All Features articles – Page 521
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FeaturesJust one little problem …
New homeowners haven't exactly been gushing with praise for housebuilders – one recent inspection found 400 defects in a single new home. But with customers now more savvy about what to look out for, the pressure's on for housebuilders to smarten up their act.
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Good on paper
The quality of your CV could make or break your job chances. Hays Montrose offers some suggestions on how to make yours an asset not a liability
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Get it right: roofing
A poorly constructed roof can have devastating consequences on the home. The effects of repairing or replacing a roof structure can be disruptive to the homeowner and costly to the builder and warranty provider. Here Nick Cuffe, technical manager at Zurich Insurance Building Guarantee, examines three ways to head off ...
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FeaturesThe great escape
This year's Building/Hays Montrose careers survey finds a workforce eager to escape the shackles of nine-to-five employment to find a more flexible lifestyle.
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A change of pace
In this month's market round-up, we report that growth is likely to slow down over the next three months – but don't worry, it should pick up in a couple of years or so …
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FeaturesIt's a mini adventure
English Partnerships is now in the driving seat for key worker housing development in the capital. But with tiny returns for developers, who will go along for the ride?
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Bovis stretches lead to more than £600m in October
Contractor tops monthly and yearly leagues for second time in three months with £150m Southwark scheme.
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Spotlight on shopfitting
Market overview Shopfitting embraces virtually every trade of the construction industry at a micro level; it represents a specialist component due to the individual nature of fixtures and fittings manufactured to bespoke standards.The market is changing and becoming more orientated towards customer service, with partnering arrangements common on major roll-out ...
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FeaturesTaking the Michael
The government has set up urban development corporations to tackle deprivation in Britain’s cities. If that sounds familiar, it’s because Labour has stolen the idea from its old archenemy – Tory grandee Michael Heseltine. And as we discover he’s far from pleased about it …
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Lead times
Feedback from suppliers reveals a general fall-off in demand, but according to Mace, confidence is expected to return next year.
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Just the job
Kenyan Sohail Alam of M&E firm CommTech only came to England five years ago – but he's already set to go global with his mechanical engineering skills
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Featuresshh … Abalos & Herreros' dreamlike library is too good for words
The Usera Library in Madrid doesn't seem entirely real – more like a building you might encounter in a dream.
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Appointments
Housebuilders Charles Church has appointed Martin Bailey surveyor. He was previously with Countryside Properties. Gary Ross, formerly of Bellway Homes, also joins as design manager for its southern region based in Camberley.Gerrards Cross-based Persimmon Homes (Thames Valley) has appointed Trevor Wicks technical manager.Alex Wood and Richard Heathcote have joined ...
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Features'There were times when I was really scared …'
You'd think the construction industry would be desperate to find bright young students. In fact, it seems to go out of its way to put them off. We went back to college for some hard lessons.
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FeaturesGo get 'em, tiger
Kim Gregory of TSO Consulting explains why more and more high flyers are getting professional coaches to help them stretch their wings
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FeaturesMr Conservative
Linford Group chairman David Linford is taking drastic action to help plug the heritage skills gap, such as building a new training centre, swapping workers with firms abroad – and even recruiting in primary schools.
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FeaturesCrisp and complex
A cuboid visitors centre in an Austrian vineyard bottles 900 years of tradition for slurping, sloshing wine bibbers.