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FeaturesSpecialists: Piling
Our series on specialist markets continues, this time with analysis of the piling sector鈥檚 lead times and costs from Gary Bibby of Gardiner & Theobald. Plus, Robin Wood of Cementation Foundations Skanska talks about the latest trends in the piling market
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FeaturesWhere next for Britain鈥檚 biggest architect?
Peter Drummond, the new chief of 星空传媒 Design Partnership, is looking for another 拢35m of business 鈥�
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FeaturesThe case of the dancing hotel
For a budget flophouse, the Cambridge Travelodge looked like a cool and classy piece of work. But then Gus Alexander found out what happened when the lights went down 鈥�
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FeaturesRichard Simmons
The new chief executive of CABE tells Mark Leftly why his last three projects ran into criticism, why Sir Stuart Lipton was right to resign 鈥� and why Jon Rouse is such an easy act to follow.
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FeaturesTerror and wonder
鈥� was the creed of Nicholas Hawksmoor. With the restoration of Christ Church these emotions can be experienced first hand.
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FeaturesThe new master
One of the many problems besetting the government鈥檚 plan to refurbish or replace every secondary school in Britain has been that nobody was permanently in charge of it. Now that that鈥檚 about to change, can we expect the work to start flowing?
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FeaturesCurtains for PFI
7:84 is an angry agitprop theatre company from Glasgow whose latest production puts private finance under the spotlight. 星空传媒 invited some PFI bigwigs to join the audience 鈥� and play their parts in the ensuing debate. George Hay ducked the rotten tomatoes.
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FeaturesShip in a bubble
The Cutty Sark has been decaying in a dry dock at Greenwich for 50 years. But now architect Grimshaw has designed a cocoon to protect the record-breaking clipper during restoration.
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Sketch meets developers' approval
Macfarlane鈥檚 clients experience pod toilets and the snogging room at London鈥檚 coolest bar.
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FeaturesShh, it's The Darkness
Pomp rockers The Darkness have revealed their considerate side by installing mineral wool sound insulation in their Norfolk studio.
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FeaturesThe big picture
Andy Pearson presents six case studies of OSM in action, starting at BAA鈥檚 vast Heathrow Terminal 5 project, where off-site solutions have been found for diverting rivers, building a roof the size of five football pitches, and providing the services for the main building
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FeaturesThe lone ranger rides again!
Tired of the long hours and unpaid overtime, professionals are heading for the open plains of self-employment 鈥� in increasing numbers. We talked to construction鈥檚 guns-for-hire
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The hired gun's guide
Working for an agency can boost your freelance earnings - as long as it also works for you. We look at how to get the best service
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FeaturesMore haste, more speed
Ministers may have promised a bill for London鈥檚 superfast transport link Crossrail next spring, but boss Norman Haste is not leaving his 拢9bn project until then. We saw him in action at the Labour Party Conference
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A touch of class
This City Academy is the first of 200 the government wants to build in deprived inner city areas. However, it鈥檚 unlikely that the others will be designed by Richard Rogers and boast a really pukka kitchen garden
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FeaturesDon鈥檛 supersize me
The Peabody Trust鈥檚 latest exercise in modular housing at Barons Place, west London, houses key workers in compact-and-bijou microflats. We mind our head and step inside a new fun-sized way of living.
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FeaturesHappy hour
Times are good for quantity surveyors, with charge-out rates up by as much as 50% since 2002 and most sectors looking decidedly flush. We drink in Mirza & Nacey鈥檚 latest survey on how much a cost consultant costs