All Features articles – Page 283
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FeaturesAre we experiencing the second great depression? Into the vortex
Reports out this week warn of five more years of economic decline, soaring unemployment and the threat of widespread social unrest. Could we be experiencing a second Great Depression? Building travels back in time to predict construction’s future
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FeaturesCost model: Small projects
With low availability of space and pressure to reduce costs, more small projects are being built - especially with high demand for affordable housing, care homes and office fit-out. Peter Fordham, Simon Hughes and Paul Donlen of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, cost it up
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FeaturesThe consultancy sector: Little and large
Consolidation is now the name of the consultancy sector game - except some clients still like a more individual touch. Joey Gardiner asks if uneasiness over the new giants is spawning small startups
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FeaturesThe Tom Bloxham interview
For 20 years, renowned regeneration company Urban Splash grew and grew. Then in 2008 the bottom fell out of the market and soon after the firm found itself on the ‘brink of collapse’. Its founder tells Emily Wright how it changed everything - and nothing
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FeaturesThe rise of the BIM consultant
With its clear government backing and success stories in the press, construction firms realise that BIM is a Very Important Thing. The question is, how to do it? Thomas Lane meets the new wave of BIM consultants who may have the answer
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FeaturesTim Byles' £1bn development pipeline: What are the opportunities?
Building questions the former Partnerships for Schools chief on Cornerstone’s upcoming work
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FeaturesMy working day: JFA ecologist Adam Earl
The ecologist at JFA Environmental Planning doesn’t have a regular working day but they all start early with feeding his three chickens
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FeaturesSean Tompkins: Setting it straight
The RICS has faced a lot of criticism lately, with its global expansion drive and proposal to drop its top level qualification under fire. Iain Withers finds out how chief executive Sean Tompkins plans to reconcile ambitious plans abroad with winning back support at home
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FeaturesSteel insight: Structural steelwork
Structural steelwork accounts for about 70% of multi-storey building frames built in the UK. Steel Insight will appear quarterly to provide a source of reliable information for users of this key material
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FeaturesHousebuilders Salary Survey: Trick or treat?
Some housebuilders this year will find a nice bonus in their paypacket, and that’s on top of a decent salary. But for others, something altogether less welcome is in store. Building knocks on a few doors …
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Stuck in the mud
Prices have continued to stagnate in 2011, says Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company. And with the eurozone crisis and global unease, construction isn’t going anywhere fast
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FeaturesThe North/South housing divide: A tale of two markets
With so many firms focusing their efforts on London and the South-east - Crest Nicholson and Linden Homes are just the latest - you might be tempted to write off the North. But it’s not that simple.
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FeaturesFree school conversions: Making the switch
The government went out of its way to make it easier for free schools to be formed in non-school buildings by easing planning laws. So now that they’ve opened their doors, do they actually work? Take a look at two very different conversions…
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FeaturesCladding: Facing the future
The cladding market is being tested by the influx of new regulations and cost pressures. The good news is that facades can now be designed on a more human scale, says Stephen Ledbetter, director of the Centre for Window and Cladding Technology
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Housebuilders Salary Survey 2011: The results
Compare average salaries between regions, job titles and see whether they have gone up since last year
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FeaturesTom Haughey: Man of steel
The structural steel sector has been knocked for six by the recession. No one knows this better than Severfield-Rowen boss Tom Haughey - not that he’s going to let that stop him expanding the business. The sheer nerve is admirable
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FeaturesSpotlight: impact of tower construction
London is a rare area of growth, says Brian Moone, and the projects coming back on line include large and complex towers. Developers and suppliers had better plan early to avoid logjams
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