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Watch out for splinters
Natural unfinished timber is the cladding material of choice for fashionable architects these days, but not everyone knows how to use it. Choose the wrong type of wood or an inappropriate fixing method and the rot could set in …
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Let's stop talking
Glen Sabin - says the industry needs to stop discussing partnering and start including manufacturers
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Time for work
Michael Ryley explains why the European court is moving to protect paid holidays for workers on short-term contracts
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Appointments
ContractorsBrian Cullum has joined Higgins Construction as business manager.Try Interiors, the interior fit-out division of Try Construction, has appointed Barry Couzens sales and marketing manager.Andrew Crispin and Andrew Postlethwaite have been promoted to directors at fit-out contractor Walter Lilly, part of YJL.HousebuildersLovell has appointed Marcus Keys, formerly of the Housing ...
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Foster's station at the heart of Europe
Dresden wanted to establish itself as the centre of Central Europe, so it called in Foster and Partners to do something dramatic with its 19th-century station. This is what it got …
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The knight behind the portcullis
Portcullis House has generated countless headlines, but its architect, Sir Michael Hopkins, has featured in very few of them. So who is this powerful yet elusive figure?
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How to survive MIPIM
Heading off to Cannes next week for the MIPIM property fair? If you want to keep your cred and be seen at all the coolest hang-outs, you'd better read this first
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Brand new sports kit
At last, a solution to poorly designed lottery-funded leisure facilities – an off-the-peg sports hall that's cheap and cheerful
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Is this the best boss in construction?
Ken Dalton runs Oscar Faber, a successful, if unglamorous, engineering company that has just been voted the best employer in the whole of UK construction. Eloise Seddon finds out what makes its staff such happy bunnies.
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A school of one's own
Richard Saxon - explains how 星空传媒 Design Partnership became a PFI consortium
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Five things you ought to know about limited liability partnerships
What is it?A limited liability partnership is a hybrid of a limited company and a partnership, and comes into force on 6 April. It combines the freedom and managerial flexibility of the former with the limited liability and accounting transparency of the latter, providing the best of both worlds.Who is ...
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Twin peaks
Despite the disasters, delays and last year's crane tragedy that left three men dead, the race to complete Britain's second tallest buildings is nearing completion. The twin monoliths that will be HSBC and Citigroup's HQs, now jostle for space in the London skyline
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The 30-second guide to combined heat and power plants
The government is so convinced of the benefits of combined heat and power technology that it is giving tax breaks to those who use it.
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The right stone
Nick Schumann - How to prevent a disaster when specifying natural materials
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Lead times
Mace tracks the lead times of 38 works packages and, Gardiner & Theobald analyses in detail movements in the market for mechanical and electrical contractors.
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Dear Robert
This month, is it always a good idea to move to a better paid job, and which should you choose: a company car or a car allowance?
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Appointments
ContractorsWarings Construction Group has appointed Colin Crowther, previously with Carillion 星空传媒, construction director. He succeeds Colin Hollis who becomes technical director. Yorkshire-based Harrison Developments has promoted David Clancy (right) to associate director of developments.Steve Heanue has been appointed regional director of Fitzpatrick's eastern building division.Jonathan Pochin has been appointed to ...
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FeaturesWhy Regulations matter
Paul Everall, the DETR's head of 星空传媒 Regulations, explains why and how the government reviews its rules
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Storms ahead
The 拢1bn of damage caused by last year's storms, and a research report predicting worse to come, has forced the DETR to look again at the structural part of the 星空传媒 Regulations