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    Where angels fear to tread

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Thanks to building control officer Dominic O'Rourke for this shot of everyday site life in east London …

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    View from The Edge

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Our series of articles on big problems and their solutions continues with a look at ways of reducing energy use - even though it may be too late.

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    Auld Reekie fables

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Gavin Clarke explains why Royal Bank of Scotland projects are the world’s best places to work - and what QSs working on other jobs can learn from them

  • The Tate Modern, a converted power station on London’s Bankside, is a prime example of a successful scheme improving its surroundings
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    Successful projects

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    What are the keys to a successful project? As an introduction to our new series on procurement, Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon examines how to make the right decisions for your scheme and avoid the most common pitfalls …

  • A freestanding glazed screen has smartened up the drab 1960s college building
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    City slicker

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Further education colleges are often slated as universities' backward cousins. But if Wilkinson Eyre's City and Islington College refurbishment is anything to go by, they're going forward fast.

  • Bristol’s £500m Merchants Quarter is transforming the city
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    Local lowdown: South-west

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Robert Smith of Hays Construction and Property says the South-west is the place to be

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    Appointments

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    Movers and shakers this week...

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    Hansom

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    A makeover special: Basildon transformed into a seaside resort, Westlife turn into housing experts and Livingstone casts himself in Passport to Pimlico

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    Look to the rooftops

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    There's plenty of space for new communities in our town centres.

  • Though more like a frozen splash in a pond, the roof of the vast Beijing South Station was inspired by traditional Chinese pagodas
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    The station master

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Sir Terry Farrell has often reserved his most iconic architecture for Far-Eastern railway stations, as three futuristic airport-sized interchanges reveal.

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    The billion-pound black hole

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    With the pensions deficit of the top 20 construction firms topping the £1bn mark, companies are rapidly closing their final salary schemes in a desperate effort to control the situation. Katie Puckett explains why the problem has never been so bad - and what you could stand to lose.

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    Games plan

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Want to know how to guarantee Olympic glory? Don't panic, get the contractors on board as early as possible and steer well clear of lowest-price tendering

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    Lovers in the air

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Inspired by Valentine's Day and the promise of free champagne, the latest in our series of Projects Reunited is less about reuniting old friends than celebrating those special unions that have stood the test of time. We took four happy couples that met through the construction industry for a trip ...

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    Poor old us

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    For the first time this week, we reveal the full extent of the pensions crisis facing the construction industry: together, the largest 20 contractors have a £1bn deficit.

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    Top 20 contractors face £1bn pensions deficit

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    The UK's top 20 construction companies are facing a collective pensions deficit of more than £1bn.

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    Animal rights protesters in Oxford target Pilkington

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Animal rights protesters are set to target glass maker Pilkington after claiming that it has made financial donations to Oxford University, the client on the testing laboratory.

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    Row over Wembley firm

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    A row has broken out at Wembley stadium over a firm that has just taken over security operations at the site in north-west London.

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    Industry may get extra year for Part L

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    The Industry could be given another 12 months to implement the new Part L of the Building Regulations.

  • Work has begun on Northern Ireland’s tallest building, designed by architect Broadway Malyan
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    Belfast builds upwards

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Work has begun on Northern Ireland's tallest building, designed by architect Broadway Malyan.

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    BBC names framework

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has announced a shortlist of 15 companies for its design and project management frameworks.