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Features
Costs: Liquid roof waterproofing systems
Liquid roof waterproofing systems offer a versatile range of options. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans reviews these and their whole life costs
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FeaturesBeijing 832 days to go
If you believe the hype, you probably think Beijing is a lick of paint away from hosting the 2008 Olympics tomorrow. Graham Watts took a look for himself and found that not a single building has been finished - so maybe it's time all the London Olympic doomsters took a ...
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FeaturesJust the job: from academia to QSing
Mother of three Catherine Brooking tells Josh Brooks why she left academia for hands-on QSing
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FeaturesLow-carbon incentives
As well as sticks, the government is offering a bunch of carrots to get the industry to save energy. Patrick Murdock of Yewell Consulting and Martin Clowes of Elementa Consulting report
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NewsGleeson to sell concrete arm to management
MJ Gleeson is in advanced talks to sell its concrete repairs business to its management team.
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Aukett Fitzroy Robinson restructures team
Quoted architect Aukett Fitzroy Robinson has expanded its senior management team after appointing its director of offices to the board and promoting 14 architects to associate level.
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Capita captures architect
Capita Symonds has completed the acquisition of architect Ruddle Wilkinson, making the multidisciplinary consultant the second-biggest architect in the UK.
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World Cup set to slow house price growth
THE World Cup and possible interest rate rises will slow house price growth in the second half of the year, according to housing information service Hometrack.
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CommentWe need a new home
As we welcome construction's fifth minister in five years, it's time for one further change: moving the whole, ever-diminishing portfolio to the Treasury
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FeaturesKelly Holmes
The woman who beat injury and depression to win two Olympic golds has a new challenge: convincing east London's businesses to get on the regeneration bandwagon for the 2012 Games. Emily Wright met her.
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CommentPut the big stick away
Deadlines are essential to ensure that the project team produces information at the right time. But fear of financial penalties can be counter-productive
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CommentAn American ambush
The Americans call it sandbagging, we call it ambushing but either way it's an annoying and counterproductive way of trying to straighten out a problem
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Comment
We need a plan
Developers will have to take extra care with environmental assessments after the UK was found to be breaching an EU directive
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CommentPeak practice
Protracted negotiations are the scourge of the PFI, so why don't we take a cue from international diplomacy and use ‘sherpas' to work out the ground rules first?
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Comment
Ray and the women
On behalf of the membership of the National Association of Women in Construction I would like to record how appalled we were at Ray O'Rourke's comments (19 May, page 14).
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Not just a site issue
It is a great pity to read about comments such as Ray O'Rourke's regarding the role of women on site; it is however a view I have heard expressed many times and from people of equal standing in the industry.
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Has Ray Ratnered himself?
I was less than surprised that a self-opinionated person such as Ray O'Rouke made such comments but was still surprised that he would be stupid enough to make them in a public forum.