All Features articles – Page 507
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FeaturesHoy happy to train in Miller’s light clothing
The Miller Group is the official provider of training tops for Olympic hopeful Chris Hoy
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FeaturesLondon's larder gains another shelf
A historic extension to Borough Market will give foodies a mouth-watering new restaurant as well as more fresh produce
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FeaturesGovernment must not stall at green light
New legislation will give the government the power to force housebuilders to build more sustainable homes. The policy makers must take full advantage and start updating building regulations immediately, says WWF sustainable homes policy officer Jo Wheeler
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FeaturesHi im John w8 ;-)
The chairman of Metronet has two-thirds of London’s dilapidated Underground resting on his shoulders. So why, then, is he so chirpy – and what’s with the texting? We met John Weight to find out.
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FeaturesCost model: Distribution centres
The distribution centre sector is buzzing at the moment, as businesses rush to outsource their goods-handling to logistics firms, and supermarkets adopt just-in-time delivery systems. Here we look at the key issues in affecting distribution centres – and, more importantly, breaks down how much one would cost
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FeaturesToo hot to handle
Climate change will make London as hot as Marseille by 2080, which means designers will have to radically rethink how they ventilate schools, hospitals, offices and homes to prevent people from melting altogether.
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FeaturesJust the job
Dusty Gedge tells us why he ran away from the circus to join the green roofing industry
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FeaturesObject lesson
It’s gold stars and smiley faces all round for Willmott Dixon and White Design, who have shot to the top of the government’s class with their super-sustainable Cheshire primary school. We deliver a glowing report.
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FeaturesBW Interiors warm up for main sail
The interior contractor gets some sneaky practice in before the sailing event of the year
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FeaturesTop 100 Contractors and Housebuilders 2004
Since 1993, the nature of the construction industry’s big beasts has changed markedly. We report on the effects of 10 years of stabilisation and increasing prosperity
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Cost study: Belgrave house
Developer Grosvenor Estate wanted a sleek office block that could hold its own opposite London’s Victoria Station and attract firms from the West End and the City. Cost consultant EC Harris, architect Squire and Partners and contractor Sir Robert McAlpine explain how the project team achieved all this at 4% ...
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FeaturesTake a break
A recent survey shows that many construction managers think it will help their careers to skip holidays. Andy Pearson reveals why they are very much mistaken
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FeaturesThe clan McCarthy at work and play
John McCarthy helped to create arguably the most successful housebuilder in Britain, then left after a failed buyout and a row. Now sons Clinton and Spencer are hoping to repeat the trick – with a little assistance from dad, of course.
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FeaturesHow did it come to this?
Four dead and Terminal 2E at Charles de Gaulle airport in ruins. A nation is waiting for answers. But while the French ministry of transport blames a concrete fault, others have been searching elsewhere for an explanation. Thomas Lane spoke to some of the doubters
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Light and flexible
Three architects have made the shortlist in David Wilson Homes’ competition to update the Regency townhouse. So what did they have that the others didn’t?
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FeaturesWhat makes Ray run?
Out of all the hundreds of thousands of labourers in the industry, a few thousand take degrees. Out of them, a few hundred start a business. But only one has turned that business into a global power in his own lifetime: Ray O’Rourke. We spent three years chasing him to ...
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FeaturesA rare site
It’s assumed that site workers spend more time wolf-whistling than learning skills. But the UK’s biggest single training effort aims to change all that. In the second of five monthly articles in association with ConstructionSkills, Building looks at how the industry will attempt to qualify 500,000 workers in the next ...