All Features articles – Page 439
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FeaturesJolly green clients
A strong urge to get back to nature – or at least become more sustainable – has gripped clients this year. Katie Puckett and Caroline Stocks discover how 50 of the biggest spenders are focusing their £12.1bn combined construction budget on all things green
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FeaturesBovis:from buy-up to bust-up
When Building reported two weeks ago that Bovis Lend Lease’s UK chief executive Jason Millett was leaving, rumours of bad blood between the UK division and its Australian parent were quickly revived. Mark Leftly reports on how it came to this
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FeaturesLevel best
The winners of this year’s Housing Design Awards, announced yesterday, range from tall blocks of flats to low-rise terraces. Martin Spring reports on the latest exemplars of high-density urban housing
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FeaturesIrish architect heads for the UK
Dublin-based practice O’Donnell + Tuomey wins flagship Sheffield retail scheme
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FeaturesTop 150 Contractors and Housebuilders 2006
As the all-powerful supercontractor Amec brings its reign to a close by splitting the company, Mark Leftly takes a look at how the Davids of the industry are coming to the fore.
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Building intelligence Q1 2006: Why the blip?
Experian Business Strategies reports on what happened in 2005 when construction output fell for the first time in a decade – and just how far the industry has to go to recover. Plus, how we compare with the overall economy, and the latest new work and R&M output and order ...
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FeaturesGermany 1 England 0
… but it’s the USA and Canada that take the title. As our 99% Campaign continues, Sonia Soltani explores the energy efficiency grants and tax incentives on offer around the world
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FeaturesWe've got your workers
Are construction’s ever more powerful labour agencies holding the industry to ransom?
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FeaturesYou don’t have to be MAD to work here …
… but it seems to be helping May Gurney, which has cut site accidents almost two-thirds since launching its Making A Difference initiative.
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FeaturesWhy engineering doesnt suck
Vacuum cleaner man James Dyson talks about his school for young engineers
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FeaturesCan a female reporter survive a day as a labourer?
Ray O’Rourke’s comment about sites being no place for women sparked widespread outrage, but could he have had a point? Emily Wright put on her steel-capped boots and spent a day ripping up floorboards to find out
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FeaturesEvery penny is counted
Tesco became Britain’s biggest retailer by cutting costs to the bone, and that applies as much to store refits as pineapples. Katie Puckett met the development director who makes sure none of its £1.8bn construction budget gets wasted
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FeaturesSpecialist cost update: Services
The services sector accounts for more than a quarter of construction by value. In our latest specialist update, the expert team at Gardiner & Theobald take a look at the latest trends and costs in the mechanical, electrical and plumbing, lifts and escalators and ICT markets
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FeaturesPiercy Conner on the rise
SME focus - Fledgling architect to boost London presence with Manchester and New York offices
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FeaturesConstruction checks in to The Priory
Or rather, Vaughan Burnand went along to find out why so many in the industry are seeking help with drink and drug addictions. Mark Leftly found out what he learned.
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FeaturesEuropa central
Berlin’s £170m Hauptbahnhof is the first central train station in a European capital for 100 years. It’s also a state-of-the-art update of the 19-century industrial cathedral, a hub at the heart of Europe and a stunning piece of engineering. So why did the architect end up suing its client, then? ...
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FeaturesHow green is Building’s building?
By now, there should be an energy certification scheme in place for office buildings, but there isn’t. So Thomas Lane organised one for Ludgate House, the home of Building. Here’s what we found …
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FeaturesThere’s more than one way to skin an office
The latest products and whole-life costs, notes on intelligent facades and the special love between an architect and its concrete supplier. But first, Sonia Soltani on the teams defying skills shortages to install extraordinary facades