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Deadline for apprenticeship awards nears
UK construction employers rewarded for tackling skill shortages
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NewsHeatherwick bridge is scrapped
A signature bridge design by Thomas Heatherwick has quietly been dropped from a Docklands development.
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FeaturesFace recognition
The world's largest casino, the Venetian in Macao, has installed 13 Vision Access 3D face readers to authenticate up to 12,000 employees as they come through the building’s main entrance at the start of a shift.
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FeaturesRugged laptops
Panasonic has launched a range of lightweight, portable laptops specifically designed for the construction industry.
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NewsThe last straw
This picture of a building in Ireland was sent in by an anonymous reader this week. The scaffolding under the roof appears to be held up by straw bales …
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Server cabinets
Panduit is to launch the Net Access server cabinet, which it claims has enhanced thermal management features.
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Structured cabling
Structured cabling specialist Connectix Cabling Systems has added a compact wall-mounted cabinet to its range of networking cabinets.
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Network cable
Emitex has launched a double-sheathed UTP Cat 5E cable, which it says can be used outdoors or in underground ducting, even in partially flooded areas.
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Structural design software
Bentley has released version 11.3 of the RAM Structural System – its modelling, analysis and design software for structural engineers.
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Online guidance
The RICS has teamed up with content management system provider, Jadu, to relaunch isurv.
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Tracking devices
Wavetrend Technologies has launched Global Eyes, a tracking system that monitors people and assets using a range of communication technologies to give real-time visibility and intelligence on their location, condition and status.
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FeaturesRapid site surveys
Infoterra has launched the GeoStore service to enable property developers and designers to carry out initial and rapid site surveys from their desks.
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FeaturesSound with vision: Spiritel
Spiritel was founded in 1989 as a specialist supplier and installer of voice and data systems with particular focus on the retail, leisure and hospitality sectors.
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FeaturesIntegrated Environmental Solutions: Get with the program
Integrated Environmental Solutions was set up in 1994 but its roots go back to the seventies energy crisis when Don McLean, its founder and current managing director, started his PhD in the detailed computer simulation of renewable energy devices.
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CommentYoung at heart
If it’s not Chris Liddle rocking Old Trafford or Julian Daniels shouting from the stands, then it’s Will Alsop talking dirty or … goodness, is that Richard Steer with those gun-toting heavies?
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NewsThe scenic route
Alex Smith is cycling to all the way to Cannes for Mipim. But the good news is you don’t have to do anything nearly so energetic as all the best bits will be available on Building.co.uk
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FeaturesCost model: Laboratories
Laboratories are probably the most demanding buildings that it is possible to build. Here, Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon examines the factors that their designers have to take into account, from the need to attract world-class talent to energy efficiency
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CommentBuilding goes speed dating … with architects and developers
Because I was otherwise occupied on Valentine’s day, Cabe and the RIBA invited me to a speed-dating event on 13 February.
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FeaturesZaha's challenge
The abandonment of Zaha Hadid’s Architecture Foundation HQ in London was a disappointment for design connoisseurs, but what does it tell us about the ambition of the British construction industry?