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FeaturesSerbia: Construction's new hope?
Alright, it hasn’t got the shops, the offices, the hotels or the gleaming infrastructure – but then, that’s precisely why the so-called ‘Balkan Tiger’ is such a find for UK construction
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Clive Sayer salutes a 5,000-year-old citadel, but is less impressed by a more short-term project …
My wonder is the fortified Cité de Carcassonne, the origins of which can be traced back to 3500 BC.
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Back issues: Celebrating 150 years of incomprehensible rail fares …
February 1859: Our remarks touching the policy of railway companies
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FeaturesThe return of the glazed terracotta tile
Like an old punk band that reunites for one last gig, glazed terracotta tiles – famous for their early appearances on Victorian pubs and tube stations – are making a comeback. Stephen Kennett gives a big hand to two completed schemes that are shaking up the streets of London
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Standing seam profiles
Rigidal’s Ziplok standing-seam profile has been used for cladding on a car park in County Durham
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Louvred panels
Arcelor Mittal has introduced its Recif range of louvred metal cladding for facades in the UK
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Decorative aggregates
Long Rake Spar, suppliers of decorative aggregate, has launched a new coloured natural dashing aggregate, free from iron sulphide, the usual cause of long-term discolouration on rendered walls
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PV rainscreen cladding
SFS Intec has introduced the ALW fixing system to the UK. Used widely across Europe to construct glazed rainscreens, the system is now compatible with photovoltaic panels to enable the creation of a facade that generates electricity
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NewsCity watch: Season’s greetings
Morgan Sindall kicked off the first week of the results season with decent numbers, albeit with some signs of softening
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NewsCustom built
The first phase of a £3.7bn regeneration project in east London is about to get planning permission from Newham council
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CommentWe need a strategy
“It’s all very well calling for a Keynesian programme of public works to kickstart the economy,” wrote Rachel Sylvester in The Times on Tuesday, “but JM Keynes did not have to deal with the PFI.”
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FeaturesGovernment spending: what Gordon Brown won't be doing for you
Delays to parts of the Learning and Skills Council’s £5bn college building programme could stretch for up to a year
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NewsSuspense lifted
Engineer Buro Happold and Explorations Architecture have beaten competition including Foster + Partners to win the design competition for the Metro West Liffey Valley Bridge
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Laing O’Rourke to double trainees
Laing O’Rourke is to double the number of apprentices it takes on
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Notice for new NHS framework
An Official Journal notice will be released for the new NHS ProCure21+ framework on 5 June, the Department of Health said this week
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Olympic parkland go-ahead
Parkland plans at the Olympic site have been given the go-ahead by the Olympic Delivery Authority planning committee
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NewsTo be Frank …
Frank Gehry, the deconstructivist architect, is to celebrate his 80th birthday this weekend
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Former education minister calls for more spending on schools
Former education secretary Estelle Morris has urged the government to plough more money into school building during the recession