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Education products
Fast-track pitched roofing, slip-free laboratory floors and fire control systems suitable for historic buildings are among the products raising standards on UK school estates
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My digital life … Kate Ison
The ICE media relations manager on buying pilates classes online, one click purchasing addiction, and a worrying obsession with Bus Count
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Construction appointments: 22 November 2013
Fielden + Mawson and Broadway Malyan among those announcing appointments and promotions this week
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Orbit plans to build 500 private homes a year by 2020
Social landlord to become ‘broad-based housing company’ with private sale and private rental homes
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A bit of BIM
In a crowded workplace, architecture graduates may find that knowing a bit about Building Information Modelling can make all the difference to getting a job
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New Victorians
A 19th-century primary school in Dulwich came with the usual set of problems associated with old buildings. To solve them, Edward Cullinan Architects took a pragmatic and piecemeal approach
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RICS launches specialist qualification for infrastructure skills
RICS Built Infrastructure Pathway will certify surveyors’ competency in skills including project and cost management, project finance, and BIM
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Bright young things
The upturn has exposed a skills shortage but construction’s key role in delivering a sustainable society means it needs to attract and train a new generation of professionals
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Hansom: On and off the field
World Cup fever and a spot of rain hit Doha (but no sign of Zaha Hadid), London’s Emirates Air Line is spurned, structural engineers are deaf to opera, and the FT tries to keep up
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Al Wakrah stadium: The big heat
Despite pressure to move the 2022 World Cup to the winter, Qatar is soldiering on with plans to hold the games in the summer. So how will the new stadiums cope with the scorching temperatures, and carbon neutral and legacy goals?
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Former DL partners to build ‘humane’ Qatar worker homes
Exclusive: Firm says housing will provide ‘dignified’ conditions as scrutiny grows on World Cup labour practices
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Lancaster Cohousing: Tales from the river bank
Development spearheaded by local residents win award from National Self Build Association
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Scotland moves to blacklist the blacklisters
First minister Alex Salmond sets out long-awaited procurement guidance for public bodies
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Labour market: Spoilt for choice
Amid evidence that the market is recovering, many industry professionals trapped in jobs for the last five years are finally on the move. But a sudden wealth of opportunities for employees has left employers facing skills shortages
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Contractors must embrace FM
What does a contractor truly know about buildings if it has never managed one?
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A pattern is emerging ...
The CPA/Barbour ABI Index for October is a clear sign that things are looking up
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Getting to grips with an ageing workforce
How do we retain the experience that older staff bring?
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Embracing the customs
The nascent custom-build sector should not be viewed as a threat by volume housebuilders. Rather, it is a chance for them to sell more homes
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Rubbish in, rubbish out
What’s the use of different energy prediction software packages producing such varied results?
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Technology is a wonderful thing - but only if you know how to use it
Research into consumer attitudes to low and zero carbon technologies reveals contains some important lessons for the industry