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FeaturesHey good looking
Architecture isn鈥檛 the only thing bringing tourists to Canary Wharf. Find out about art on site, and meet the woman who commissions it
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FeaturesThe good fight
Sister Christine Frost has been campaigning for the residents of Docklands since the 1980s. Here, she explains what Canary Wharf Group is doing for the community
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Green giant
If you were to ask 100 people what an environment-friendly building looked like, not many of them would describe a glassy high rise. But they'd be wrong. Welcome to 10 Upper Bank Street 鈥�
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Next in line
Canary Wharf just keeps growing. The latest piece in the jigsaw is Heron Quays 鈥� home to even more high-quality offices, retail and green space
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The new frontier
The estate is almost full, but a little thing like that isn't going to stop Canary Wharf Group expanding. This is the future: two developments beyond its original boundary and a major transport project
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Foster finally hits top spot in May architects league
鈥� while Kier keeps its place as the king of the contractors with 拢100m of contract wins.
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FeaturesKey players
In the first of a new series, we provide an inside look into the management structure of leading construction firms, starting with QS Turner & Townsend.
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Lead times
The general market slowdown in the second quarter has meant most firms are keeping their lead times on an even keel.
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FeaturesSpotlight on demolition
Market viewAsk most people to describe a typical demolition site and they would probably talk about a ball and chain smashing its way through a building until there is just a heap of rubble. This preconceived notion of the industry does not do it justice. In recent years, demolition contractors ...
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FeaturesThe siege of Edinburgh
A cost increase that took the Scottish parliament building 10 times over budget has prompted MSPs and the tabloids to launch a vicious attack on the project team. But are the politicians trying to divert attention from their own failings?
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Canary Wharf retail: Shop smart
It鈥檚 not all about the offices or even about lunch for the people in them. Canary Wharf is now a retail destination 鈥� complete with 51,000 m2 of high-street favourites and stylish boutiques
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FeaturesAfter the floodgates open
The biggest dam in the world, the Three Gorges in China, has started to turn the Yangtze into a 480 km long reservoir. As the water rises, 星空传媒 considers the tasks still facing the Chinese: completing the dam and building three cities for 1.2 million displaced people
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FeaturesTower of Babble
As the Swiss Re tower nears completion, the public is busy picking holes in the design and construction work. 星空传媒 looks at how the erotic gherkin's dominant presence on the London skyline has inspired a wave of urban myths...
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Local lowdown
Site managers and QSs can demand fat salaries in Kent and Surrey, where affordable housing is driving the market
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Space is money
A project can be analysed in terms of the fundamental units of space, time and money. And every project has a solution that uses the first to minimise the second and maximise the third. Here's how to find it
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Now for the science bit 鈥�
This composite crane's eye view of Zaha Hadid's Wolfsburg Science Centre in Saxony shows that laying a floor has rarely been more complex
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Lifetime costs: masonry walls
The higher costs of making sure your masonry wall complies with Part L are partially offset by annual savings in energy costs. But by how much? We do the sums
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Movers and makers
The Environment Agency has teamed up with research company HR Wallingford to develop a British Standards Institution-approved Kitemark scheme for flood protection products. The Environment Agency said it believed this was the first quality standard in the world for flood protection. The first products to win Kitemark approval are Floodguard ...