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  • The warehouse has walls made with hemp blocks finished externally with fine render and a green roof. The hemp is such a good insulator the building wont need any plant to prevent cool beer stored inside warming up.
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    Products

    2005-10-17T18:13:00Z

    This week’s structural special has all the latest innovations, from how to build a beer warehouse out of hemp to how to put up a concrete bungalow in two days. Plus, more news from the manufacturers

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    Costs: Structural steel

    2005-10-17T18:11:00Z

    If structural steel is your frame of choice, you need to think about fire protection. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans runs through the various options and what each one will cost

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    Checklist

    2005-10-17T18:08:00Z

    A good working relationship between specifier and structural engineer is vital to the success of a project. Here Barbour Index and Scott Brownrigg explain how to achieve it

  • Architect Kohn Pedersen Fox's visualisation of Kuwait Business city
    Features

    Structures

    2005-10-17T18:04:00Z

    Our structural special kicks off by examining the new thinking on tall buildings in the post-9/11 world, before offering tips on fine-tuning dealings with structural engineers and how to gauge costs of fire-protecting steel frames

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    Bovis up for rival Multiplex’s £4bn Stratford City scheme

    2005-10-14T08:42:00Z

    Bovis Lend Lease shortlisted to programme manage Stratford City, despite rivalry with one of its developers.

  • Woodberry Down: A straight fight between two major developers
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    Berkeley and Crest Nicholson vie for £850m estate revamp

    2005-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Hackney council to make final decision next month over who will regenerate Woodberry Down estate

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    Jarvis strives to keep bosses with 200% bonus offer

    2005-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Company asks shareholders to approve plan to retain senior managers with target-related share options

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    Out of time

    2005-10-14T00:00:00Z

    This was a reclaiming motion from a decision of Lord Eassie of 14 April 2004. The pursuer was seeking to enforce an adjudicator’s decision. The enforcement was defended on the grounds that the adjudicator’s decision was “ultra vires” and should be set aside.A referral notice was given to the adjudicator ...

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    A late call

    2005-10-14T00:00:00Z

    The contractor carried out work in respect of the claimant’s property. The works were completed and a final certificate was issued on 11 March 2005. The contract was based on the JCT standard form 1998 edition private without quantity. On 6 April the defendant served a notice of adjudication. On ...

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    A walk in the park

    2005-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Mr and Mrs Wilkins own Morghew Park and claimed an injunction and damages for trespass against Mr Lewis who owned an adjoining property, the Morghew Park Estate. Mr Lewis, his employees and visitors used a road running through Morghew Park. Mr Lewis’ use of the roadway was granted ...

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    Nuclear Survey

    2005-10-14T09:38:00Z

    Where do you stand on the government's plans to build nuclear power stations? Complete our survey and win a £50 drinks voucher.

  • Steve Norris
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    Jarvis strives to keep bosses with 200% bonus offer

    2005-10-14T08:50:00Z

    Firm asks shareholders to approve plan to retain senior staff with target-related share options.

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    Under 30s locked out of housing market

    2005-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Number of households owned by under 30s drops to 36% says ODPM.

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    Gensler to revamp iconic Lloyd’s building

    2005-10-14T00:00:00Z

    International architect Gensler has been appointed to develop “a blue-sky strategy” for one of Richard Rogers’ most controversial works, the Lloyd’s building in the City of London.

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    Bovis up for rival Multiplex’s £4bn Stratford City scheme

    2005-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Bovis Lend Lease shortlisted to programme manage Stratford City, despite rivalry with one of its developers

  • News

    Industry failing to implement flexible hours policies

    2005-10-14T09:21:00Z

    Building survey finds that fewer than one in 10 staff made use of flexible hours.

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    Gensler to revamp iconic Lloyd’s building

    2005-10-14T08:46:00Z

    Architect is appointed to look at changing the interiors of building.

  • Martin Shields
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    Appointments

    2005-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Movers and Shakers this week...

  • Comment

    End of the pier show

    2005-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Back from the coast, a veteran conference-goer reflects on a season dogged by identity crises and wonders if the sun has set on the age of politics-by-the-sea

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    What a man’s gotta do

    2005-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Compromise and collaboration, those so-called feminine qualities, aren’t the only way to run projects. Consultants of both sexes must also fight for what they believe is right