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Bengal boxes
Piercy Conner has won an international competition with this design for sustainable housing in Calcutta, India.
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NewsBlaze shuts down McAlpine site
Up to 50 construction workers had to be evacuated after fire broke out at the Guardian Media Group's headquarters project in central London.
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Clients sceptical about CIC contract
The Construction Industry Council has asked for feedback on its draft consultants' contract, which was published online today.
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NewsSix on the elephant
Sarah Wigglesworth Architects has won a competition with this proposal for a housing scheme in Elephant & Castle, south London.
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Carillion shocks Mowlem suppliers with 65-day policy
Subcontractors told they must wait 30 days longer for payment than the industry average
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Prince Philip visits flagship construction skills centre
The Duke of Edinburgh has visited a flagship construction skills centre to express his support for practical training in the industry.
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Mississippi Jean
French architect Jean Nouvel has unveiled these images of his first completed project in the USA.
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FeaturesCentre of learning
The successful design and construction of Oldham's library and lifelong learning centre could teach other PFI consortiums a thing or two
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FeaturesTouching the void
If you thought concrete had to be heavy then you've clearly never used the latest void forming systems, reports Roger Northam of Cobiax Technologies
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Carbon trading
Timber homes might have less embodied CO2 than than those buit from concrete. But new research shows that over their lifetime, concrete homes win the carbon battle hands down. By Jeff Dyson of The Concrete Centre
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FeaturesA class of its own
Concrete's thermal efficiency and adaptability means it's not only well placed to deliver the government's school construction and refurbishment programme, it can do so sustainably, says The Concrete Centre's Andrew Minson
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Solid as a rock
An unfortunate side effect of the increasing use of lighter, longer floor spans is vibration, a particular problem in buidings such as hospitals. But as The Concrete Centre’s Andrew Minson reports, this doesn’t have to be a problem
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FeaturesPlaying it cool
The first glasshouse to be built at Kew in almost 20 years is not designed to keep heat in – quite the opposite in fact. Which is why concrete proved to be as vital a component as glass.
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FeaturesConstruction lessons
A new prestressed slab product has helped to deliver quality student accommodation at a West Country university within a tight deadline, reports George Tootell, special projects director at Buchan Concrete Solutions
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FeaturesCracking the code
The British Standard for the structural use of concrete is to be replaced with Eurocode 2 in March 2008. But there’s no need to worry, says The Concrete Centre’s Charles Goodchild
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NewsBalfour Beatty pledges more growth after Birse swoop
After recommended £32m bid for Birse the construction group issues statement anticipating strong second half despite 'challenges' at Metronet.
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NewsMoat signs up new director
Housing association appoints Paul Hackett as its director of development and new business.