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FeaturesBespoke Savill style
An elegant visitor centre with a timber gridshell roof cuts a swath through Windsor Great Park
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CommentStop right there
The Wembley judgment contains all the rough and tumble we expect from a good old construction dust-up, and some pertinent lessons for the 2012 Olympics organisers
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CommentA disaster waiting to happen
Legal aid - This month our panel of experts tackles a dangerous situation at a college where a newly constructed extension is a potential fire hazard. Who is responsible under the design-and-build contract? And who will foot the bill for the remedial work?
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CommentRules of engagement
Last year the British Property Federation's controversial consultants' agreement sparked much ill-feeling. Will a new contract by the Construction Industry Council heal the rift?
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CommentLet's take this inside
Inside job - In the first of a series, Tracey Wood offers insights from her role as in-house lawyer at Costain. To kick off, she explains how a savvy legal department can take risks and save money
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CommentHere's to the ‘have-a-go' city
Your broadside against Birmingham (26 May, pages 44-48) has caused ructions at Council House and in the property community.
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In praise of Ray
I have been interested in tracking the responses to Ray O'Rourke's comments that a building site was not a "place where women fit" (19 May, page 14).
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Water torture
Every week brings news of another drought order and complaints that water companies are profiteering while failing to tackle leaks.
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Capita Symonds
On 12 May 2006, an article appeared in Building titled "Capita Symonds: two years old, but growing fast".
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CommentThe perfect window seat
It takes a certain kind of bravery to straddle a plank of wood that is resting on a ladder that is resting between a narrow window sill and a strip of railings.
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CommentSafety first
The competition to find the worst breach of health and safety published on Building's letters page in the past nine months has a winner.
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FeaturesGeoff Wright takes a bow
Hammerson boss retires today after 37 years and hints at future industry roles
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NewsHodge sets out her stall at Building's terrace reception
New construction minister admits that government has some room for improvement as a client
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FeaturesNuclear power station in Olkiluoto, Finland: The 1.6 billion watt baby
320,000 m³ of granite blasted away, 12,000 m³ of concrete poured in one go: the team building Europe's first nuclear reactor in a decade aren't messing around. Still, the most complicated thing is the paperwork. Thomas Lane reports from Finland
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FeaturesSizewell stories
We can also learn a lot from the last reactor built in Britain, Suffolk's Sizewell B. Here, key members of the project team share their memories with Graham Ridout
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CommentEast London, 2030
Open mike - Some serious upward adjustments to Lord Rogers' vision for the Thames Gateway led to a stunt fantasy masterplan - but one that could succeed with the right convictions behind it
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FeaturesFive ways to spot a sinking ship
Why are your directors always having meetings? Why is everyone so angry? And why has the boss just moved the sofa out of his office? Mark Leftly explains how to spot if your firm is heading for the rocks