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FeaturesTom Barry: 鈥楾he UAE is coming out of recession as we speak鈥�
Tom Barry is boss of Arabtec, the UAE鈥檚 biggest contractor, and he鈥檚 been doing the job for 35 years. So who better to ask what鈥檚 going to happen next to the Emirates?
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FeaturesPardon me boy, is that the chattanooga choo choo?
Well, no it鈥檚 not. But following a major renovation and extensive tunnelling to Antwerp Centraal Station, trains can now whizz through on their way to Amsterdam, Brussels and beyond
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FeaturesA time for action?: Energy policy consulation
Consultation Man will be going back in his box if the Tories have their way, to be replaced by a more 鈥榙ynamic鈥� approach to energy policy. But is there more to the consulting process than just a lengthy exercise in delaying decisions?
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FeaturesEducating mena
The Middle East鈥檚 grand schoolbuilding plans present a great opportunity for UK firms, so long as they appreciate the unique challenges of the market 鈥� as two speakers at December鈥檚 BSEC MENA conference explain
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FeaturesIt鈥檚 back! Return of the PFI
It seems that rumours of the PFI鈥檚 demise have been greatly exagerrated. But what type of work is likely to be available? And where鈥檚 the money going to come from?
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FeaturesPsychic power: The future of nuclear
In one way, the future for nuclear energy looks assured. In another, it鈥檚 at the mercy of all sorts of possible problems. Olivia Boyd shuffles the cards and identifies five of the biggest
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FeaturesI'm still here: Expats surviving in Dubai
When the recession brought work in Dubai to a virtual standstill, it triggered an exodus of expat professionals. But not everybody went home. 星空传媒 talks to some of the survivors to find out how life in the UAE has changed
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FeaturesCost model update: Small projects
Max Wilkes of Davis Langdon revisits affordable homes, extra-care homes and nursing homes to find out what effect changes in regulations and tender price deflation have had on the sums
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FeaturesSliding glass facade with PV
Austrian firm M-systems has launched the EV3000, an aluminium framed glass sliding panel designed to provide solar shading on facades and which also incorporates thin film photovoltaics for power generation
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FeaturesThe five hundred million pound woman: Colette O'Shea
Last week, we looked at what life on site was like for the industry鈥檚 female minority. This week, Emily Wright heads to the boardroom to meet Land Securities鈥� Colette O鈥橲hea, the most powerful woman in London development
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FeaturesBeware of killer clients: the insurance threat to fit-out providers
Fit-out firms are suddenly finding that their clients are making them take out insurance to cover the entire job 鈥� and as they may not be able to, they鈥檙e risking commercial death
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FeaturesThe right formula: Abu Dhabi's Yas Hotel
With its dramatic architecture, precise engineering and top-speed construction, the Formula One-themed Yas Hotel has outlapped most of Abu Dhabi鈥檚 other buildings
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FeaturesDownsizing Dubai: Will the Middle East's golden child ever be the same again?
The UAE is waking up 鈥� but it has one hell of a hangover, and it鈥檚 going to take more than a couple of fizzy tablets to make it all better. So what sort of market is emerging? Well, the chances are it鈥檚 going to be good news for shed ...
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FeaturesZaha's Museum of Transport: The battle of the oil can
Zaha Hadid鈥檚 Museum of Transport in Glasgow was designed with gothic zinc-clad ridges and 100m-plus roof spans. They looked great on a computer screen, but led to memorable rows with the project team
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星空传媒 pathology: Water ingress
Water penetration can be a problem for brick walls 鈥� even if a cavity is included to prevent moisture reaching the building interior
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FeaturesBaby, do you like my curves?
Great news for fans of blobby architecture 鈥� a technology that creates curvaceous structures with such speed and precision that it could change the way we build
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Market forecast: Still a way to go
Despite signs of recession abating in some quarters, 2010 will remain tough for the building industry, particularly with public sector work likely to shrink
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FeaturesAluminium facade panels
This residential complex in London used almost 5,000 anodised aluminium rainscreen panels