All Features articles – Page 509

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    BANG!

    2003-11-14T00:00:00Z

    Manchester is about to get the biggest piece of public sculpture in Britain. That's it over there. Among the many, many questions that you will no doubt be asking yourself is how they stop it blowing over.

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    Quiet at the back please

    2003-11-14T00:00:00Z

    Foster and Partners' Bexley Business Academy encourages integration through its transparent, open-plan, triple-height design. But how do you stop the noise disturbing other classes – and comply with acoustic rules? We listened in on a lesson

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    Specialist contractor Awards 2003

    2003-11-14T00:00:00Z

    The first-ever gathering of specialists took place in London last week to recognise the construction industry's crack firms. Here's some of the highlights

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    Appointments

    2003-11-11T14:07:00Z

    Contractor Ashford Construction has promoted David Wilson to estimating director, responsible for procurement in the Midlands construction business. Wilson previously worked at Laing and Miller Construction.Amec has appointed four senior managers to its nationwide building and facilities services business. Alex Sweeney joins as operations manager in facilities services; Alan Littlewood ...

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    A lone rider's rights

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    If you are considering becoming self-employed you must be aware of contractual, tax and legal implications

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    Local lowdown

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Our regional series continues as Robert Smith of recruitment consultant Hays Montrose checks out job prospects in and around the M3/M4 corridor

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    The Hawksmoor mystery

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Julian Anderson has spent the past two years chronicling the restoration of Christ Church in Spitalfields, east London. Over the next eight pages, we show a selection of his photographs of the work in progress. What they do not reveal is the story behind the restoration.

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    Hired guns

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    A successful career in construction doesn't have to be restricted to years of loyal service in one company. In fact, as we find out, more people are now jumping from firm to firm as freelancers – opting for better rates of pay, more free time and greater flexibility

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    Tender price forecast: North-west leads the way

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    London is still suffering from the office sector slump, according to Davis Langdon & Everest, which is dampening inflation and keeping tender price increases to a minimum. But UK output as a whole has continued its steady increase – especially in the booming North-west

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    Sheltered by Mother Earth

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    The tale of the three little pigs could take on a new meaning for children at an Old Kent Road nursery, which is built not of straw or sticks, but rammed earth. We went on site to find out how it was done

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    Specialist brickwork contractor of the year

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Marlborough Brickwork

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    Supreme winner and best public building

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Sloane Robinson Building, Keble College, Oxford

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    Best single house

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Tan-y-Coed House, Chirk, near Wrexham

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    Best private housing development

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Fulham Island, Fulham, London

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    Best public housing development

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Stilitoe Court, Raleigh Park, Nottingham

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    Best commercial building

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Manser Antiques, Shrewsbury

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    Best refurbishment project

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    New Schools, Eton College, Slough

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    Best landscape project

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    The Living Room, Dunbar Drive, Bolton

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    Best structural use of brick

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Thornden Hall, Eastleigh, Hampshire

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    Cecil Balmond

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    He doesn't recognise fixed systems of order, closed symmetries or assumptions of hierarchy, and sees structure as connective patterns. Man's clearly a bounder. We try to talk some sense into him.