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Eight projects due to complete in 2013
From Birmingham New Street to Stonehenge Visitors Centre, here are eight projects set to complete this year …
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You're hired: the Apprentice architect
Architect Gabrielle Omar tells Ðǿմ«Ã½ how being ‘the nice one’ on BBC’s The Apprentice helped her practice get work
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The year in covers: A selection of Ðǿմ«Ã½ magazine's best artwork
Ðǿմ«Ã½â€™s group art editor explains the story behind some of Ðǿմ«Ã½â€™s covers over the past 12 months
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Best of Brickonomics 2012
Economist Brian Green has been analysing what the latest construction data means for the industry all year - here are the five blogs that caught readers’ attention most in 2012
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Best building projects
Architectural correspondent Ike Ijeh picks out his five most memorable projects of 2012
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Top interviews in 2012
From the UK’s most famous practising architect to a reclusive duo in charge of a fast-growing contractor, Ðǿմ«Ã½ has interviewed a variety of industry characters this year. Here’s our pick of some of our favourites
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Safety blunders: A year of living dangerously
2012 was another vintage year for safety blunder pictures. Here are our top five examples of on-site idiocy
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Triumph and disaster: The 2012 review
In 2012, the UK construction industry faced up to an onslaught of cuts, U-turns, stalled projects and financial collapses, while also demonstrating how to put on the greatest show on Earth. Ðǿմ«Ã½ looks back on an extraordinary year
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Projects of the year: Most visionary public space
2012 has been an important year for public spaces, and most significant was the radical shared-space scheme at Exhibition Road
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Review of the year: Disputes, BIM and nuclear
How did 2012 pan out for industry disputes, the nuclear sector and BIM?
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Projects of the year: Most ambitious railway project
The King’s Cross western concourse marked a milestone for the UK railway sector
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Review of the year: Acquisitions, restructures and collapses
A look back at the reshuffles of Balfour Beatty, Davis Langdon and in government; plus the major collapses and acquisitions of the year
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Projects of the year: Best boat-inspired building
There were three big boat-related events in 2012 but the award for the best themed building has to go to the Mary Rose Museum
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Review of the year: Government failures
Not everything went quite to plan for the government in 2012 and the Green Deal, feed-in tariffs and MoD procurement will be remembered as such
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Projects of the year: Most technically ambitious project
Temperatures of 150,000,000ºC are just one challenge the world’s first commercial nuclear fusion reactor faced
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Projects of the year: Most austerity-friendly project
There can be few more appropriate models for the straitened times in which we live than standardised schools
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Projects of the year: Biggest false dawn
The new-build City office market promised a lot at the start of the year but projects have since stalled or remain empty
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Local Enterprise Partnerships: Going local
Last week, the chancellor beefed up Local Enterprise Partnerships and tasked them with administering anything up to £50bn in government funding to promote growth in local economies. This gives construction companies a rare chance to influence policy and win work
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Carbon monoxide: The silent killer
Northern Ireland has taken decisive action to reduce carbon-monoxide related deaths by making alarms that detect the gas compulsory
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Quotes of the year 2012
The year’s best quotes from Ðǿմ«Ã½, including Berkeley MD Rob Perrins on working with Tony Pidgley, Mott MacDonald’s Keith Howells on Star Wars, and Ray O’Rourke on UK work culture