All Features articles – Page 426
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Standard bearer
he may not have a construction background but ian livsey is passionate about stamping out cowboy builders. the man in charge of the trustmark initiative reveals how it will be done.
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A mile apart …
… but one is a world away from what Birmingham should look like by now. Vikki Miller investigates why this city's transformation never got off the ground.
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Carillion storms April league with £660m in contract wins
Contractor comes from nowhere to top monthly chart, thanks to long-awaited close on MoD barracks scheme
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All together now
trustmark has the potential to pull local anti-cowboy initiatives together and strengthen consumer confidence, says Paul Ramsden, Deputy Chief Executive of the Trading Standards Institute and trustmark board member
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Retail and leisure
With suppliers introducing such innovations as walls and ceilings of solid light and ‘light transmitting' concrete, Joannah Connolly and Sonia Soltani report on how retail specifiers are turning to showrooms rather than catalogues to check out the latest products.
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Keeping up with Jones
Ken Livingstone is determined to cut London's carbon emissions 20% by 2010 and Allan Jones is the man to help him do it.
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Just the job
David Drake tells Sonia Soltani why he's glad he swapped manufacturing for quantity surveying
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How much for a human life?
Well, according to the courts, if you're a construction worker killed through your employer's negligence, it's £30,361. For everyone else, it's £42,795.
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Costs: Energy for sports facilities
Sports facility specifiers are under pressure to find energy-efficient heating. Anthony Waterman of Sense Cost Consultancy considers radiators vs underfloor heating for changing rooms
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No time for clowns
It's goodbye prefabrication, golden arches and sticky plastic chairs, hello Jack Vettriano prints and mood lighting. As McDonald's prepares to get serious with a £140m refurbishment and rebranding programme, Katie Puckett met the man overseeing it all
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Cheap chic
You remember the old ODPM's competition to design a £60,000 house? Well, thanks to a London prototype and five finalised designs, we can see what we're getting for our money
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Who ya gonna call?
Building surveyors used to be consultancy's zeroes. Now they're its ‘building busting' heroes, as workload sky-rockets and QS practices launch specialist divisions to trade on their skills.
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A temporary blip
Construction activity growth fell markedly in March - but don't worry, says Experian Business Strategies, it'll get back on track soon. Plus this quarter the spotlight is on work-in-hand levels
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Projects update: Health and Safety Awards
This special Projects Update showcases the best products and best engineering or design innovations shortlisted for Building's Health and Safety Awards 2006, to be held at the London Hilton on Park Lane on 22 June
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The art of starting up two dozen businesses
Bournemouth Arts Institute's Enterprise Pavilion is an incubator unit for its graduates' fledgling firms. Martin Spring assesses the building's success - artistically and commercially
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