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Danger in the shadows
Imagine nursing a building project from first idea to glorious reality, only to find that the court orders you to demolish it. Suitably chilled? Now read on
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FeaturesHave you got what it takes?
Clients have got a new way of testing the mettle of a bid team – by simulating a project that’s going up in smoke and down in flames and watching what happens next. Katie Puckett finds out how the process works – and how to beat it
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FeaturesWhat it costs: roof coverings
Reducing wind damage to roofs is one key to meeting the challenge of climate change. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans considers the whole-life costs of materials
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FeaturesGeorgious Washington
Roofing If you liked the British Museum’s Great Court roof, you’re going to love its designers’ spectacular covering for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
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FeaturesWhat to specify
Up on the roof, we’ve got glossy black tiles and red cedar shingles, cold roof systems and products to keep in the heat and block out the noise – and that’s before we even reach the dogs’ home ...
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FeaturesWho makes it
Jonathan Clemens, the managing director of Kalzip, explains why the firm justifies the title ‘the daddy of standing seam roofing’. For a full guide to suppliers of sustainability products, log on to www.building.co.uk/specifier
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FeaturesA rough guide to working life
Q: A group of students is staying behind at school to carry on studying. They say it’s a breath of fresh air and like the exams. Are they:
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NewsSMC shares dip
Shares in architect SMC Group dropped one-third after the company warned that full-year pre-tax profit for the year ending 31 December 2006 would be below market expectations.
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House starts fall in December – but completions rise
December brought a mixed set of results for housebuilders according to the latest statistics from the National House Building Council (NHBC).
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NewsThe long march to zero carbon
The housebuilding industry has made a start on zero carbon. Here’s how the government can help
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NewsDutch master
Dutch practice Erick van Egeraat Associated Architects has completed this educational building for Metzo College in Doetinchem, Holland.
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HBOS to sell majority stake in McCarthy & Stone
HBOS is looking to sell most of its stake in retirement home specialist McCarthy & Stone just five months after buying it in a £1.1bn deal.
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Travis Perkins snaps up firm
Builders merchant Travis Perkins has bought insulation supplier Passmore Drywall & Insulation for £13.4m.
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Profit rises 16% at Welsh contractor Watkin Jones
Contractor Watkin Jones posted a 16% rise in pre-tax profit for the year ending 30 September 2006.
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Tata wins Corus takeover battle with £6.7bn bid
Tata Steel has come out top in the battle for UK steelmaker Corus after a four-month battle that culminated in an eight hour auction.
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‘You cannot have two chief executives’ – so Black quits Mears
Stuart Black faces a year on gardening leave after this week quitting his chief executive post at Mears, the £200m-turnover social housing contractor.
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Cost of Stansted extension cut by £500m
The Grimshaw-designed second runway and new terminal at Stansted airport will cost nearly £500m less than anticipated, according to BAA.
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FeaturesOut of the blue ... and into the red
A furious argument is brewing in the Treasury over a surprise change to accounting rules that could suddenly dump billions of pounds of PFI liabilities in the government’s lap. Mark Leftly looks at what the rule says, and what it could mean for Gordon Brown
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NewsAll change at Paddington
Schmidt Hammer Lassen (SHL), a leading Danish architect,has unveiled this much anticipated design of a £90m further education building in Paddington Green in west London, for the City of Westminster College.
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Think speakers confirmed
Tom Bloxham, head of Urban Splash will be be speaking at Think, a new sustainability and regeneration event.