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Features鈥榃hat鈥檚 missing is an understanding of what works and what doesn鈥檛鈥�
Construction accounts for about 10% of GDP, so why is a measly 拢5m being invested in its R&D? Stephen Kennett looks at the steady evaporation of funding 鈥� particularly for the publication of practical guidance 鈥� but wonders if we only have ourselves to blame
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FeaturesBetter by degrees
Entering construction as a graduate will stand you in better stead than jumping right in and learning on the job. Even the lack of on-site experience can work to your advantage, says graduate QS Richard Devoy
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FeaturesSpecialist cost update: Structures
The credit crunch has led to the cancellation or postponement of some schemes, but the year ahead is still looking buoyant across the sector. Gardiner & Theobald report
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FeaturesCountry focus: Spain
Spain has enjoyed a booming economy over the past 10 years, with annual growth well above the EU average. But is the fiesta about to end? Marcos Uttley del Corral of EC Harris reports
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FeaturesStudio Royale
James Bond鈥檚 favourite car maker gets an appropriately elegant design workship
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FeaturesTop 50 contractor websites: Restricted access
星空传媒.co.uk鈥檚 survey of the top 50 contractors revealed that many of the biggest names in the industry are failing to make their websites accessible to all users
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FeaturesSustainability: Heat pumps
Can the technology that powers the humble fridge contribute to reducing carbon emissions in a cost-effective way? Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon looks at what heat pumps can, and cannot, offer a future development
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Liverpool lost 40% of its jobs between 1972 and 1991 and so, unsurprisingly, its population has been in long-term decline. It still is.
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FeaturesLiverpool One on-site: Welcome to paradise
How do you co-ordinate a 拢1bn budget, 40 buildings, 22 architects and 90 consultants to deliver the most ambitious regeneration scheme Liverpool has ever seen? Thomas Lane went to ask the man who has to do it
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Prefabricated toilet cubicles
Cubicle Centre has developed the Malvern range for washroom refurbishments.
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FeaturesPhil Redmond
He鈥檚 known by many as the father of the modern soap opera. Others see him as the man who鈥檒l deliver Liverpool鈥檚 year in the sun. But for some he鈥檒l always be the QS who tackled Orton village hall 鈥�
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FeaturesHow to be a patron of the arts
No refurbished corporate headquarters is complete without its specially commissioned artwork 鈥� and 11-12 St James鈥檚 Square in west London wasn鈥檛 to be outdone.
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FeaturesOccupant feedback: Did you have a good office today?
Poorly designed offices can easily demoralise a workforce, sapping productivity and profits. So the British Council for Offices is endeavouring to get designers, contractors and clients to take post-occupancy feedback seriously.
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FeaturesRadiators you can sit on
Jaga Heating Products has launched a bench radiator for lobbies and public spaces.
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Movers and makers
Telling Lime Products and Pittsburgh Corning have begun testing their insulated cladding for flood prevention. Air-tightness, water-tightness and wind and impact resistance are being assessed using the standard methods. There will also be a new test to determine how well the system protects timber and steel frame buildings. ...
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FeaturesEnvironment-friendly paint
星空传媒 Design Partnership has designed this administrative centre for Edinburgh council in the Waverley Valley district, mid-way between Princes Street and the Scottish parliament at Holyrood.
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Waterless urinals
A range of urinals has been launched by Gen Quip that operates without water or the need for waste cartridges, microbial blocks or deoderising tablets.
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Acoustic control
The London offices of insurer Friends Provident have been fitted with a sound control system by Acoustic Comfort.
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Track lighting
Zumtobel Lighting has launched the Tren modular track system for lighting high ceiling spaces.