All Features articles – Page 361
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FeaturesCrumbling cookies
Your wallet may feel a bit light right now, but that’s just the way things are sometimes. Cheer up, put on a cuppa and mull over Guy Browning’s creative economies, starting with …
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FeaturesWe want to make a complaint – ConstructionSkills’ Mark Farrar interview
It seems that the industry is deeply unhappy with ConstructionSkills. Roxane McMeeken tells its new boss why – and asks him what he’s doing about it. Photographs by Tom Harford Thompson
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FeaturesThe likely lads – who will be chief construction officer?
A new actor is about to go on stage: the chief construction officer. And whoever gets the part will need to be quite a performer, because they’ll have to act for the industry in Whitehall, and for Whitehall in the industry. Sophie Griffiths conducted a quick audition …
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Products in brief
The Galvanizers Association has published a new guide, Galvanizing and Sustainable Construction, which aims to help architects, specifiers, engineers, developers and their clients use galvanized steel in the context of sustainable construction.
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FeaturesBrave new world
Many companies are mounting expeditions abroad to escape the UK downturn, but with global expansion comes a whole set of interesting problems.
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FeaturesGo for the burn: Bouygues UK’s daily workout
Warming up before work used to mean eating your bacon buttie while it was still hot. But now, in an effort to cut down site injuries, Bouygues UK has stepped things up a gear.
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FeaturesWhy do we give benefits?
Some firms shower their staff with cars, flexitime, parties and sabbaticals on the understanding that their generosity will be rewarded. Debika Ray finds out if it is
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FeaturesThe alternatives: Thermal mass
Integrating structures and services to get the most out of thermal mass can be a good road to lower energy consumption. Stephen Kennett looks at Tarmac’s solution
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FeaturesIt’s a balancing act
Last year, employers had one overriding problem to address: how could they recruit/poach/scrounge/bribe enough decent people to handle the endless stream of projects flowing from well-capitalised clients?
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FeaturesA lens on 3XN’s new Museum of Liverpool
There is just one thing about 3XN’s Museum of Liverpool on which everyone agrees: it will offer fabulous views of the Mersey. Thomas Lane looks at the construction challenges behind the city’s most controversial new structure.
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The big picture: Employers guide 2008
So now we know which construction’s best employers are, but what else does all that data tell us? David Rogers crunches the numbers
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Building intelligence Q2 2008: A mixed picture
The downturn sent most graphs south in the second quarter of the year, but a closer look at the data shows wide variations between regions and sectors, according to Experian Business Strategies
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FeaturesExpat survival guide to South Africa
The 2010 World Cup is driving a boom in construction, but beware the capital's crime levels
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FeaturesWhen cheap and cheerful turns nasty
Beware your duty of care when recommending the cheapest contractor, warns Tony Bingham
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FeaturesSustainability: Office refurbishment
David Rees of Davis Langdon reviews the latest thinking on low-carbon design features to improve the energy performance of office buildings
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FeaturesLean mean machine
Open heart surgery, two pacemakers and various ailments are enough to stop most people in their tracks – but not Utopia founder Kevin Mashford. Saba Salman finds out what drives him
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FeaturesStill going strong
Design consultancy ttsp struck gold at this year's AIS Contractors Awards, designing the ceilings installed by Phoenix Interiors for Nomura, London. Thom Gibbs meets MD Tim Jennings, who has spent 26 years at the firm
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FeaturesSurvival of the fittest
Despite all the publicity surrounding the economic downturn, the construction industry is managing to stay afloat – if only just. But long-term survival will depend on the economy’s health. Victoria Madine explains
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Duvale wall system for execs
Having won the project to refurbish six floors of the Wesleyan Assurance Society’s Birmingham base, City Office Interiors chose Duvale’s GS100 movable wall for the executive 7th floor.
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FeaturesTishman Speyers designer HQ
As a high-profile owner, developer and fund manager, you would expect Tishman Speyer to provide its employees with a premier working environment.