All Features articles – Page 515
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FeaturesThreat and response
Gangs of robbers, terrorists, politically motivated saboteurs … Contractors could be forgiven for thinking that their sites are under siege. But how can they fend off the enemy without blowing all their profit on security?
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FeaturesDreaming of England
A project in Japan made a Spaniard and an Iranian the UK's hottest young architects. But for all their international pedigree, what husband-and-wife team Foreign Office really want is to design the London Olympic Games.
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Come and get me, copper
Any British architect with an ounce of street cred wouldn't dream of cladding their building in anything else – not without getting their collar felt by the style police …
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Bovis does the double to top August leagues
Five wins worth £158m take company to top of monthly table and extend its lead over the year.
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FeaturesMr Blobby strikes again.
Will Alsop is back – and this time he's fitted his trademark giant pods on legs into the classical Victoria House in London. The planners bought it but will the tenants?
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Local lowdown
In the latest of our regional series, Robert Smith of recruitment consultant Hays Montrose investigates the thriving job market in Scotland
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FeaturesInn with the new
When the founders of City Inn commissioned their flagship central London hotel, they wanted something accessible but striking – inside and out. So Bennetts Associates came up with a fresh approach that has rewritten the rulebook for hotel design.
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FeaturesReturn of the eco-warrior
A decade after Swampy, environmental protesters are set to make a comeback. This time, their target is not the bypass but the runway, in a bid to scupper government plans for air travel expansion. We look at how contractors can avoid getting caught in the crossfire
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FeaturesCost model: Offices
Sustainability issues are rapidly rising up the corporate agenda. We consider the impact of sustainability measures on commercial buildings and reveal that going green need not cost the earth
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FeaturesThe great office meltdown has begun
After our first real taste of global warming this summer, experts are predicting that 70% of Britain's office buildings will be unusable by the summer of 2030. We find out just what this means for the construction industry
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Private Housebuilding Annual 2003
A guide to 100 of the UK's leading housebuilders by industry expert Fred Wellings
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FeaturesWish you were up there?
Kicking off an occasional series on career development, Kate Allen explores how you can jump up to the next level by tackling your skills gaps. But, she asks, how do you choose the course that's right for you?
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Features… and relax
It’s 15 months late, it’s doubled in cost and the project team has got into a big fight with itself – but all will be forgotten when the warm waters of Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners’ Bath Spa are soothing harrowed souls …
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Parting words
Employers can refuse to supply a reference, but they mustn't write an unfair one
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The secret of our success
With the fastest-growing construction industry in Europe, Britain is the envy of its continental neighbours. And a revealing report shows that it's all down to the economy-transforming magic of the PFI.
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Lead times
A slackening in demand has meant lead times have not been adversely affected by the summer shutdowns according to Mace.
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FeaturesGood morning, Vietnam
Welcome to joined-up 24-hour working, whereby consultants going to bed in the UK can hand over work to those waking up on the other side of the globe. But does outsourcing really open up a world of possibilities?
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As good as it gets
Training and developing staff is not only essential if the construction industry is to be as good as the client demands, says the CITB's director of training strategy Sheila Hoile, but also if the industry is to fulfil its workers' career ambitions