All Features articles – Page 498
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FeaturesThree years of fear
9/11 was the day the world changed – if only in how scared people became. To quell these fears, the way we put up buildings has since undergone some pretty radical changes itself. We report on how Osama Bin Laden’s terror attacks transformed our industry
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FeaturesThe Bin Laden story
Summer 1971 in the small Swedish town of Falun. Twenty-two members of Saudi Arabia’s richest construction dynasty pose for a holiday snap. Second from the right is a 14-year-old called Osama, later to become the world’s most wanted terrorist. We report on how his relatives have tried to rescue the ...
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FeaturesAfter the fall
Three years ago tomorrow, 2800 people were murdered live on global television and the financial hub of America was turned into a smoking charnel house. Many construction experts become caught up in what happened on that day, and its aftermath. We talk to three about the disaster, the clear-up and ...
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Cost update: September 2004
This quarter’s round-up of the latest in construction, materials and labour costs shows that contractors will keep feeling the pressure as prices continue to outstrip consumer price inflation – plus overleaf, why building operatives and electricians are enjoying pay days more than most …
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FeaturesLittle Britain sails into view
Following the heroic exploits of the British sailors in Athens it's now up to the construction industry to prove it can rule the waves.
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FeaturesIn the woods, today
Celebrated Swedish architect Gert Wingårdh has designed his own holiday home in a southern Swedish glade – and it’s more or less perfect.
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FeaturesWalking in Lucinda’s wonderland
Come with us on a journey past the 6 ft high green rabbit and the shrine to Prickle, Hops and Florence to this couch, where we will sit by Rastus and Roy Rogers while we discuss English heritage with the sublime Lucinda Lambton – part broadcaster, part eccentric and part ...
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FeaturesLet us pay your way
We take a look at construction degree course sponsorship – one of the best ways of avoiding a mountainous student debt
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Lead times
Now here’s a rarity in the fast moving, everchanging world of construction economics: a quarter of relative calm in the supply chain
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Galliford and Headcrown storm July league tables
Old hand and newcomer take top two spots in monthly chart – but Bovis Lend Lease hangs on to annual title
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FeaturesCarole Souter’s plans for the past
As fears grow that the Heritage Lottery Fund is spreading itself too thinly, we talk to its director about her plans to help with John Prescott’s Communities Plan.
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Back to school
Returning to university to study for an MBA is one of the best ways to increase your earning potential. We look at the options available
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Appointments
ContractorEssex-based City & Country Construction has promoted Peter Heath (right) to construction director. He replaces Tom Higgins, who has retired after 11 years in the position.HousebuildersCala Homes (Yorkshire) has appointed Claire Daniel materials buyer.Paul Owen has been made technical manager of Warwickshire-based Chase Homes.Cambridgeshire-based Twigden Homeshas appointed Olga Hagan sales ...
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It’s all water under the (rock steady) bridge
Chris Wise, the man who put the wobble in our walk on the Millennium Bridge, has designed another. But don’t worry, he’s sure that this time you’ll be able to jump up and down to your heart’s content.
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If we built Holyrood again …
As those involved in the misconstruction of the Scottish parliament building anxiously await the findings of the Fraser Inquiry, Paul Morrell of Davis Langdon, the QS on the £431m job, investigates what lessons we’ve learned from the whole sorry episode – and which old ones we should never have forgotten