All Features articles – Page 526
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FeaturesThe guv'nors
In three years, Sir Stuart Lipton and Jon Rouse turned CABE from an idea into a key British institution. Now that it's on the brink of another massive expansion, we find out where they're taking it now
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FeaturesDavid Langdon & Everest's Rob Smith
Davis Langdon & Everest’s new boss tells us about his plans for the QS in the chilly days to come. Nothing drastic – just a complete change of culture and business strategy …
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FeaturesBudget? Fudge it!
Politicians, bureaucrats, voters and contractors all want to believe that ambitious public projects offer value for money – but the costs quoted in a shocking new book tell another story. Could PFI be the solution?
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FeaturesThe pig is taxiing for take-off
For an increasingly cynical public, the successful redevelopment of Battersea Power Station is looking as likely as a porker at 12 o'clock. Its owner, Parkview, insists that the latest project really will get off the ground. We assess the chances …
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Oxford, we have a problem
This town has a standard of living so high that only a few people can afford it.
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A test of their metal
It's easy to say steel-frame housing is the way of the future, but things get a bit trickier when it comes to actually making it work. We look at the struggle over the spec at one Basingstoke housing scheme
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FeaturesThe way we live now
Three years after the government launched PPG3 and ahead of its review of housing supply, looks at the guidance that has won over housebuilders but still has some way to go before it convinces all of their customers
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Redundancy survival kit
Facing the prospect of losing your job? Michael Archer, partner at solicitor Beale & Company, tells you what to do if the worst happens
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FeaturesKeep on truckin' … please
Within two years, the road haulage industry is going to undergo a personnel crisis that will make construction's skills shortages look like a walk to the shops. So how are your materials going to find their way to the site?
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FeaturesHolliday homes
David Holliday, managing director of Kent-based Ward Homes, has found his place in the sun. With huge housing growth predicted in the Thames Gateway, he couldn't be in a better position. But he won't be resting on his laurels – as we found out, he's flat out keeping up with ...
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Get it right: Roofing
Recent years have brought increased rainfall and wind speeds, and images of floods and storms have become commonplace.
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Factfile
The South-east registered the highest number of approvals in March. Two approvals, totalling 548 units, gave Bellway the lead in the private housebuilder table. Southern Housing Group, the RSL behind the regeneration of east London's Nightingale Estate, tops the housing associations
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Dances with penguins
Or, how an English contractor went west to build a visitor attraction and found itself immersed in the dangerous and fascinating world of marine wildlife.
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Lifetime costs: Secured by Design
What is the most cost-effective way of reducing criminal damage to property? We consider the whole-life costs of Secured by Design standards for housing refurbishment
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Mike Coleman
Project managers have a unique opportunity to influence change in the industry, are they making the most of it?
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FeaturesA Disney classic
It would have been the first 'Bilbao' if not for years of delays. But now, finally, Frank Gehry has come home to La-La Land with his suitably fantastical Walt Disney Concert Hall