All Features articles – Page 455
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FeaturesHoodies vs house hunters
Hoodies take over from hooligans as the biggest deterrent for would be housebuyers.
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FeaturesOpen-air surgery
Hopkins Architects’ design for a London hospital is a vivid demonstration of how design and healthcare can be combined to make a healing environment.
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Losing momentum
Construction output and prices will continue to rise in the coming months, but the forward momentum is set to slow, according to the latest research from Experian Business Strategies
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Local lowdown: Midlands
Hays Construction & Property's Robert Smith reports on the Midlands job boom
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FeaturesConstruction: no place for women!
You’d think the industry would have moved into the 21st century by now, but when it comes to recruiting women it seems more like a 1950s Harry Enfield spoof. So does the industry not want women or is it they who aren’t interested?
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FeaturesComing soon in 3D
In the world of 3D computing, architects and engineers have benefited from having their own software, whereas contractors have gone without – until now. We take a look at Virtual Construction and asks how likely the people it’s aimed at are to use it
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FeaturesJust the job
John Montague exchanged life at a billion-pound turnover contractor for a career in charitably funded ‘social enterprise’.
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FeaturesDoing good by stealth
The new chief executive of the Prince’s Foundation is a quiet American. But Hank Dittmar’s lack of showiness is well suited to a charity that is aiming to slowly and subtly transform urban England.
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FeaturesEmission impossible
The government’s decision on whether to introduce mandatory pressure testing of homes is going to upset some people – but will it be those who oppose the measure, or those who back it?
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FeaturesThe client strikes back
It could spark a civil war of intergalactic proportions: the British Property Federation has drawn up a contract for consultants’ appointments, and it’s turning into a struggle of light versus dark. But which side is captained by Darth Vader and which by Luke Skywalker?
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Appointments
ContractorGeoffrey Osborne has appointed Rod Peck operations manager for its South Midlands homes division.HousebuildersAffordable housing provider Lovell has recruited Siân Byrne as business development manager for Wales.Warren O’Callaghan has been appointed part exchange manager at Fairclough Homes’ northern home counties division based at St Albans, Hertfordshire.Gary Belcher has joined Northampton-based ...
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Cost update: June 2005
In this quarter’s analysis of construction materials and labour prices, Davis Langdon reports on the inflationary effect of steel costs (which may have peaked) and wage increases (which continue unabated)
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Specifier Products
Nifty ways to transform roofs with lights and hand-crafted tiles plus an award-winning recycling sytem that cleanses grey water from household sinks using the roots of plants
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