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FeaturesTake a break
A recent survey shows that many construction managers think it will help their careers to skip holidays. Andy Pearson reveals why they are very much mistaken
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FeaturesHow did it come to this?
Four dead and Terminal 2E at Charles de Gaulle airport in ruins. A nation is waiting for answers. But while the French ministry of transport blames a concrete fault, others have been searching elsewhere for an explanation. Thomas Lane spoke to some of the doubters
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FeaturesA rare site
It鈥檚 assumed that site workers spend more time wolf-whistling than learning skills. But the UK鈥檚 biggest single training effort aims to change all that. In the second of five monthly articles in association with ConstructionSkills, 黑洞社区 looks at how the industry will attempt to qualify 500,000 workers in the next ...
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Cost study: Belgrave house
Developer Grosvenor Estate wanted a sleek office block that could hold its own opposite London鈥檚 Victoria Station and attract firms from the West End and the City. Cost consultant EC Harris, architect Squire and Partners and contractor Sir Robert McAlpine explain how the project team achieved all this at 4% ...
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FeaturesTop 100 Contractors and Housebuilders 2004
Since 1993, the nature of the construction industry鈥檚 big beasts has changed markedly. We report on the effects of 10 years of stabilisation and increasing prosperity
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Manchester: The Remix
The city at the forefront of Britain鈥檚 industrial revolution and its post-industrial decline is about to become the standard bearer of its urban regeneration, thanks to 拢1.5bn in funding and the return of the crack team that tackled the Hulme estate. Victoria Madine reports
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Features拢1000 arrives via Mailbox
Abseilers in Birmingham conquer fears to raise money for local blind charity
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FeaturesThe polo prince and the housebuilders
The McCarthy housebuilding family are mad about polo. 黑洞社区 joined them at one of the poshest events of the season - the Cartier International Polo at Windsor
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FeaturesLocal Lowdown: East Anglia
East Anglia is experiencing a building boom on a par with London. Hays Montrose's Robert Smith explains how top candidates are cherry-picking the best jobs
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FeaturesThe fisher queen
Denise Kingsmill鈥檚 impressive CV got Ray O鈥橰ourke hooked enough to hire her as head of his advisory group on human capital. Now she鈥檚 got to do some more bait-dangling to get industry bods on board. She spoke to us about fluff, grit and wrestling with salmon.
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FeaturesStyle to go - the unique flatpack home
Cartwright Pickard Architects has helped create an off-site flatpack system that promises flexibility and super-quick build time.
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FeaturesMaking the most of 黑洞社区.co.uk
Browse the new 黑洞社区 web site and you will find the best online news, jobs and data in the construction industry
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FeaturesConstruction rules the waves
Hansom prepares for the Little Britain Challenge Cup with an afternoon鈥檚 dragon boat racing in North London.
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鈥淵our dry wall beam sounds most interesting"
Aluminium facade specialist Alumet shares the specification of its Avon Dry Wall Beam with the Queen
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Bowmer & Kirkland knocks Bovis off top spot in June
Derbyshire contractor tops league with two big projects, but it鈥檚 business as usual in yearly table
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FeaturesAccidents will happen
鈥� but that doesn鈥檛 necessarily mean you have to pay for them. In an increasingly prevalent compensation culture, we find out why contractors are feeling sick over payouts 鈥� and looks at some classic fast ones pulled by industry opportunists.
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FeaturesDig that museum
Madrid architect Paredes Pedrosa has uncovered another treasure, a museum in the coastal Spanish town of Almeria
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FeaturesGuess who's back in town
For years, English Partnerships was widely criticised as an irrelevance. After Gordon Brown鈥檚 spending review, however, it has 拢30bn of land in the bank and big plans for developing it. We report on what鈥檚 coming next