All Features articles – Page 517
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FeaturesSustainability award
Ibstock Brick took first prize in this St George-sponsored category because its environmental programme has done more to clean up construction's image than any other
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FeaturesBest Practice award
Against the very best from across the industry, Forticrete won this year's Best Practice Award, sponsored by The Concrete Centre, for achieving excellence in all areas of its business
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FeaturesBeijing booms
With £20bn of preparation for the 2008 Olympics alone – not to mention all the spin-off developments – the capital of China has exploded into activity. Our man in Beijing has this report
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Further and better particulars of …Geberit Drainage and sanitary system maker
Our series on movers and shakers looks at a Swiss company making a big splash in the sanitation sector. We look at how a flush Geberit is gearing up to expand its share of the UK market
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FeaturesBoss of the year
Balfour Beatty's impressive rise over the years has been down largely to the talents of one man: Mike Welton. Little wonder, then, that he wowed the judges at Tuesday's Building Awards and came out clutching the accolade for inaugural chief executive of the year, sponsored by KPMG. We assess his ...
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FeaturesIntegrated supply chain team of the year
Having the confidence to question the working methods of its supply chain and to invent new ones brought Mace to pole position in this new category, sponsored by Ramesys
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FeaturesThe thoughts of chairman martin
Design consultant Martin Iles is in an ideal position to understand China's building revolution. So here's his manifesto for landing contracts in the People's Republic – and it's all about replacing bourgeois individualism with collective struggle
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FeaturesClient of the year
Its unrivalled ability to inject a public service ethos into a nationwide building programme meant the BBC was the star of show in this award, sponsored by Schüco International KG
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FeaturesConstruction consultant/surveyor of the year
Pentarq is the story of a small but talented local firm who took on the big boys in consultancy and came out on top in this Hays Montrose-sponsored category
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FeaturesSpecialist contractor of the year
Its skilled demolition and excavation work made Keltbray a strong contender for this Jewson-sponsored award, but what clinched it was mastering other areas of expertise
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FeaturesPFI/PPP contractor of the year
Skanska was an early starter in the PFI race and has stayed in the lead ever since, making it worthy of first prize in this new category, sponsored by Saint-Gobain Weber
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FeaturesLong day's journey …
Paul Andreu's National Theatre project in Beijing has at times been a tortuous drama beset by delays and controversy. As the curtain rises for the final act, we go behind the scenes and talks to one of the main players
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FeaturesA decade of distinction
Ten years of Building Awards has had everything from a giant hard hat paraded by Roman centurions to a Brazilian carnival …
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FeaturesEntrepreneur of the year
Three firms prove a bit of imagination can transform a business, with the winning prize, sponsored by Taylor Woodrow, going to independent-minded SmartNewHomes.com
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FeaturesOrient express
It takes skill and effort to get started, but once you do you're on a fast-track to success. We talk to recruiter Ed Twaite about the Chinese job market
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FeaturesWho got the most gongs?
Here's a special mention for those companies who have accumulated a staggering four or more trophies …
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Spring hopes
In this month’s Tracker, Experian Business Strategies reports a February slowdown but expects growth in the UK construction industry to gather speed in the three months to June
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FeaturesProject/construction manager of the year
Davis Langdon scooped this Kawneer-sponsored award with its amazingly successful expansion into the world of project management – it seems it can't put a foot wrong
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FeaturesManufacturer of the year
Schüco puts as much effort into everyday training as it does into flash innovation, which won the admiration of our specifier academy in this Barbour Index-sponsored category