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News80% of South-east homes fail HCA space standards
Research on new private housing finds some dwellings a third smaller than proposed sizes
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NewsVienna's vision
This dramatic apartment block in Austria managed to incorporate cantilever balconies with some interesting technology
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FeaturesStrata tower: Southwark’s sore thumb
The Strata tower sticks out 150m above south London’s downtrodden Elephant and Castle. But, rather than being a symbol of aspiration, the building is turning away from the very area it’s meant to be giving a lift
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NewsSt Modwen to start construction of £1bn Welsh 'new community'
Section 106 agreement with Newport council clears way for building work at 600-acre steelworks redevelopment
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NewsGalliford Try JV picked for £500m Thames Water framework
Mott MacDonald also part of JV contracted up to upgrade London water treatment facilities
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NewsWindow display
Graeme Meikle of Gleeds Health and Safety sent in his colleague’s snap of a window cleaner near London’s Oxford Street
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FeaturesLaser treatment
Architect BFLS, formerly Hamiltons Architects, is to commence detailed design work on this research facility for laser technology in Dolni Brezany, in the Czech Republic.
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Latest construction appointments: 09 April 2010
Darren Wolff has become land manager for the south-west region for Connells Land & Planning
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Come back bankers – all is forgiven
Instead of baying for their blood, we should be looking at how we can make the skills of financial engineers work to the construction industry’s advantage
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CommentMeditations in an emergency
What happens when, in the middle of a horrible recession, a group of engineers devotes a year’s worth of Mondays to thinking instead of working?
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FeaturesThe possibilities! Latest web tools for architects
The latest web tools allow architects to note down ideas, scribble on images, and then share them at the click of a button. They’re simple, they’re cheap as chips, and they might just take over the world.
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Conamar
Have you tried to buy a tweed jacket on eBay recently? If so, you’ll probably have noticed a seemingly inexplicable surge in prices.
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CommentHansom: Controlling interest
It’s a hearts and minds battle this week, as everybody from PRs to party men try to convince us that they’re keen on Cabe, hard at work on site, and just as generous as people say they are
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FeaturesPeter Morrison: RMJM’s business model
Peter Morrison, chief executive of Scotland’s best known architect, explains his hiring policies (which include Sir Fred Goodwin), and how RMJM turned itself into an international success story
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CommentOff half-cock
You’d think that getting the contract right before beginning work was just common sense. Especially since, if you don’t, the only people likely to win are the lawyers …
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Going nuclear: contracts for decommissioning work
Everything you wanted to know about the nuclear decommissioning sector but were afraid to ask – explained to you in a three-part series starting with this overview
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On the terraces
I read that a Stirling prize winner is to “reinvent the terrace” for the legacy of the 2012 Olympics
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Thinking out of the box
The Homes and Communities Agency’s requirements are driving developers toward construction of “homes” rather than simply dwellings (“New standards could add £10k to new homes”, building.co.uk)
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CommentThe future of low carbon
I was delighted to read about the steps being taken at Ashley primary school (26 March, page 48)