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Sustainability: Recyled content
Jobran Hammoud of Cyril Sweett examines the opportunities for, and costs associated with, increasing the use of recycled materials in construction
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FeaturesA law unto itself
Richard Rogers has once again turned convention on its head in its radical design of Antwerp's law courts building, opened this week by the King of Belgium.
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FeaturesNow 50% off!
Why pay more for your building materials? Sonia Soltani discovered one company that is buying from abroad, slashing prices and passing the savings on to some very happy customers
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Sir Robert McAlpine cashes in on commercial revival
Contractor picks up £429m worth of work from office and retail sector while Bovis wins school prize
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FeaturesYoung, gifted and in the black
It might seem like an unglamorous option, but housebuilding is becoming the sector to work in. Increasingly young executives are enjoying increasingly fat pay packets and perks, according to the first ever Building/PSD housebuilders' salary survey. Illustration by Jamie Jay
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Projectsupdate: Regulations
Two important changes to the fire regulations coming into force this year will affect the duties and responsibilities of designers and owners of commercial buildings. John Tebbit reports
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FeaturesWhole-life costs: Height of offices
In the latest of our whole-life cost comparison articles, David Weight of Currie & Brown examines the crucial financial considerations when deciding the height of an office block
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Just the job: swapping reverb for referb
Warren Lubin tells James Rose why refurbishing housing estates beats life in the music business
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Gleeson's choices
When chief executive Terry Massingham announces his plans for one of Britain's oldest construction firms next week, there's little doubt they will entail its radical reformation - but it's not clear just how radical, or what will remain when it's over.
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FeaturesUK Green Building Council: here at last?
A Green Building Council for the UK would ensure that we stay in the vanguard of sustainable building. There's been one in the USA for 11 years, so shouldn't we have one too?
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FeaturesPlace your bets
The consensus in the industry is that the office market is finally back. But which particular project should you be trying to win work on?
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FeaturesAn answer in the cold, cold earth
So you don't want the expense and obloquy of air-conditioning, but you'd rather not risk a naturally ventilated solution? Luckily there's a highly effective third way, which you'll soon be able to inspect at a business park outside Luton.
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FeaturesReaching the summit
Building has been urging government to Reform the Regs for months. Now, the campaign has moved up a gear with a summit at our offices. Key players from the industry and ODPM went head to head, and found a surprising consensus on the need to cut red tape.
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FeaturesJust the job: secure foundations
Mark Whitaker tells Emily Wright what a bomb disposal expert is doing in the construction industry
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FeaturesHarry Patch (1899-present)
Reluctant celebrity Harry Patch still shudders to recall the horrors of the First World War - as well as the dangers he faced back home as a high-rise builder. Building met the 107-year-old
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FeaturesEnric's last hurrah
Part magic carpet ride, part Indonesian village hall, Barcelona's Santa Catarina market bears all the inventiveness of its architect's founder - the late Enric Miralles.
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FeaturesRunning scared
It began with protests against the building of animal research laboratories in Cambridge and Oxford. Now those protests have mushroomed to target any construction firms connected with Oxford University, Oxford city or the entire pharmaceutical sector. Sarah Richardson reports on the campaign that turned into a war - and how ...
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Full steam ahead
Having recovered from the slowdown of 2005, construction order books and tender enquiry growth accelerated over the past quarter - except the residential sector, says Experian Business Strategies