All Features articles – Page 516
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When walls have ears
When housebuilders were told they would have to test the acoustic insulation of homes to prove they complied with tough new regulations, they were so worried they decided to radically change the way homes were built instead
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FeaturesIf I were in your boots …
In his latest management masterclass, Andrew Gay casts a beady eye over Mott MacDonald and tries to work out how a consultant with its talent can produce such mediocre results
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FeaturesFrom Birmingham to Basra
One minute he was a QS in Birmingham, the next he was dodging Scuds in Iraq. Territorial Army lance corporal Craig Barker spoke to us about food rations, Saddam's yacht and keeping cool.
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FeaturesTemporary Queens
On Saturdays, in the dense heat of the New York summer, Manhattan sophisticates make one of their rare trips cross the East River to Long Island City, Queens. Their destination is the PS1 Contemporary Art Centre, where they happily queue around the block to spend the evening drinking, dancing and ...
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Just the job
Fred Selolwane was born and grew up in Botswana, studied quantity surveying in England, then went back home to Africa to practice it. He tells Andy Pearson why
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Focus on the regions
A closer look at activity levels and order books in 11 regions around the UK, suggesting that Wales is a much better place to be than Northern Ireland …Please refer to the table to the left
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Nice and easy does it
In this month's market snapshot, Experian Business Strategies reports that activity will continue to grow gently until October – apart from civil engineering, which is experiencing a full-scale boom
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FeaturesWe have a dream …
Can new libraries really transform rundown cities, knit communities together and persuade young people of all races and classes to play and learn together? CABE's latest research says yes – and where better to test the theory than in race-riot-blighted Oldham?
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FeaturesTowers of doom
Strange but true: countries that build the world's tallest building shortly afterwards suffer an economic catastrophe. Matthew Richards examines the link between skyscraper booms and economic bust – with special reference to the USA, Dubai, China and Taiwan
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FeaturesFellowship of the bullring
Or, how three developers, one city council and a handful of architects transformed a reviled 1960s concrete lump into the apotheosis of cool design. Martin Spring tells the story.
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Just the job
We talk to entrepreneur Mark Elliott about setting up his own project management firm
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FeaturesA run for his money
Nick Brooke likes a challenge – the serial marathon runner once ran a record-breaking 127 miles in 24 hours. Well, as RICS president he’ll need all his puff to pacify the institution’s members. He tells us about the need for increased subscription fees and going global.
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FeaturesThe Lion and the Gherkin
Lion Plaza in the City of London is a fraction of the size of the Swiss Re tower, but it will take longer to build. We tell the story of a project that felt the weight of Murphy's law
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Multiplex storms up contractors league tables
Australian contractor's White City retail project propels it to top spot for July and second place in yearly chart.
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FeaturesCapsule hotels: Hotels in a nutshell
The man that got us eating raw fish off a conveyor belt is trying to sell us a night in a prefab sardine tin. But how will Europeans cope with Japanese-style capsule hotels?
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FeaturesThe best possible taste
Fancy a home in Dubai built in the Arab eclectic style on a man-made island shaped like a palm tree? For a mere £500,000? Well, the Beckhams do – and we know what connoisseurs they are …