat to New Zealand's north island.
45 On a construction site If you're unlucky enough to have to troubleshoot millennium bug disasters, be sure to profit – bar staff are earning up to £1000.
Nine ways to boost your career
46 Network It's not just about turning up at the odd drinks do. Committed networkers plan in advance, target clubs and events, attend them regularly and keep a record of who they've met. It might not be for everyone, but the canapés should be good. (For this and other job hunting advice, see Careers on the back page.)
47 Surf the net It takes a while to get used to searching sites and sending e-mails, but it's definitely time well spent. Whether you're looking for a new job or for ideas to spice up your old one, the Internet is worth exploring.
48 Training People tend to appreciate the break from routine that training days offer more than the course itself. But if you find it hard to get excited about value management, fake an interest – your boss will appreciate it.
49 Treat yourself With Christmas expenditure still to be paid for, January may not seem the best time to invest in a new outfit and a new image. But it could be the best way to beat the back-to-work blues.
50 Construction overseas Posts abroad tend to come with more responsibility. As a result, returning expats find they can leapfrog UK-bound colleagues.
51 Aim for promotion Mark Hempshell's book Winning in the Job Market suggests that you identify the promotion you want, then give yourself six months to make progress towards it. Enhance your profile by co-operating with the people you would be working with.
52 Work for a client Working for a client with a large property portfolio could be the best way to beat the recession. Even if they stop building, there is a never-ending stream of maintenance work. And wouldn't it be nice to be at the top of the industry feeding chain?
53 Find a niche Finding a place in those professional corners that no one else has noticed can boost your pay and protect you from redundancy. Even amateur experts in IT, marketing, change management or any of the latest buzzwords can add a new line to your CV.
54 Leave the industry Controversial advice, but a growing band of non-industry employers are starting to appreciate the project management skills cultivated by construction. Logistics and transport companies could be targets – but consult a careers adviser first.
Nine markets to target
55 Corporate private finance initiative The outsourcing trend in major corporations is gathering pace, resulting in more corporate PFI deals, with companies or consortia taking responsibility for all building and estate management.
56 Prefabrication Specifying more prefabricated materials is bound to be popular with cost-, time-