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Students on the decline Fewer numbers are applying for construction courses, while colleges are limiting numbers.

Dehli: it didn’t have to be this way A scheme to promote transparency could have helped avoid mistakes made in building the Dehli Games.

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Photo competition CIOB seeks less technical content in construction degree courses.

Leader What our alternative look at the RIBA Stirling Prize demonstrated.

Feedback Letters; and what readers are up to on the day the Comprehensive Spending Review is unveiled.

12 Comment Bob McKittrick FICE, chairman of the UK CoST pilot.

Features Cover story: Alternative Stirling Prize 14

Amid the glitz of this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize, CM invited its own panel of construction experts to find out whether the shortlist really reflected the best of the best.

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Failing the test Results from students who have just completed the new construction diploma have put its future in doubt.

34 Hot news on fire Recent blazes have spurred the HSE into a reassessment of fire risk.

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Product news Head-set ear muffs, new shades, respiratory equipment.

CPD: Part L 2010 What do the long-awaited changes to Part L mean for you?

Have you thought of... Using OAPs or teachers on your project, sleeping at work, or dressing yourself in a concrete cloth?

Construction professional 24 3D integration We can overcome the barriers to Business Information Modelling more easily than we think.

24 Back to basics Managing concurrent delays.

25 Case notes Garry Winter analyses a case of sharp practice when one company thought it could get away with a cheap quotation.

26 Five ways to... ... get pre-construction right.

26 Social media What should you be doing to market your services to the iPad and Twitter generation?

+ Contact 39-54 The race is on to find this year’s top construction manager, industry gets international day — plus a regional focus on the West Midlands.

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