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Here comes rab

2004-05-14T00:00:00Z

A crowd of iconic office schemes is being planned for the City of London. Bennetts Associates' New Street Square is the latest to be unveiled …

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Nothing doing

2004-05-14T00:00:00Z

The Paddington Health Campus was always going to be problematic, but nobody expected it to take so long to do so little, or for costs to rise from £360m to £827m. We tell the inside story of the PFI hospital from hell

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Cost study: Scottish gas headquarters

2004-05-14T00:00:00Z

Built on a former gasworks (appropriately), Scottish Gas’ HQ is an elegant and energy-efficient addition to Edinburgh’s rapidly changing waterfront. Architect Foster and Partners, environmental engineer Battle McCarthy and cost consultant Davis Langdon explain how they did it.

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Appointments

2004-05-13T11:23:00Z

Movers and shakers

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Glazed in glory

2004-05-13T00:00:00Z

Rick Mather's Lincoln School of Architecture, shoehorned into a small site next to a railway track, is a triumph of design ingenuity. We find out how specifiying the right windows made all the difference

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Products

2004-05-13T00:00:00Z

This month, highly intelligent doors and windows that can be customised to suit any size or design – and their applications to some top educational institutions

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The rules

2004-05-13T00:00:00Z

We all know the importance of fire safety and disability access. So why do two sets of regulations appear to contradict each other? Plus, an update on the discrimination debate over metal door handles. Alex Smith reports

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Costs

2004-05-13T00:00:00Z

We tell you to steel yourselves for the latest price rises in metal doors and windows, and explains how the schools market is on the up and up

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All becomes clear

2004-05-13T00:00:00Z

Rick Mather Architects knows that when designing a minimalist building, its windows have a great bearing on its appearance.

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Checklist

2004-05-13T00:00:00Z

With technical advances being made all the time, window specifiers need to keep abreast of the changes. Barbour Index and ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Specifier outline five ways to get the best results

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Oliver Letwin

2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

The donnish shadow chancellor may look most at home surrounded by dusty tomes, but he's all for rewriting the book when it comes to the civil service. He talks to us about modernisation, decentralisation and, er, oysters.

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The Lewisham job

2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

They designed it so a gang of third graders could have pulled it off. It was fast, it was easy and the score was 30 mill. Only drawback was, it was a police station – but they had a plan for that, too … Gus 'The Hat' Alexander cases the ...

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On thin air

2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

Welcome to the bumpy flight that is consultants' pay, where you can experience vertical take-off one moment and the next find yourself frantically trying to remember how you get the oxygen out of that mask thing. We report on the 2004 ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½/Hays Montrose consultants' salary guide.

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Tonight, at the forum …

2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

… Herzog & de Meuron presents Barcelona's latest urban regeneration extravaganza, starring an eye-catching triangular auditorium at a gravity-defying angle. Sit back and enjoy the show

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March passed: The MoD becomes Britain's top client

2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

£555m garrison makes ministry UK's biggest spender – and puts Sir Robert McAlpine top of contractors' table

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It's getting hot out there …

2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

Thinking of working abroad but not sure where to look for work? We offer a rundown this year's hottest destinations, where UK-trained construction professionals are definitely in demand …

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Singleton vs empty-nester

2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

There are two types of people who are really suited to working abroad. Which one are you – or should you stay put?

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Ways to go

2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

Are you considering working abroad? Daniel Griggs heads up the international division at global recruitment consultancy Beresford Blake Thomas. Here, he offers some top tips

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Just the job

2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

Dubai is a great location for both work and play – and with its massive construction boom the opportunities are endless, quantity surveyor Fergus Rossiter tells ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

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Tony no mates

2004-04-30T00:00:00Z

Say hello to Tony. Tony is a prime minister. But Tony is sad, because even though he has lots of money and the kit for lovely new schools and hospitals, all his friends are too busy to help him to put them together. So Tony might not be ...