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FeaturesThames Barrier: The day after tomorrow
With much of the Thames Valley looking like something out of a disaster movie this winter, arguments are raging over whether the Thames Barrier can cope with the consequences of climate change - or whether it鈥檚 time to start thinking about building a new one
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FeaturesEcobuild Design Zone highlights: Tuesday 4 March
Ecobuild speakers highlight design talks at Ecobuild today
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FeaturesEcobuild Retrofit and Refurbishment Zone highlights: Tuesday 4 March
Ecobuild speakers highlight retrofit and refurbishment talks at Ecobuild today
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FeaturesEcobuild Water, Waste and Materials Zone highlights: Tuesday 4 March
Water, Waste and Materials content zone highlights at Ecobuild
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FeaturesVideo interview with Jane Henley of the World Green 黑洞社区 Council
黑洞社区 interviews CEO of the World Green 黑洞社区 Council ahead of Ecobuild this week
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FeaturesLondon's concrete quarter
The transformation of King鈥檚 Cross includes some of the UK鈥檚 most sustainable office buildings - and concrete is key to all of them
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FeaturesCRASH: The worst is far from over
Despite signs of economic recovery, the scale of homelessness in the UK is undiminished. In fact, a combination of changes to the benefits system and funding cuts to charities means the outlook for the most excluded in society looks even more uncertain
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FeaturesSketch of the week: It wouldn't happen in Rome
In the first of a new series Ike Ijeh takes a satirical look at London鈥檚 incoherent approach to tall buildings
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FeaturesCRASH: Team Effort
Meet two charities CRASH supports: one for people in inner London recovering from addiction, the other supporting a community living in a former convent in Brighton
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FeaturesCRASH: The Pilsden Community
The Pilsdon Community is a working farm in Dorset, which provides a refuge for people in crisis and intermittent respite for homeless people. But when they engaged a contractor to renovate a dilapidated barn and stables to create extra space they got their fingers burned. Here鈥檚 how working with CRASH ...
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FeaturesCRASH: Let's take things up a gear
The construction industry continued to support CRASH even through the worst years of the downturn. But now that the economy is picking up, the charity is more ambitious than ever
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FeaturesOn the waterfront: Royal Docks green design competition
Ecobuild and the Landscape Institute launched a competition for ideas on how to turn the Royal Docks into a green infrastructure space for east London. Ahead of the winner being announced at this year鈥檚 Ecobuild event, Thomas Lane reports on some of the top proposals
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FeaturesOnwards and upwards
As Barbour ABI launches its latest monthly Economic Construction Market Reviews, Michael Dall presents highlights, including sector and regional statistics with a focus on the residential sector
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FeaturesYou can have a say in how CRASH is run
As a long-standing patron of CRASH, the managing director at British Gypsum Mike Chaldecott believes he鈥檚 found an efficient form of charitable giving for his company
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FeaturesEcobuild products: Tour the stands
Manufacturers are being challenged to develop a range of products that meet the more stringent demands of today鈥檚 built environment. Happily, they seem to be more than up to it, as these companies, exhibiting at Ecobuild, demonstrate
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FeaturesCustom build: Give us the tools
Once trumpeted as a way of raising housing output by as many as 50,000 homes a year, custom build was responsible for barely a fifth of that figure last year. So what鈥檚 the hold-up and can anything be done to reinvigorate the market?
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FeaturesBrush up on your BREEAM
There鈥檚 little time left to comment on the draft BREEAM UK New Construction 2014. Yetunde Abdul, BREEAM scheme development manager, takes you on a whistlestop tour of the main changes
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Features50 sustainability stars
In the expanding universe of sustainability, many stars shine out in the firmament. 黑洞社区 celebrates the sector鈥檚 top 50 brightest talents
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FeaturesEcobuild 2014 programme: Into the zone
Here鈥檚 your visitors鈥� guide to the content zones and speakers at Ecobuild, along with some highlights of the talks to come
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FeaturesEcobuild 2014 preview: Now you鈥檙e talking鈥�
The pressures on today鈥檚 environment are many and Ecobuild is the stimulating forum in which to explore, exchange and debate the possible solutions. Ike Ijeh picks out some of the key themes at this year鈥檚 event