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FeaturesCost model: Swimming pools
Britain's swimmers haven't had much success recently - so if we want a gold rush in 2012, we must start building competition pools now. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon examines the key design and economic issues and breaks down the costs of a 50 m pool with dry sports ...
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FeaturesJust the job: from fashion to facades
Kate Cresswell tells Emily Wright why she was happy to leave high fashion to go into construction
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Bellway and Bovis disappoint customers
Bellway and Bovis are the worst housebuilders for customer satisfaction, according to a Home Builders Federation study that shows nearly all house purchasers report defects in their properties.
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FeaturesThe old friends
The old friends giggle as the photographer asks them to move ever closer. The RIBA HQ in central London is playing host to two of the foremost signature architects of the past 30 years, and they respond by embracing and mocking each other as they ham it up for the ...
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FeaturesCosta del Cockney
A sparkling white apartment scheme, straight out of a Mediterranean resort, has just been built in the heart of London's East End
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FeaturesLet the fun and games begin
Last week, ODA chairman Jack Lemley finally fired the starting gun for the London 2012 construction programme by releasing the tenders for key contracts. George Hay spoke to him about why the ODA held back for so long, the reasons why he needs to review all the Olympic projects and ...
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FeaturesFour hail murrays
Murray Grove in Hackney, north London, pioneered the use of prefabricated modules in multistorey flats Credit: Raf Makda/VIEW The Murray Grove block was assembled out of prefabricated modules that had been fully fitted out in the factory
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Let's do it for the kids
Am I right to be sceptical about the value of the opinions of Lord Foster, Alec Reed and Sir Cyril Taylor about the new west London city academy? (10 February, page 13)
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No future in nuclear
In response to your "View from the Edge" article (10 February, page 36), yes I do have some ideas on energy use, lots of them. The problem is "the industry" has its own agenda.
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Iron age ramblings …
As a subscriber to your magazine using my own money, I am disturbed that you have to use up valuable space with the ramblings of Major Contractors Group chairman John Spanswick (25 November, page 40).
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Try it - you might just like it
I wish to respond to the letter "Mapping uncharted territories" (3 February).If one is to wait for learned institutions and other professional bodies to issue a process map for design integration, I think it will be an extremely long time. A successful project team will take the initiative to design ...
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To the centre of the kiln
In your article "Voyage to the centre of the Earthship" (3 February), you stated that the cement industry's use of tyres to replace fossil fuels in kilns results in production of "undesirable emissions". This is untrue.
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Let's stick together
Last week's article "Top 20 contractors face £1bn pensions deficit" (10 February, page 9) resonated with me as a pensioner of Kvaerner concerned about the £1 management buyout of the company from its Norwegian parent last April.
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Review of clients' charter due in October
The Construction Clients' Group says it will update its clients' charter by October.
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Ardmore to fill Wates' shoes
Ardmore Construction has been drafted in by Redrow Regeneration to build a £100m scheme in Barking town centre.