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2012 countdown: It starts here …
Forget the World Cup. The biggest show on Earth is the Olympics, and the good news is we’ve already won it
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Features2012 countdown: Jonathan Edwards and the Olympic village
Don’t worry. Jonathan Edwards hasn’t fallen on hard times since winning gold at Sydney in 2000. Rather, Locog is using his expert knowledge to help with the delivery of the £1bn Olympic village, right down to the fixtures and fittings
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Features2012 countdown: The velodrome
The plan with the velodrome was to make it as lean as a racing bike, says Chris Wise, one of its designers
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Features2012 countdown: The Games in numbers
The sheer scale of the 2012 project makes it a statistician’s dream. Here are a few figures, from the biggest buildings to the barest bones …
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FeaturesElectrical Contractors Association: Precedent Johnson
Diane Johnson is the ECA’s first woman president.What’s she got planned for her year at the helm?
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FeaturesCosts and challenges of biodiversity planning
Dormice are protected, frogs need water and bats return after removal – just some of the challenges in dealing with British fauna and flora
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FeaturesGreen FIZZ: Coca-Cola's Spanish HQ
Coca-Cola’s new Spanish HQ is refreshingly eco friendly and even boasts a LEED ’gold’ certification
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FeaturesMillennium projects: 10 years of good luck
From the wobbly Millennium Bridge to the infamous Spinnaker Tower and the runaway success of Tate Modern, fortune smiled on some millennium projects more than others. Ike Ijeh celebrates their 10th anniversary
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FeaturesCan you arrange these tiles to make a coherent company?
Bovis UK has just lost its third chief executive in four years, its relationship with its Australian parent is difficult and talk of a sale is in the air. Sarah Richardson looks at what is going wrong
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FeaturesThe 2010 consultants’ salary guide
This year’s Building/Hays Construction & Property pay guide tells a familiar story of cuts and freezes. Roxane McMeeken finds out who’s getting by on economy baked beans, and why employers might be about to get a lot of belly aching
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FeaturesIs it a crane? Is it a mobile access platform?
It’s both, apparently – or so these workers seem to think
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FeaturesFirst Impressions: Thomas Heatherwick’s Shanghai pavilion
Kingston University/Design Museum student gives his first impression direct from Shanghai
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Greening commercial property: What is acceptable behaviour in an office?
Well, installing energy-efficient plant and using it intelligently, are two examples. And this Carbon Trust mini-conference explains why it could save us all £27bn over the next 40 years
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FeaturesAldar’s Abu Dhabi HQ: One last spin of the wheel
Aldar’s Abu Dhabi headquarters is one of the final feats of jaw-dropping construction machismo we’ll see from the UAE for a while, says Thomas Lane. And it gives us plenty of reasons to mourn their passing …
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FeaturesThe Prince’s Trust: Helping young people Get into Construction
Construction wants to attract a diversified workforce, and many would-be workers are trying to get away from unemployment and crime. Sarah Richardson meetsMike Peasland, who’s helping the Prince’s Trust to help them do just that
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Gas membrane
Construction membranes specialist Icopal has extended its range of gas membranes with the launch of the Monarflex CO2 membrane
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Precast concrete structure
Structherm Fastbuild is being used for the construction of 10 low-energy homes on the outskirts of Edinburgh
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FeaturesSealing strips
ISO-Chemie, maker of foam sealants, has launched ISO-Connect HB-Band, a permanent horizontal seal to prevent moisture transfer and rising damp between wall sole plates and foundation walls or floor slabs in timber-framed buildings
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Soffit insulation
Promat has launched Promat TLFR Board to complement its existing range of soffit insulation solutions