All Features articles – Page 481
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Over the first hurdle
As this survey shows, local authorities are making real headway toward being good clients, but insiders are warning that the hardest part is yet to come
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Finding a just price
We use common sense when we lease a car. Why not when we procure a building? We can, argues Andrew Green
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FeaturesCherrys on top
After five turbulent months, the Cherry family’s attempts to buy Countryside Properties finally seem to be coming to fruition.
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Laying the groundwork for a brighter future
Decent homes, better schools, adequate healthcare, transport that works. All the big political ambitions of the 21st Century depend on a revved-up construction industry, which Constructing Excellence is here to deliver
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FeaturesBullish Barratt takes social housing by the horns
A packed order book and record profits put the company in a strong position, says boss David Pretty
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FeaturesAll change
These are nervous times for the rail sector’s contractors and consultants, with Network Rail being ordered to slash costs as major project budgets spiral.
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Specifier Products
Just about everything you need to build the kind of copper-clad, circular, streamlined, siphonically drained, airtight roof that will make you envied by your competitors and adored by your clients
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Costs: Metal roofing claddings
Metal self-supporting roofing is becoming ever more popular, and not just in the commercial and industrial sectors. Peter Mayer of Building Performance Group considers the options and costs
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FeaturesMIPIM in miniature
Capita Symonds has squeezed everything you need to survive MIPIM into a 1x4in box.
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FeaturesThe secret’s out
Once forgotten, dilapidated and unloved, the Walled Garden at Scampston Hall has been given a remarkable makeover and thrown open its doors to the public – and to critical acclaim
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Regeneration in practice: Manchester
One of the city’s most crime-ridden housing estates is being given a John Prescott makeover, complete with signature architect and PFI funding. We report on how Plymouth Grove is going from war zone to des res
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FeaturesThe naked project manager
Philip Ashton PhD may be a reluctant televison star, but he’s happy to embrace the publicity Channel 4’s Bricking It has given young people in construction. We meet project management’s answer to Jamie Oliver.
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FeaturesThe experts’ view: Think tank
What is the most frustrating thing about trying to do regeneration? What is holding us back? What are the mistakes that are being made right now? How can the whole process be made to work better? To answer these questions, Building assembled an architect, a developer, a planning expert, a ...
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FeaturesToxteth’s technicolour dreamboat
Forget the Beatles and the Fourth Grace – Liverpool has a new icon in the shape of the colourful media centre Toxteth TV
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FeaturesA learning curve
Hopkins’ horseshoe-shaped knowledge and media centre – otherwise known as the Forum in Norwich – is a resounding success that overcame an irregular-shaped site and an imposing neighbour …