All Features articles – Page 464
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Features24 hour construction city
Here are six construction sites that epitomise Manchester's changing cityscape, from a slum regeneration in a stricken suburb to this £1bn legal district being built in the heart of the commercial centre.
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FeaturesAppointments
ContractorWatford-based maintenance and M&E contractor Procare Building Services has appointed construction industry expert Kim Brown to a business development role within its corporate team.Housebuilders Des Mason has joined South Yorkshire-based Haslam Homes as a construction manager.Galliford Try Partnerships, the specialist affordable housing business unit within Galliford Try, has promoted Martin ...
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Carillion beats Balfour Beatty in building league table
In Building's first rankings of contracts won excluding civils, Carillion beats top dog Balfour by £300m
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PFI: The critical list
Amid signs of a general crisis with the NHS' finances, the Department of Health has launched an emergency review of PFI hospitals, and put most of the major schemes on hold while it does. George Hay investigates the schemes are affected and asks: what's to become of healthcare PFIs?
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FeaturesJust the job: The drumming QS
David Shortt tells Emily Wright how he juggles being a trainee QS in Salford and an up-and-coming rock star
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FeaturesGreater expectations
Nearly £5bn will be spent on capital projects across the 10 boroughs of Greater Manchester before 2014. Martin Spring maps the extent of the boom's butterfly effect.
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FeaturesIan Simpson
This man knows a thing or two about civic identity and pride of place: after all he’s the architect behind the buildings that have defined modern Manchester. Here he tells Martin Spring why London should watch and learn …
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FeaturesThe making of Manchester
First there were derelict warehouses and deserted mills, the wreckage of a great industrial past. Then came music and madness of a generation liberated from that tradition. And at the centre of this Manchester was Factory Records and the Hacienda, both the creation of Tony Wilson, pop impresario, news journalist, ...
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FeaturesPositive thinking
This month's new-look Tracker finds the industry optimistic, according to Experian Business Strategies' construction activity survey. Plus overleaf, Experian's quarterly analysis of orders and output
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FeaturesFlight path to Perth
Mathew Jaycock wanted more than a backpacking experience to Australia so asked Davis Langdon for a transfer to Perth
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FeaturesHow it used to be
We reveal the stories behind seven images of Manchseter unearthed in the Building photo library.
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Costs: Floor coverings
The cost of floor coverings can be a significant factor in a fit-out and the subsequent cleaning and maintenance regimes. Anthony Waterman of BRE looks at the whole-life costs
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FeaturesLife after alsop
A year ago Christophe Egret caused a huge stir when he quit Alsop to start his own practice with fellow escapee David West. Vikki Miller found out what's happened to him since then, where he's planning to go next - and what's in his little black books.
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FeaturesBalance of power
Building’s annual rundown of Europe’s top 300 contractors confirms the continued dominance of the French - Vinci and Bouygues remain in the top two positions. Mark Leftly and Emily Wright reveal the secrets of the superpowers’ success and split the continent into six regions to analyse how fast the PPP ...
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Just the job: Malcolm Clulow on Ski Dubai
Malcolm Clulow tells Emily Wright how he found himself filling a building with 7000 tonnes of snow
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FeaturesSpecialist costs: Concrete frames
Ian Purton reports on the impact of the new Eurocodes, the increase in post-tensioned flooring and recent cost changes in the sector
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FeaturesSpecialist cost update: Structures
In the first of our specialist updates, the expert team at Gardiner & Theobald take a look at current trends and costs in the piling, concrete frame and structural steelwork markets
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FeaturesSpecialist costs: Structural steelwork
The Chinese construction market and the Eurocrats in Brussels are having an effect on the steelwork sector, reports David Cane