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FeaturesPretty bubbles in the air
The Water Cube, as the 2008 Olympic aquatics centre is known, is the largest ETFE-clad building in the world. And, as it nears completion, its vast bubble-wrap exterior is already the talk of Beijing.
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FeaturesNo rush to judgment
Housebuilders and planners have blamed each other for the UK’s housing shortage, but the head of the National Housing and Planning Advice Unit believes a more rounded approach is called for. Mark Leftly meets Kevin Williamson
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CommentWacky races
This week’s leaders are Richard Rogers, a cyclist who’s rumoured to be taking performance-enhancing taxis, Jack Pringle – quite pacy on a wooden leg – and HOK, driving round town in a summer pavilion …
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Davis Langdon merges Scottish arm with rival
Davis Langdon’s Scottish operation has merged with regional consultancy Mackenzie Partnership to create a business with a combined turnover of £11m.
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Sharewatch — Housebuilders’ shares sink in the floods
Housebuilders suffered another grim time in the City last week. The interest rate rises combined with concerns over the potential impact of the floods to drag prices down across the sector, despite signs of a rally as the markets closed on Friday.
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FeaturesCost model: Further education
England’s tired further education colleges need about £5bn of work to bring them up to date. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon explores the design, procurement and cost issues
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Thanks, but no pranks
I would like to correct the impression given by your article about the investigation into the YouTube videos of on-site pranks (July 20, page 10).
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Equity can aid housing crisis
The government has finally acknowledged that the crisis in affordable housing will have disastrous repercussions for the economy (July 27, page 20).
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Missive attack
I always enjoy reading Building, not only because it contains interesting features and news, but because it is very clearly laid out and easy on the eye.
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News“Do you want to be noughts or crosses?”
Not a high-risk version of the pen and paper game but two daring builders in Wroclaw, Poland.
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FeaturesBatten down the hatches
Hull council wants to make flood resistance a condition of planning permission, but is it possible to build a house capable of resisting the recent freakish weather? And would anybody buy one?
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Amec plans to double size with ‘significant acquisition’
Amec is understood to be planning a significant acquisition in the energy sector after selling off its built environment assets.
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Exodus of senior staff from SMC in the wake of review
Eleven senior members of staff and directors have left architect SMC after a strategic review aimed at turning the business around.
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WSP acquisition
Consultant WSP has bought Australian environmental project management firm Fitzwalter Group for £1.9m, continuing its expansion in the southern hemisphere after acquisitions in Australia and South Africa.
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Skanska turnover up
Skanska UK has increased turnover 44% to £611m for the first half of 2007, compared with 2006.
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Output strong
Output strengthened during the second quarter, according to the Construction Products Association.
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NewsBritish Pavilion shortlist
Here are two of six shortlisted schemes for the British Pavilion at the World Expo 2010, Shanghai.