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Why are architects posh, but contractors aren’t?
Last night I met the industry’s cycling clique at a reunion for those who rode to MIPIM for charity (which doesn't include me). I learnt three things:1) Cycling is hard. After a 500m sprint on the stationary bike I had to lie down for half ...
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Building Awards contenders: The medium-sized contractors
There was stiff competition this year in the category with turnovers of less than £300m
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NewsIt’s dangerous – but is it art?
The creator of the scaffold in this photo by Keith Theobald clearly derived inspiration from Cornelia Parker’s 1991 artwork “Cold Dark Matter” which featured an exploded garden shed. Very tasteful
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Building Intelligence
Experian’s Business Strategies division looks at what happened to the industry at the end of 2009, which makes for grisly reading – but there were some star performers, and things are looking up …
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CommentMatch of the day: Mott MacDonald vs Multiplex
Mott MacDonald vs Multiplex is a game of two halves – first there’s the disputing, then there’s coughing up the legal costs. Alas, these are so high, neither wants to call it a draw
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CommentKeep the engine running
Whoever wins the general election will have to make decisions that will have far-reaching consequences for construction. We have to make our case before it’s too late
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CommentQuentin Shears: The Dubai polar bear sanctuary
’I get the Oxford Anthology of Business poetry off the shelf. It’s time for the big guns’
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Feeling the squeeze
Be careful how you go about recovering money that is owed you – you might fall foul of the Protection from Harassment Act and end up paying them
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FeaturesThe house that Jim built: Designing for a QS
When QS Jimmi Bradbury asked school pal and architect Niall McLaughlin to design him a home, the brief was pretty loose. What he came up with was this serene set of glass and wooden boxes – but how tranquil would the relationship be once work began? Thomas Lane took a ...
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CommentHansom: Memento mori
The end can come when you least expect it: in a foul-mouthed phone call, predicted by a financial analyst, caught at short square leg, or when a small alpine town starts planning your funeral
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NewsActive fire protection: What’s the best way to do it?
Wales is on the brink of becoming the first region in the UK to demand active fire protection in all new homes, but how should it be done?’
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Biomass pellet boiler
Viessmann has launched the Vitoligno 300-P biomass pellet boiler with outputs from 4kW to 48 kW and an operating efficiency of up to 86%
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Hybrid ventilation system
Passivent has launched the iHybrid domestic ventilation system, which it claims uses 55% less electrical energy than a conventional mechanical system
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Mechanical ventilation
Vent-Axia has added the Sentinel Kinetic Plus to its range of residential mechanical ventilation with heat recovery systems
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NewsRodent control
Vermend has launched the Rat Blocker, a system for preventing rat invasion via sewage outlets in domestic and commercial properties
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NewsDimmer switches
MK Electric has added dimmers suitable for use with dimmable compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) to its Logic Plus range
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NewsArabtec takeover abandoned
A deal that would have involved an investment fund linked to the Abu Dhabi state taking a controlling stake in Dubai contractor Arabtec has been abandoned at the eleventh-hour.
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Simons restructures to make top directors more ‘hands on’
Retail specialist Simons Group has streamlined its senior management structure in an attempt to bring its top directors closer to its clients.