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Delayed take-off: Local groups oppose £6.5bn Midlands airport
Opposition to a new airport in the West Midlands is a sign of things to come for a government desperate to increase airport capacity
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FeaturesAnd the living is easy
Summertime … and you don't want to break into a sweat turning lights on and off yourself. So Josephine Smit checked out two cool schemes that look after all your security, lighting and entertainment needs – leaving you free to enjoy serious cocktail time
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FeaturesInside the toys house
The Boormans moved from a home whose technological wizardry began and ended with an entryphone, to a £2m house so full of gadgetry, James Bond might have trouble keeping up. Continuing our series of revisits, Homes went to see how the family is enjoying its box of tricks.
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Finishing touches
A range of roofing products, from location-sensitive slate to green conservatory glass, means you can top off your scheme in style
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Techno-toys r us
The evolution of home technology holds the promise that Le Corbusier's dictum, "the home is a machine for living in", will be less of a design philosophy and more of a literal reality.
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FeaturesThe smart money
Housebuilders are waking up to the potential of home automation, but have they really understood the market? Josephine Smit gets the gadgets out
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FeaturesFront line
Buyers value light and space more than technological garnish, says Jonathan Seal, but Howard Porter says if you look beyond the gimmickry, technology can deliver big benefits
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Interior walls, partitions and ceilings
A huge range of choices, from plasterboard to rendered coatings, means that the specifier of interior walls and ceilings has a lot to think about. Peter Claridge of David Langdon Schumann Smith offers a step-by-step guide to the seven key points for you to tick off
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Lifetime costs: partitioning systems
Or, a specifier's guide to the whole-life cost of partitioning systems. Compiled by Peter Mayer of the Building Performance Group
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Ruling it in
Changes to four of the Building Regulations mean that internal envelopes must be built to tougher specifications. Andy Pearson offers a rundown of what specifiers need to do to stay on the right side of the rules
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FeaturesStarck choices
Your mission: to take a superstar designer's concept for a baroque lounge for the Euro-elite at Waterloo International and bring it in on budget, complete with floating glass partitions, chandeliers and huge graphic artworks. Oh, and the entire site vibrates. Alex Smith finds out how architect Haskoll did it
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NewsInside information
This month's Specifier takes a look inside the warehouses of the most innovative interior specialists, where we find everything from 1960s-style wall coverings to a high-tech acoustic design program. Plus, internet company Valtech reveals its curious makeover
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Woman's hour
Lorraine Elliott, managing consultant at Hill International, talks about how writing to Building led her to set up the National Association of Women in Construction
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NewsBallast boss keeps options open until firm is sold
Managing director refuses to accept role as head of PFI at the troubled contractor until purchaser is identified.
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FeaturesNo yes-man
Although the new CIC chairman says he is happy to preach the gospel according to Sir John Egan, Turlogh O'Brien will also give you chapter and verse on where he thinks the great man went wrong. Andy Pearson found out more.
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We shall not be moved
A second look at the Guidance for Adjudicators focuses on how not to be intimidated – either by the parties or by the huge piles of paper they throw at you
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FeaturesOut of the dark ages
Archaic lighting guidance designed to work with 1980s computer technology has finally been superseded by the new LG3. So why, asks Thomas Lane, isn't everybody feeling brighter about it?
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HSE plans biggest safety shake-up in a generation
Document calls for clients and architects to be held accountable for safety, with new role for planning officer.
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ABB Building Systems set for sell-off
M&E firm ABB Building Systems has restructured in a move to make it more profitable before it is sold.