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FeaturesL stands for Elcon
A concrete building system that died a death in Britain in the 1970s, and then proved immensely popular in the rest of the world, is about to be given a second chance
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FeaturesUnder fire
How good is structural steel at resisting fires in high-rise buildings? The destruction of the Windsor Torre skyscraper in Madrid and the latest findings into the collapse of the World Trade Centre throw new light onto this crucial question.
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FeaturesHousebuilders looking for commitment - The Rake’s Progress
Mercedes’ showcase for its cars at the old Brooklands racing circuit in Surrey copies the stylish slants and angles of its cars – all of which was achieved with £3.5m worth of high-tech insitu casting …
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FeaturesBetter yet
The Concrete Centre has welcomed a new standard covering the performance of innovative housing. Particularly so as concrete looks set to match the criteria with ease.
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FeaturesGive us shelter
As global warming takes hold, and daytime temperatures start to rise, and air-conditioning becomes ever more controversial and expensive, more and more emphasis will be placed on what buildings are made from
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Room service
You may know how rapidly hotels can be knocked out with insitu techniques, but what you may not know is that you can do something similar with precast – and with superb quality and very little fuss
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Laing O’Rourke topples Bovis from its throne
Bovis Lend Lease’s rule of annual contractor’s league is usurped by Laing O’Rourke’s £1.4bn contract wins
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FeaturesYoung ones
The Chartered Surveyors Training Trust is recruiting wannabe surveyors from as young as 16
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NewsCentex to sell Fairclough Homes for £250m
Centex Corporation, the American volume housebuilder, has put its British business Fairclough Homes up for sale for about £250m
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Amec set to buy nuclear services firm for £38m
Support services group Amec has expanded its business in the nuclear sector with the £38m purchase of NNC, a UK company that specialises in nuclear services.
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CommentShow and tell
Any debate over building houses in the South-east seems to descend into a conflict between interest groups. But there is a way to win the argument …
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NewsOne from the heart
Ouch. All the New Heartlands pathfinder wanted to do was renew housing demand in Liverpool, one of the most deprived housing areas of the country, and its demolition programme gets slammed by everyone from Ringo Starr to Sir Trevor McDonald. The criticism has been so acute, it’s thrown the whole ...
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FeaturesDo you want to join my tribe?
Henry Pitman is the Eton-educated businessman who founded Tribal as the universal solution to the public sector’s property problems. And he wants you to help him
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NewsAtkins to take £3m hit over Metronet’s missed deadline
Consultant’s profit slips as its Tube consortium faces £14m penalty over delayed station improvements
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Tight margins lead to £200,000 year-end loss at Tribal
The financial performance of public sector consultant Tribal was blighted by tight margins in the last financial year, leading to a pre-tax loss of £200,000 for the year to 31 March.
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Developers urged to review options in the North
Contractors and developers have been urged to look again at investment in the North after the publication on Monday of the business plan for the Northern Way strategy.