All Features articles – Page 414
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£320m Haden deal extends Balfour’s lead over industry
Contractor rides high on back of seven-year government services deal
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FeaturesMore than just a QS
Paul Morrell will leave a big hole when he says goodbye to Davis Langdon
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FeaturesSustainability: Thermal insulation
Much of the energy consumed by buildings is lost through their fabric. Enhanced insulation could potentially make an ever greater contribution to long-term performance. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon examines the issues and costs
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FeaturesWe wish to make a complaint
The supply of gas, water and electricity seems to present terrible problems to the companies whose sole business is to do just that – and things are getting steadily worse. Lorraine Cushnie finds out why
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FeaturesSaved by a credit card
Tropus made it into business by the slimmest of margins – and is now worth £20m
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FeaturesTop 250 Consultants 2006: And they’re off!
Fasten your earmuffs … speed demons, classic saloons, green racers, nimble runarounds and hardy 4×4s are all on the starting grid for this year’s Top 250 consultants survey. Martin Hewes compiles the results and Katie Puckett does the commentary
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FeaturesWhat to specify: roofing
Specifiers hunting for roofing solutions that offer decorative window effects, energy-efficient solar power, tiles with lower pitches,or delightfully different colours to natural slates, need look no further
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FeaturesWhat to remember: Roofs
Roofs are those things that keep the rain off us when we’re watching TV, aren’t they? Well, yes, but properly specified they have all sorts of other uses. Peter Caplehorn of Scott Brownrigg looks at the options
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FeaturesWhat’s new under the sun
Viridian Solar has just started business on the basis of a green water heater …
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Features‘I have tended to make a nuisance of myself’
HOW THEY MADE IT — In the first of a series looking at how the sector’s heavyweights scaled the career ladder, Lydia Stockdale speaks to Andrew Wyllie, chief executive of Costain
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FeaturesA light topping
Kicking off this week’s Specifier, Sonia Soltani found out why the intricate larch structure has been shortlisted for a Wood award
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Features‘Maybe we are just waking up to a serious problem’
After two men died in a crane collapse in Battersea last week, the public suddenly started treating all cranes with suspicion. Sarah Richardson looks at whether they have good reason to
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FeaturesWelcome to Pete Waterman’s ‘institute for the mentally insane’
The Pop Idol panellist, and man behind Kylie and Rick Astley, opens the doors to his ‘creative village’ – a 300,000ft² redevelopment of London’s County Hall
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Let the good times roll
This month’s survey reveals an optimistic mood among UK contractors, who are more willing to take on workers, particularly in the civil engineering sector
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FeaturesGods of the Plague
They gave Shepherd Construction a two-sheet brief and asked it to build a lab secure enough to test the most dangerous virus on Earth … inside six months. Thomas Lane reports on how the team took the test and triumphed
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FeaturesWho’s going to clad all these?
After the collapse of Schmidlin earlier this year, the world of curtain walling has been in a state of unusual nervousness, with contractors wondering who they can turn to to do the work on major projects. Sarah Richardson looks at an uncertain future for cladding services
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FeaturesRaising the roof in Adamstown
HOW WE WORK TOGETHER — With an awkward site, a tight deadline and little room for error, spaceframe roof pioneer Mero UK was the obvious choice for architect BDP Ireland