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FeaturesThe view from the deep end
The first year in a new career can be frustrating, hectic and terrible for your sleep. It can also be the most rewarding 12 months of your life. Dan Stewart caught up with four young starters who are juggling first projects, training and even a social life
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FeaturesTime for a change of scene
Just because you‘ve been in the same job for a few years doesn’t mean you have to stay there until the credits roll. Often, you can take the skills you’ve developed and use them in an entirely different way. Sarah Richardson pitches three scenarios for each of our virtual construction ...
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FeaturesFive ways to make a splash
From flogging posters to doing up tube stations, the career paths of the directors of Urban Splash weren’t necessarily heading in the same direction until they converged at the cutting-edge developer. Anna Goldie spoke to them
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I’m happy with who I am
Tough rules on the energy certification of buildings come into force next year, but a survey suggests that most landlords and occupiers would rather live with a poor rating than go to all the bother of getting in shape. Thomas Lane looks at the results
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FeaturesCost model: Tall buildings
Cities throughout the UK are developing residential towers and landmark skyscrapers. Steve Watts and Neal Kalita of Davis Langdon consider the design and construction challenges of high-rise development and provide a cost model for a central London office tower
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CommentWho are you today?
Contract administrators are in the sometimes awkward position of having to act for the client one minute and being impartial the next. Here’s what happened when one got the balance wrong
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CommentThe percentage game
Remember Ian McGlinn? He was last seen in the High Court suing everyone in sight after ordering the demolition of his Jersey dream home. Here he is again, still in court, trying to get the other parties to pay his legal costs
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When justice prevails
Jonathan Lewis and Mark London Ever suffered from an adjudicator’s unfair decision? If so, the Humes vs Homes case will make for encouraging reading: the court recognised the adjudicator’s decision as wrong and refused to enforce it
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How to handle snakes
Collecting money from debtors in the construction industry can be like playing snakes and ladders, says Claire Sandbrook. But there are ways to play the game to ensure you get to the top
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CommentThe Polish Olympics
The Beijing Olympics are mainly being built by British firms, but if we don’t want our own Games built by eastern European labour, we need to train our young people now
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FeaturesDancing with disaster
Right from the start, Foster + Partners’ Willis building was blown off course by legal problems and higher than expected winds. But much worse was to follow ... Thomas Lane found out how the team behind the City skyscraper fought back
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CommentLet me draw you an analogy ...
Adam Poole and Simon Foxell Should we rush to launch our grand campaign to achieve zero-carbon buildings asap? Or should we settle back and watch a film first?
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FeaturesIs the grass any greener on the other side?
The lawn may look plush over at the clients’ and contractors’ place, but that doesn’t necessarily mean envious consultants should jump the fence.
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CommentTen reasons to do the right thing
You don’t have to cut carbon emissions just because your conscience tells you to. It’s good for business as well, says Stuart Wallace of the New Economics Foundation
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CommentUnsupervised
While the upper echelons were attending high-profile weddings and the awards, those in the lower pay grades were free to fit solar panels facing the wrong way and misinterpret design instructions ...
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Proving the rule
I read with surprise your assertions in the article “Illegal T5 Worker Deported” (20 April, page 11).
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The suppliers are mobilised
To deliver zero-carbon homes on the necessary scale within a decade, and to address the national housing crisis, we need mandatory national standards and implementation (13 April, page 13).