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FeaturesComposite panels
Kingspan Insulated Panels has added the KS1000 LV Louvre and KS1000 CW CurveWall to its architectural wall panel range
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Ucatt and ConstructionSkills clash over apprenticeships
Apprenticeship Week marred by union claim that part-time training will ‘undermine government efforts’
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NewsBovis won’t have monopoly on Olympic village
Lend Lease has opened a tendering process for the £900m Olympic village that could result in the main rivals to subsidiary Bovis Lend Lease capturing a large amount of the work
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Land Secs refuses to pay Crossrail tax on Walkie-Talkie
Anger grows over London mayor’s ‘bully boy’ tactics as developer decides against ‘£1.45m contribution’
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NewsSiza takes RIBA gold medal and predicts new golden age
Renowned Portuguese architect says downturn will end ‘consumerist’ building design
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Don't be fooled by contractors' reports of healthy profits
I am becoming a bit discomforted by persistent misplaced chirpiness. I keep reading and hearing things that tell me "it's not all bad in the construction sector".Fair enough, the construction sector is never "all bad". Come hell or high water I can find plenty of good things even in its ...
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FeaturesUnderground, overground: the ICE award winners
From tunnels under the Thames to tree-top walks in Kew, London was the scene of some impressive feats of civil engineering in 2008. Yesterday, the ICE celebrated the best of them
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CommentBuilding on Flickr
Astrid Kogler, deputy art editor, calls this picture by NJSR Architects’ Ian Bramham of l’Institute du Monde Arab in Paris a “beautifully composed, a truly sophisticated shot
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FeaturesThe world construction outlook
In the old days, before the world banking meltdown, firms looked abroad for expansion opportunities. These days they are economic migrants. Davis Langdon looks at the best places to flee
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CommentStace buys a pint … for Building
It’s Tuesday afternoon, and I’m outside the Flying Horse as dusk falls wondering where all these old men in beige overcoats have come from
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CommentJourney’s end
A melancholy tale of thwarted hope this week, for a travelling bank manager, Gulf ex-workers in search of liquid comfort and the poor Yorkshire lass who’s taken a fancy to my prose
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NewsHousing stats: New-build sales and completions in January 2009
The future may still look grim for housebuilding, but sales were slightly higher than in December
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By the people, for the people
The verdict of “very simplistic” by Stroud MP David Drew on the Homes and Communities Agency’s handling of the Cashes Green Community Land Trust (CLT) proposal seems fair (13 February, page 23)
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CommentJudgment, not luck
Building’s article on the complex alterations being carried out at Queen’s College in Oxford (6 February, page 40) makes for some interesting reading but unfortunately is inaccurate in parts
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School rules must be obeyed
As an acoustic consultant specialising in education, your article on new schools failing to meet acoustic standards (13 February, Building.co.uk) came as no surprise. That’s because BB93, the building regulation governing schools, is majorly flawed
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Languishing in L
Regretfully I wholeheartedly agree with the statement that Part L is not being enforced. Moreover, it is generally not understood and often ignored