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Features
What it costs: Pervious paving
Sustainable urban drainage systems are a must for school and hospital developments. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans gives the whole-life costs of one solution
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FeaturesThe new masters: Women at the top
Next year, for the first time, five of the biggest industry bodies will have a woman at the helm. So, how did they get to where they are and how do they see the future for women in construction? They each picked a rising star in their sector to tell ...
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CommentHansom: rethinking construction
This week, the industry takes a fresh look at urban regeneration, pay packets, energy performance certificates and even the design of the humble chair
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NewsHigh riser
John Laing has finally signed a deal with Croydon council to set up a £450m regeneration company to redevelop four large sites in the borough over 25 years
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Urgent bank talks over social landlord rescues
New sector regulator worried stricter lending will prevent troubled housing associations being saved
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Major housing project applications down by 22%
Planning applications for major housing projects have fallen by more than a fifth in the past year, a study has revealed.
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CommentNot quite a pick-me-up
The pre-Budget report should have been the equivalent of a cask-strength Macallan, but it was more like a bucket of cold water – and we’re still heading for a hangover
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Building buys a pint … for Woods Bagot
Chosen watering hole: The Duke of York, Fitzrovia Ambiance: Rain, wind, patio heaters Topics: Working abroad, Oxford Street and dodgy environments, the number of ex-HOK architects in London Drinks drunk: 4 Kronenbourgs, Guinness, Abbots, Becks Vier, Fosters
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CommentMy digital life: Tom Holbrook
This architect enjoys the digital realm, but can imagine some improvements: emails that smell of ink, perhaps, a world without Facebook and an iPhone with a built-in corkscrew
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Cleveland Bridge driven £17.7m into the red by Wembley row
The Wembley stadium legal row with Multiplex has blown a £18.3m hole in the accounts of steelwork contractor Cleveland Bridge UK.
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Jarvis stops takeover talks
Jarvis has ended takeover talks with several interested parties because of the market downturn.
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Pre-tax profit rises to £5.7m at Hyder Consulting
Engineering consultant Hyder Consulting has posted a 2.2% increase in pre-tax profit from £5.5m to £5.7m in the six months to 30 September 2008.
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Comment
The truth about Hollandia
The article on your website on 20 November was wholly inaccurate, as Hollandia sees the UK as the hub of future activity and development.
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Comment
Emission omission
Participants at the CBI conference last week agreed we face one of the most difficult periods in memory.
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Comment
Annable of the yard
A reader wrote in recently to express concern about the garden arrangement of our Ecoterrace refurbishment (21 November, page 47).
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CommentOkay, we've stopped
In your piece about Philip Turner’s digital life (7 November, page 110) you printed a picture of Talking Heads’ Remain in Light, whereas he referred to Stop Making Sense.
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NewsShanghai hits the heights
Construction work has started on what will eventually be the tallest building in China and the second tallest in the world.
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SOM counter-sues Jacobs over £4.7m Qatar dispute
Architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is counter-suing engineer Jacobs over a multibillion-pound engineering scheme in Qatar.