All Features articles – Page 299
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Building Awards 2011 Manufacturer of the Year: Schueco
Schueco is seen as a leader in its field because, despite the downturn, it has consistently invested in training staff, improving product development and dispersing knowledge through the industry
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Building Awards 2011 Contractor of the Year (up to £300m): McLaren Construction Group
A glowing recommendation from clients, solid financials and stand-out project the City of Westminster College helped McLaren Construction to scoop the title
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Building Awards 2011 Project/Construction Management Firm of the year: Mace
Mace’s work on London’s Shard has produced an equally towering overall performance to come top of a strong field of the industry’s project and construction managers
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Diversity Champion of the year: Lakehouse
Diversity is a crucial issue in the construction industry, and this year’s category entries prove that it is being taken very seriously. And by no firm more so than winner Lakehouse
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Building Awards 2011 Integrated supply chain of the year: Olympic Delivery Authority
The crucial role integrated supply chains can play in delivering a successful and timely project are recognised here, and it’s the enormous and complex 2012 Olympics that shows how it should be done
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FeaturesBuilding Magazine Project of the year: Royal Shakespeare Theatre
The transformation of the RSC’s theatre has brought new life to one of the world’s most iconic theatre venues while retaining many elements of the original building – a stunning performance indeed
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Building Awards 2011 Construction client of the year: Olympic Delivery Authority
Everybody loves a good client, and this awards category has revealed some of the very best – but this year the Olympic Delivery Authority has gone above and beyond
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Building Awards 2011 Engineering Consultant of the year: Mott MacDonald
Mott MacDonald is coming through this downturn in fighting form, managing to expand its worldwide reach while maintaining high quality on its projects as well as excellent health and safety
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Building Awards Architectural practice of the year: Bennetts Associates
In a remarkably strong field, Bennetts Associates won the judges’ admiration with stellar designs for projects as Stratford-upon-Avon’s Royal Shakespeare Theatre
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Building Awards 2011 Consultant of the year (100 staff or over): Gleeds
Gleeds comes out on top for this category this year thanks to an extraordinary ability to impress clients and win repeat business while also expanding and diversifying
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Building Awards 2011 Cut the Carbon Award: Architype
In this award’s debut year, many firms stepped forward to prove their green credentials – but Architype’s astounding 26-year commitment to cutting CO2 made it a clear winner
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Building Awards 2011 Housing Project of the Year: Arundel Square, London
Pollard Thomas Edwards’ sensitive addition to a Victorian square, as well as some ingenious engineering solutions, has won top place in a remarkably strong field
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Building Awards 2011 Housebuilder of the year: Berkeley Group
For the second year in a row, The Berkeley Group has scooped this prize, proving that time and again it is able to deliver housing its customers want while also maintaining a uniquely strong financial position
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2011 shortlist: Sandal Magna Community Primary School
Shortlisted for Public Building Project of the Year: Sandal Magna is a school that teaches from within – and without
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FeaturesFirst Impressions: Rogers' One Hyde Park
Our new student panel discuss the Rogers Stirk Harbour and Candy & Candy designed Knightsbridge luxury residential building
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FeaturesStep 1: Standardise your public building
Efficiency has long eluded the construction industry - but now the government is demanding cuts in costs of up to 20%. So any company wanting public sector work had better think up some pretty clever ways to help make that happen
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2011 shortlist: Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
Shortlisted for Public Building Project of the Year: This theatre is designed to reflect the landscape surrounding it
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2011 shortlist: Evelyn Grace Academy
Shortlisted for Public Building Project of the Year: Zaha Hadid’s first completed project in England is as dramatic and surreal as would be expected
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FeaturesRemixed: Ab Rogers interview
Ab Rogers, son of Richard, flopped at school, became a hippy, and is, by his own father’s judgment, ’pretty crazy’. None of that stops him being a sought after UK designer trusted with designs for the likes of Pizza Express and the Fat Duck. Meet a true individual