All Features articles – Page 417
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The brakes are off
Experian Business Strategies’ latest survey of the UK’s contractors indicates that the industry is shrugging off the effects of rising energy prices on the cost of materials
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FeaturesAmec - The reckoning
After a glorious decade at the helm of Britain’s leading construction empire, Sir Peter Mason is leaving a company suddenly engulfed by a £140m after-tax hit and a severe identity crisis. Mark Leftly reports on what went wrong
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FeaturesHopkins turns 30
That’s the practice, not the man, who is dodging the limelight despite his success
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FeaturesThe road to 2035
The government’s transport adviser has conducted a study into Britain’s long-term transport needs. Could this mark the start of a golden age for the construction industry?
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FeaturesThats The Way
Martin Spring reports from The Way, Lovell’s vast, highly sustainable and distinctly eye-catching panellised housing project for New East Manchester
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FeaturesRun for it!
The success of the Olympics will rest on what Ray O’Rourke and the CLM consortium does in the next 90 days. Mark Leftly considers the race ahead, and how it will be tackled
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FeaturesWhat does it take to get your loyalty?
Our annual salary guide shows that firms are offering ever more perks to attract and retain staff, says Mark Leftly. To the right are the three most and the three least popular of these … see if you can guess which is which (answers below)
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FeaturesWhat to specify: flooring
Specifiers hunting for flooring systems that improve the acoustic performance of buildings,insulation systems that don’t require purlins and environmentally-friendly timber homes need look no further
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FeaturesH+H Celcon: Not so set in their ways
Danish-born, Kent-based H+H Celcon is a £70m-turnover concrete manufacturer that specialises in aircrete blocks but has now launched a structural housing system.
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FeaturesDBK Back strides forwards
SME focus — Engineering and property consultant predicts £6.5m turnover, one year after buyout
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FeaturesIs this the man to break up Amec?
When Samir Brikho comes on board, few doubt that the group will be demerged
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FeaturesOn top at 30
Meet JM, Ed, Matt and Karen. They’ve made it to the top of their professions at a ludicrously young age, thanks to talent, ambition, luck and smart clothing. But what route did they take? And what has it cost them? Vikki Miller and Sarah Richardson found out
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Cost update: September 2006
In this quarterly update on industry materials and labour, Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon reports on the impact of commodity prices – plus, how copper is becoming a precious metal and the going rates for heating and ventilation workers
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Features10 things to do with your unused paperclips
… or what to do when your company launches a ‘paper amnesty’ and spends £26,000 attempting to create the much-vaunted paperless office. Caroline Stocks, armed with reporters’ notepad, had a look around at one fit-out contractor that has done just that
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FeaturesWhat to remember: £60,000 homes
A new government report has examined the lessons learned so far from the £60,000 housing competition. Peter Caplehorn of Scott Brownrigg considers the implications for specifiers
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FeaturesWarming to it
Geothermal energy — With the construction industry on the lookout for sustainable energy sources, geothermal energy is increasingly becoming the preferred option on projects
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FeaturesObjective: London
Irish contractors who’ve outgrown their domestic economy are being forced to look for work in international markets. Guess which is top of their list …