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  • Two stupendous terminals at Beijing Airport are being designed and built in just four years by using repetitive components for the reinforced concrete floors and steel space-framed roof
    Features

    Forget T5, here's T-Rex

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Beijing is about to get an airport that is large enough to handle the entire population of Britain in a single year, thanks to yet another collaboration between Arup and Foster and Partners

  • Paul Hodgkinson with some of his female employees
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    Paul's problems with women

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    In April 2001, Simons Group boss Paul Hodgkinson used the pages of Building to make a bold pledge: that 50% of his staff would be female by 2011. It's five years on, but is he halfway there? Photographs by Julian Anderson

  • Hansom
    Comment

    Hansom

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Our correspondent finds the industry criminal, politically incorrect, in denial, championed, deliriously happy and one Allen key short of an Ikea toolkit …

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    Arup takes on Gensler scheme

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Developer British Land has called in engineer Arup to redesign its recently acquired 46,000 m2 Ropemaker Place office scheme in the City of London.

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    CITB uncovers sex bias in careers advice

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    More than two-thirds of young women are being discouraged by careers advisers from entering male-dominated careers such as construction, according to figures released by CITB-ConstructionSkills.

  • Contractor Durkan Group will begin work on this £15m affordable housing scheme in East Road, Hackney, this month.
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    Eastern rising

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Contractor Durkan Group will begin work on this £15m affordable housing scheme in East Road, Hackney, this month.

  • Sutherland Hussey Architects in Edinburgh has completed a feasibility study for this new harbour at Portree on the Isle of Skye
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    Skye lark

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Sutherland Hussey Architects in Edinburgh has completed a feasibility study for this new harbour at Portree on the Isle of Skye.

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    Coe triumphs again at the 2006 Building Awards

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Olympic champion wins race for Personality of the Year at Tuesday's gala dinner, attended by footballing legends

  • Open mike
    Comment

    The real avant-garde

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Far from learning the lessons of failed 1960s modernism, we are poised to make the same mistakes on a grander scale. What we need is a total rethink

  • News

    Back issues: March 1896

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    The shortest route from A to B; or an elegant, if truncated, echo of the past

  • Denise Chevin
    Comment

    The crowds are on the pitch …

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    In this the 12th year of the Building Awards, we are using the occasion to mark two very special 40-year anniversaries.

  • Paul Robinson
    News

    Foreword: Paul Robinson

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    The England goalkeeper explains why his World Cup team and the Building Awards 2006 charity deserve your support

  • Sebastian Coe
    News

    Personality of the year

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    This category, sponsored by Speedy Hire, celebrates the remarkable achievement of a man already known for his remarkable achievements - the latest being the small matter of bringing the industry £8.3bn of construction work …

  • Taylor Woodrow’s stand at the Brit Oval was complete in time for England’s Ashes victory
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    Major contractor of the year

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Corus sponsored this category, which sees the big boys fighting it out over prisons, sporting venues, military schools, hospitals and high-rise homes. The winner was a firm particularly beloved of English cricket fans …

  • Redrow’s latest innovation is its Debut starter homes in Rugby, which start at £50,000 for first-time buyers
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    Major housebuilder of the year

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Six heavyweight housebuilders lined up for this award, which was won by a company that showed how innovation and a dedication to sustainable communities can actually be good for the bottom line. Sponsored by Finnforest

  • The Stirling Prize-nominated Jubilee Library in Brighton was designed with energy efficiency in mind
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    Architectural practice of the year

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    This coveted award, sponsored by Reynaers, celebrates the imaginative flair and entrepreneurial success of the industry's designers. And who better to take it home than a Stirling Prize-nominated practice?

  • Davis Langdon is currently working on Project Horizon, a five-property renovation scheme for Norwich Union
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    Consultant/surveyor of the year

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Hays Construction & Property sponsored this award, which turned out to be a close battle between two well-known cost consultants. The final victor was the firm that used its first year as an LLP to expand its fee income and staff

  • Zoe Peters, Mace
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    ConstructionSkills achiever of the year

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    These finalists might be young, but they are nevertheless astute businesspeople who are changing the way construction works for the better. Hold on to your jobs … Sponsored by CITB-ConstructionSkills

  • The £350m Royal Bank of Scotland headquarters has been hailed as one of 2005’s most successful projects
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    Project/construction manager of the year

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    This Kawneer-backed category rewards the achievements of the most reliable and efficient project managers in the business, with the trophy going to a firm whose latest megascheme was launched with a royal seal of approval

  • The M&E work on the John Lewis at Manchester Trafford Centre was Balfour Kilpatrick’s fourth job for this client
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    Specialist contractor of the year

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Holding aloft the trophy in this DHL Exel-sponsored category is the M&E division of a contracting giant, which clinched the award by the narrowest of margins on the strength of its client testimonials and enviable profit growth