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ISG starts work on 2012 velodrome
Pile driving opens construction phase on Hopkins' design for world's fastest cycling track
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Building pathology: Off-site manufacture
Off-site construction techniques have moved on quite a bit since the post-war prefab days, but this method is not without its problems. Peter Mayer of BLP Insurance explains what to look out for
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Cladding for airport stands
Building envelope specialist Lakesmere has come up with an off-site solution for two stands at Heathrow airport. The Airbus A380 has two decks of passenger seating and an extra wide body, which means it cannot be accommodated at any of the existing stands at the airport
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Off-site school building
Yorkon has completed a building for Christ College in the Brecon Beacons National Park – one of Britain’s oldest educational establishments – in just five months
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Timber-frame accommodation
Zed Factory has produced the LandArk, a timber-framed structure that swoops up like a ship’s hull to provide outdoor storage space
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Offsite online
The off-site sector is worth about £2bn in the UK but the supply chain is highly fragmented and made up mainly of SMEs
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Roof cassettes
SpeedDeck has launched an insulated structural cassette roofing system called SpeedForm
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Tea kiosk module: Trustworthy
A mass-produced tea kiosk may sound like a humble job for an architect, but it’s a bit more tricky when it has to grace some of the National Trust’s grandest properties
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Brookfield vs Foster and HOK Sport: Reviewing obligations
Fenwick Elliott discussed yet another dispute that has arisen from the Wembley stadium project
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Edinburgh developer behind £300m Caltongate scheme collapses
Mountgrange Capital files for administration, plunging controversial Edinburgh scheme into confusion
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Dubai's Emaar to shun $10bn bail out
Troubled developer says it will not ask for slice of emergency fund despite owing money
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Mortgage approvals up 16% in February
Number of approvals rises strongly but total lending only slightly up and still half that of a year ago
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Styles & Wood ponders private equity sale
Fit-out firm is also exploring possible rights issue option as retail downturn hits
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Just landed: Philip Bray goes to Dubai
Who in their right mind would go to Dubai amid the current turmoil? Well Philip Bray for one. He reckons there is still excellent business to be done in the troubled emirate. Bray joined UK project management and cost consultant, Millbridge in 2008 to develop the business throughout the Middle ...
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Amec to buy Canadian consultant for £4.8m
Addition to firm's environmental division will be ninth such acquisition since January 2007
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Eleven die in collapse at Chinese plant
One worker still buried after ceiling collapsed during construction work on chemical factory in Chongqing
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RICS tool aims to cut time overruns
Web-based calculator uses data from thousands of real schemes to predict more accurate project time frames
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Roundabout deal unlocks Elephant scheme
Southwark council and TfL agree roundabout revamp that was holding up regeneration improvements
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Comment
Sorry to be a party pooper, but hold fire on bigging up the mortgage figures
There has been much joy in the housing sector at the news that the number and amount of home loans approved by banks grew for the third consecutive month in February, according to the British Bankers' Association.While this is clearly not more bad news for housing and homes loans businesses ...