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FeaturesColin Monk
On the oche is the Basingstoke Builder, famous in the darts world for his larger-than-life personality and beer-assisted escapades. And he's a nice guy – as long as you don't try to take food from his children's mouths.
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Just the job
After completing his science degree, Matt Tanner decided to work in construction. We find out if being a project manager is all he hoped it would be …
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FeaturesMaker's mark
London's Holloway Road was not exactly crying out for an edgy, in-yer-face building, but Daniel Libeskind's latest design does wonders for it anyway. Martin Spring assesses the design, Thomas Lane reports on the building techniques.
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Careers: Ask Edward
Having problems at work? Not sure about your legal position? In the first of a regular series our expert Edward Goodwyn, a partner at solicitor Masons, answers your questions
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FeaturesBasque in glory
Eduardo Arroyo was determined to give his countrymen a football stadium that reinforced their Basque identity. The result, as Justin McGuirk found out, is a building that welds the region's steel-producing past to its hope of a cleaner, greener future.
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Feeling the winter chill
The first Tracker of the year from Experian Business Strategies forecasts that construction growth will cool off over the next three months, but offers a sunnier outlook for 2004 as a whole
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FeaturesWhere grass will be greener
Last Friday, Wimbledon submitted designs for a brand new Centre Court. We report on the concertina roof that will revolutionise our televisual experience of the tennis championship by banishing the rain, extending the hours of play and, most importantly, keeping a lid on Sir Cliff
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FeaturesHomage to isokonia
This block of tiny flats in north London was once the trendiest address in 1930s Britain. Agatha Christie, Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer all lived here. In the 1990s, only the pigeons called it home. We report on the restoration of a modernist gem
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FeaturesPeter Vince
There's a good reason for these kid-in-a-candy-store looks. The boss of one of the UK's hottest project management firms is out to double its £20m turnover in three years – and fulfill his childhood dream.
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Building’s Beckhams
Every year, a few premiership players dominate the European construction league – but their Spanish competitors are playing a long game and there may be an upset.
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FeaturesThe Longest day
The creation of Heathrow's £3.7bn Terminal 5 is a titanic daily feat of co-ordination, with a 7000-strong army of workers to be ferried, thousands of tonnes of material to be delivered and two raging rivers to be diverted. We observed a day in the remarkable life of Europe's biggest building ...
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FeaturesFair and square
Stride Treglown's rectilinear community building in Bristol enriches the lives of local residents – not least because of its clean lines and accessible courtyard garden
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FeaturesTime, gentlemen, please
In the rush of 12-hour working days fuelled by fatty snacks and liquid lunches, it's easy to forget that you are utterly, utterly reliant on a small ball of muscle in your chest. We report on drive to alert executives to the danger they're in – before it's too late
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Local lowdown
Six months ago, Wales hit the headlines over its massive skills shortages. Robert Smith of Hays Montrose looks at the projects that are desperately seeking staff
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Features04 for 2004
With the party season behind us, it's time to take a sober look at the year to come. But for those still feeling delicate, we've have made it nice and simple. Out of all the potential issues, buildings, gadgets, institutions and people that'll make it big in 2004, Building has ...
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FeaturesThe saga continues …
Holyrood's disastrous cost overruns and missed deadlines dominated 2003's headlines. As Lord Fraser prepares for the second half of his inquiry, we chart how the tale of incompetence and mismanagement has unfolded so far
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Just the job
Chimwemwe Lungu tells us why she left Malawi to study and work in British construction