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NewsPortakabin completes £3m modular primary school
Portakabin has handed over the first complete primary school in England to be built using modular construction
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NewsICE urges aviation review to think long term
UK needs more than three runways at Heathrow or a hub airport
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NewsBalfour Beatty culls six companies in major shake-up
Exclusive: Balfour Beatty’s construction boss reveals firm’s new structure, with business cut down to one operating company and eight brands dissolved
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NewsBalfour Beatty restructure is ‘about growth not cost-cutting’
Exclusive: Shake-up to contribute £30m in annual cost savings, but Balfour Beatty’s construction boss insists move is about long-term growth
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RIBA film screenings: October & November
Enjoy a new series of theatrical and intimate film screenings inspired by our seasonal themes and exhibitions. Including features, documentaries and art house, they explore and celebrate a range of architectural themes. Autumn 2012 at 66 Portland PlaceLast Tuesdays - City Stories on FilmSpaghetti Kong, 1970s, 30 October from 6pm ...
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CommentDesign and build contracts: Confusion guaranteed
We have got used to thinking that there is an implied fitness for purpose warranty in a design and build contract. But a recent case has muddied the waters
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NewsPlan to build 300,000 homes with pension cash
Future Homes Commission says housebuilding can be trebled without extra government funding
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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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CommentWonders & blunders with Terry Tommason
The Middle East’s lack of planning rules gives architects an unparalleled freedom, which can result in a certain purity of design or ridiculous extravagances, says Terry Tommason
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CommentPoliticians need to act now
Unless vital infrastructure projects are delivered, the economy risks even deeper problems
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CommentOn the road
Construction of road infrastructure can exemplify collaborative and modern methods of working
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CommentStandardised schools: The customer is always right
From a child’s perspective, schools being standardised nationally is irrelevant
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CommentCramped and loo-les
Victorian terrace houses had to accomodate larger families in smaller spaces
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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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Movers & makers 24 October 2012: Cladding
A round-up of the latest news from cladding manufacturers
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Facade boards
Cembrit’s board is designed to meet the emerging trend for wall cladding in stone and earth hues
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Building envelope
Wicona face solutions have been used to form a building envelope on a business centre in Slovenia