All Features articles – Page 490
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FeaturesSo I changed my mind …
Peter Dixon is the man in charge of a £422m PFI hospital in London. He has also written in a national newspaper that hospital PFIs have been a ‘costly failure’. We invite him to explain himself – after which we get a second opinion from a woman with very definite ...
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FeaturesGet ’em young…
These construction trainees are the future of the industry, and if government plans are realised, thousands more will soon be trained all over the country. All the construction industry has to do is get its act together and organise a nationwide programme. What could possibly go wrong with that?
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FeaturesJust the job
JM Erasmus explains why he left South Africa and accountancy for a life of cost management in London
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Urban scrawl
Will Alsop’s exuberance may have been boxed in at Goldsmiths College, but his playfulness still extrudes itself onto the skyline as a silvery, sculptural squiggle. Martin Spring visits the provocative building on the busy New Cross Road.
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Specifier Products
A selection of the latest options for meeting the stringent specifications of the highly serviced, hygiene-led healthcare sector, including waste pumps, services support systems and antibacterial tiles
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Costs: Wall finishes in healthcare buildings
Wall finishes are crucial in healthcare buildings, where high demands are placed on durability. Peter Mayer of Building Performance Group sets out guidelines on whole-life costing
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FeaturesHealthcare buildings
This week, Specifier focuses on the burgeoning healthcare sector, beginning with a look at how two consultants are using visualisation software to find cost-effective solutions for hospital design
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FeaturesArtistic Bent
Cesar Pelli’s Japanese art museum may be modest in its demands on space and energy but it comes with a magnificent sculpted steel entrance.
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How to juggle while balancing
Three female construction professionals reflect on the trials, tribulations, rewards and pitfalls of flexible working arrangements
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FeaturesCutter’s way
John Oughton, the mandarin in charge of government procurement, is determined to slash the time and money spent on the bidding process. But can he overcome a creaky civil service and an overstretched construction industry?
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FeaturesThe FMB rules the waves
A military marching band gave a Federation of Master Builders Christmas ball a touch of the proms.
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FeaturesOn the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me...
... an electric shock machine. What have we done to deserve this in our Christmas stocking.
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FeaturesNew age thinking
The government is doing construction a favour by raising the retirement age to 65, but Jeremy Hilliard, director of National Contracting, says the skills shortage can only be addressed by attracting more young people to building.
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£130m Liverpool arena keeps Bovis top of league
Contractor retains both its monthly and annual titles, thanks to £140m of work in November
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Features2004 revisited
It was a different year for different people. For many it was a lengthy punch-up. For others a sleigh ride through a forest pursued by wolves. For one or two, it was a chance to emulate Napoleon at Austerlitz. So, use the next 10 pages to jog your memory, after ...
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FeaturesJarvis diaries - The edge of reason
Poor old Jarvis has had a v. bad year, having struggled with debts and been walked out on by its top men. Here, its month-by-month misadventures are chronicled by Mark ‘Darcy’ Leftly …
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Glad tidings
In this month’s Tracker, Experian’s Business Strategies division reports an optimistic market, with activity growing at a steady pace – and predicts it will pick up speed at the start of 2005
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A living in the past
With traditional skills in restoring historical buildings in short supply, the opportunities for a career in the sector are alive and kicking.