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FeaturesThe big picture
Here, gathered in the soon-to-be-restored gothic splendour of St Pancras Chambers, are a tiny fraction of the people who’ve made CTRL a reality.
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FeaturesRight down the line
When the CTRL is built, it promises to create a kind of chemical reaction all down its length: grey, post-industrial landscapes will turn into sleek mixed-use developments, business parks and green spaces. Katie Puckett asked LCR’s Stephen Jordan how he intends to keep that promise
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FeaturesSt Pancras Midland Grand Hotel: A hotel to remember
The Midland Grand Hotel used to be a vast, obsolete luxury liner moored alongside St Pancras station. Then it was an office, then a ruin, and in a few years it will become something truly splendid.
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FeaturesOnce in a life time
One of the things about the grandeur of the King’s Cross projects is that they provide up-and-coming developers with a chance to step up to the superleague. Elaine Knutt found out how the Manhattan Loft Corporation’s Angus Boag is planning to do just that
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FeaturesThis’ll be the big one
The vast industrial cathedral of St Pancras is testament to the ingenious engineering of our Victorian forebears and the endurance of wrought iron. But how can it be made into a 21st-century terminus?
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FeaturesStratford-upon-Thames
The grim accumulation of brick and concrete known as the London Borough of Newham is about to become an international demonstration of what skill, inspiration and a great deal of money can achieve …
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FeaturesThe state of the garden
If Kent’s the garden of England, then Alan Titchmarsh would have something to say about the way it’s been kept. Much of the north coast, for example, is a post-industrial mess – but that is about to change.
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FeaturesA tale of two cities
The one on this page shows the City of Dreadful Night, captured by Dickens and still going strong today; the other exists only in computers, but if all goes to plan, it’ll be with us tomorrow.
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FeaturesA confident man
Roger Madelin has waited 20 years to tackle the father, mother and great aunt of all regeneration projects: London King’s Cross. So how come he’s looking so calm, so relaxed?
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CommentWhat the forum’s for
The Strategic Forum has recovered well after the rushed publication and unmanageable targets of Accelerating Change. Where should it go next?
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CommentA traveller’s tales
Travel may expose you to diverse cultures, but skills shortages, seem to be the same the world over. If only the same could be said for health and safety …
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FeaturesGet the job
Craig Paterson explains how a good telephone manner can put you ahead of the competition
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CommentPeople who care
A faulty load transfer platform caused a block of luxury flats to sink. The consulting engineer didn’t design the platform, but could it be liable for the problem?
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CommentDangerous liaisons
This week we have two industry reports that reveal contractors’ cavalier attitude to risk, starting with what industry executives will do to secure work …
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Are insurers pulling a fast on
… While Mike Grant of law firm Weightmans says half the contractors it surveyed felt let down by insurers. Does this reflect badly on the policies or on firms’ failure to understand them?
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CommentWho wants 70bn euros?
In the past, the construction industry has missed out on European research grants. But now, with a huge round of funding up for grabs, it's time to stand up and be noticed
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Take some responsibility …
In her article “It’s not their job” (11 November), Ann Minogue has shot herself in the foot by stating: “But surely one-off clients, which make up most customers, cannot be blamed for what happens on site?
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Ventilation, ventilation, ventilation
I was very pleased to be consulted for the article on disease risks to schoolchildren (4 November).
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Alexander grates
I having just read Gus Alexander’s article “A Waste of Energy” (28 October), and it’s had a fundamental effect on my view of the way we go about construction in the UK.