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FeaturesGlasgow Commonwealth Games
Glasgow’s 2014 Commonwealth Games is being hosted at a fraction of the cost of the London Olympics, but it still has ambitions to leave a legacy for the public. Building assesses the success of the new sporting venues. Photos by Alan McAteer
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FeaturesFITs cuts: Come rain or come shine
When the energy minister said he was cutting solar subsidies the government was told it would destroy a 25,000-strong industry. Vern Pitt finds out if the actual impact has matched the dire forecasts
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FeaturesBenchmarking risk with EcoPAS
Will a new data bank provide commercial developers with the proof that sustainability makes financial sense?
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FeaturesHigh and mighty: Visions of the high street of the future
With one in seven shops now boarded up in Britain’s town centres, four leading architects suggest ways to revive the high street
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FeaturesNew sky thinking: The airport debate
With the debate over airport expansion in the South-east threatening to tear apart not just the coalition, but the Conservative Party as well, four leading thinkers make the case for their preferred option
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FeaturesGetting to grips with micro economics
A new report suggests that small-scale renewable technologies on commercial developments might cost more than they’re worth. But others argue that this misses the bigger picture. Katie Puckett investigates
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FeaturesMiddle East: A new day dawns
The 2008 liquidity crisis in the Middle East and then the Arab Spring did much to scare off UK firms. Now, a faster than expected recovery is drawing them back to Abu Dhabi, Qatar and particularly Dubai - which is seen as the business hub for the region
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FeaturesInfrastructure: Water companies
Water companies are changing their business models and the way in which they work with their construction partners. Simon Rawlinson and Mike Nugent of EC Harris examine the water industry’s growing focus on whole life performance
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FeaturesThe airport debate
Heathrow, Stanstead, Estuary? Today, Sir Terry Farrell reveals his preferred airport option
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FeaturesThe benefits creating the most buzz
Tough times have meant a shift in what employees value from their jobs. Debika Ray examines which benefits have emerged as the most sought-after in the altered landscape and what employers are doing to provide them
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FeaturesStaff benefits: What's it worth?
Building reports on the key trends in staff benefits among the most forward-thinking firms in construction
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FeaturesHorrific Halloween architecture
Forget pumpkins and witches’ hats - for a real fright this Halloween nothing beats the worst excesses of modern architecture
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FeaturesSiemen's Abu Dhabi HQ
Technology giant Siemens developed one LEED Platinum-rated office in London, and is now trying to replicate this success - in the Abu Dhabi desert
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FeaturesPrivate rented sector: Heading for a fall
Is the private rented sector housing’s best hope?
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FeaturesInsurance special report: BIM
The rise of collaboration software has created a lot of questions for insurers - not least how to divide up and assign blame if anything goes wrong
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FeaturesSean Tompkins: Chartering new territory
With the RICS’ overseas membership up to 35,000, chief executive Sean Tompkins isn’t about to be blown off course by parochial critics back home
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Five years on …
Half a decade since the start of the economic crisis, output is still falling and tender prices continue to head south. Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, reports
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FeaturesHorrible Halloween architecture
The National Fisheries Development Board in India is next on our list of buildings that would make anyone scream
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FeaturesHalloween horrors: Makkah Clock Royal Tower
Today’s gruesome building is five times bigger than Big Ben and twice the height of the Shard
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FeaturesHalloween horrors: Piano House
For a real fright this Halloween nothing beats the worst excesses of modern architecture