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FeaturesTop 250 Consultants 2008: How to survive the downturn
You don鈥檛 have to be Charles Darwin to know that survival is about adapting to your circumstances better than your rivals. Roxane McMeeken looks at how firms have changed their strategies since our last consultants survey, when the market was booming
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FeaturesFirst impressions: Projects by Herzog & de Meuron and Foster
Kingston University graduate comments on Herzog & de Meuron鈥檚 Projet Triangle and Foster + Partners鈥� Virgin Galactic space terminal
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Dubai's reality gap
En route to Cityscape, nothing about Dubai is quite what this visitor expected
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FeaturesMy Cityscape: anonymous delegate
The inside track on Cityscape Dubai by a conference veteran who says it will blow away anyone new to the event
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FeaturesWhat it costs: Green roofs
Green roofs may have environmental benefits, but what do they cost to install and maintain? Peter Mayer of 微密圈 LifePlans talks us through the issues
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FeaturesMy Cityscape: Paul Savidge
Wintech's group operations director plans to use the exhibition to pick up project-specific enquiries and grow the firm's local business
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FeaturesMy Cityscape: Derek Johnson
Davis Langdon's head of Middle East operations rates the show as the year's top business event, advising novices they'll need at least 100 business cards a day
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FeaturesMy Cityscape: Hussam Abdulghany
This Atkins senior architect attends goes to get a feel of the outlook for the year ahead, and also enjoys assessing rivals' schemes
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FeaturesThe wet room
Timber is well suited to the harsh environment of an indoor swimming pool, but at Longwell Green the finish also decided the way the building was constructed, as Stephen Kennett discovered
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FeaturesAluminium guttering
Marley has launched the Alutec Evolve range of aluminium rainwater systems, which it says is light and has a life expectancy of more than 50 years.
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FeaturesWaterproofing systems
Waterproofing systems from Alumasc have been used at Beacon South Quarter, a new retail, commercial and residential development in Sandyford, Dublin.
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FeaturesThe alternatives: Timber ceilings
Timber can be used to create stunning ceilings. Stephen Kennett takes a look at three ways to obtain maximum visual impact
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FeaturesHow I conquered the world: interview with Benoy's Graham Cartledge
Benoy chairman Graham Cartledge turned a firm that mostly designed Nottinghamshire farm buildings into a 拢38m global player. Here he talks to Emily Wright about ruthless calculation, creeping mortality and the phone call that changed his life
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FeaturesDragon's Den: Paul Tinton's building-waste disposal business
At just 28, Paul Tinton braved the heat of the BBC鈥檚 Dragons鈥� Den and came out with a useful 拢200,000 to invest in his building-waste disposal business.
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FeaturesStadium building: has football's bubble burst?
Despite the credit crunch putting the boot in to the market, there are still chances going begging in the stadium sector 鈥� it鈥檚 just a little harder to score 鈥�
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FeaturesHarnessing the wind: Bahrain World Trade Centre
Bahrain鈥檚 World Trade Centre is one of the first buildings to be designed with wind turbines as part of its structure. It sounds simple, but as Thomas Lane discovered, the problems were many and the answers elusive
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FeaturesCost model: Retail development
This year marks the peak of the retail cycle. With the economy slowing, can future schemes deliver quality and innovation? Simon Rawlinson and Richard Taylor of Davis Langdon investigate
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FeaturesStanding seam roofing
Over 5,000m2 of Kalzip stucco-embossed, aluminium, standing seam roofing has been used on the new 拢24m Olympic-sized swimming pool complex at Cardiff Bay鈥檚 International Sports Village.
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Reinforced waterproofing system
M.R. Site Services has launched Roll-A-Flex, a fully reinforced waterproofing system that provides an alternative to welded joints for situations in which welding joints is impractical.
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Icopal鈥檚 Parabit Hot Melt waterproofing system
Icopal鈥檚 Parabit Hot Melt waterproofing system for inverted, green and plaza deck roofs and its Imperma SBS tanking membrane have both been awarded British Board of Agr茅ment certificates (08/4514 & 07/4486).