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FeaturesRichard McCarthy
The sheer get-up-and-go of the head of the ODPM鈥檚 sustainable communities group is proving increasingly valuable 鈥� particularly in easing the 鈥榗reative tension鈥� between government and housebuilders. We got him to sit still for a minute.
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FeaturesLafarge鈥檚 African mercy run
Charity ship bound for Africa will carry 48-tonnes of cement donated by Lafarge and builders merchant Ridgeons.
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FeaturesKew for a song
Ted Cullinan celebrated a hat trick of gardening jobs by visiting Kew and writing a ditty in honour of partner Robin Nicholson.
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Specifier Products
The latest ideas for adding the final flourish to a building, from sun-shading aluminium louvres to spectacular coloured glass interlayers. Plus, the connectors, cramps and beams that hold it all together
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FeaturesSeven steps to curtain walling heaven
Malcolm Dobson, technical director of Technal, gives his tips on what to look out for on site to ensure the perfect curtain walling installation
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FeaturesCement: Mixmasters
Those fighting construction鈥檚 never ending war against cock-ups on site have just been handed a powerful new weapon: cements that have been precisely blended to do the job that they鈥檙e supposed to
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FeaturesConcrete: Freeflow
The architect for this museum in Lincoln wanted a concrete that would be quick and easy to pour, yet have a finish sensitive enough to record the texture of a leaf. Here鈥檚 how he found it
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FeaturesGyvlon: Crackdown
Any firms interested in finding a flooring material that is faster and greener than traditional screeds, doesn鈥檛 need reinforcement and won鈥檛 shrink may be interested in Gyvlon 鈥�
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FeaturesBernard Kasriel: Realpolitic
Bernard Kasriel, chief executive of Lafarge, talks about environment-friendly technology, negotiating with suspicious governments and the delicate business of digging enormous great holes
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FeaturesPlasterboard: Hush hush
Changes in planning policy have elevated plasterboard from a way to subdivide a room into a vital tool of government policy. But only if it passes stringent acoustic tests. So how is the next generation is meeting the challenge?
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FeaturesRoofs: Powersharing
The roofing industry is being crowbarred away from its traditions by a mixture of government regulation and market imperatives. Luckily, this process is being helped by an evolutionary leap in materials technology 鈥�
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FeaturesWalker鈥檚 big score
The thing is, there must be 50 ways to screw up a 拢1bn project, and if you can think of 25 of them, you鈥檙e a genius. We talk to a man who鈥檚 trying to do even better than that 鈥�
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Local lowdown: Central Scotland
Robert Smith of Hays Montrose says that, in central Scotland, PFIs are leading the way
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FeaturesHow鈥檚 this for an executive box?
In a backlash against Brookside-style housing, Stock Woolstencroft has designed a model high-density apartment scheme with a splash of colour that also regenerates a historic area of north London suburbia.
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Slow but sure
In this month鈥檚 Tracker, Experian Business Strategies reports that growth in the industry is expected to continue over the next three months, albeit at a slower rate than before
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Specifier Products
The latest window and door solutions, including new doors for a venerable institution in Cambridge, fire station entrances that fly open in seconds and some eye-catching coloured glazing