All Features articles – Page 529
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FeaturesConstruction Consultant of the Year
After a year in which it solved a sudden image crisis, bolstered its reputation for sustainable design and kept business growing, Arup topped this Hays Montrose-sponsored category
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The road to completion
Mark Birchenhough explains how four types of meetings can create the perfect project
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FeaturesConstruction Client of the Year
Its relentlessly successful development of an entire area of the capital, even in a subdued market, put Canary Wharf at the head of this category, sponsored by Schüco International KG
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FeaturesIf I were in your boots
In the first of a new series of columns in which industry figures sort out other people's messes, Andrew Gay, former chief executive of M&E contractor Drake & Scull, tells how support services firm Amey can climb out of the mire
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Best Practice Award
How the judging is done All entrants to the Building Awards have to fill in a detailed questionnaire that asks them to spell out what they are doing across a series of important best practice areas. The questions probe a range of factors, from Investor in People accreditation and customer ...
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FeaturesSustainability Award
Carillion Building went the extra mile in making itself aware of the most sustainable ways both to put up buildings and operate a company, and so it nets this St George-sponsored award
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FeaturesArchitectural Practice of the Year
One practice stood out this year for its dedication to sustainable design and its sure touch in sending clients away happy, and that was Feilden Clegg Bradley
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FeaturesAgainst the grain
Tucked away in a Lincolnshire village, Gordon Cowley has been quietly revolutionising the world of timber design. Thomas Lane reports on his experimental approach to complex projects – and his very own product inventions
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FeaturesYoung Achiever of the Year
The future of the industry is in safe hands, judging by the determination and forward-thinking shown by the five finalists for this award, sponsored by the Construction Industry Training Board
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FeaturesInternational Achievement Award
Mott MacDonald pulled off an incredible engineering feat in Boston that involved creating the world's largest man-made iceberg – making it a clear winner in this category
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An 80s revival
You remember the 1980s: big hair, De Lorean cars, awful music and the free-fire enterprise zones that gave us London Docklands. Now Labour is going to bring back at least one of the above, with its idea for creating areas where the usual planning process is suspended. But will they ...
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£1000 Building Essay prize
This year, Building will be celebrating its 160th birthday. To mark the occasion we will be publishing a special supplement, Building160, that will look at how the construction industry is likely to fare over the next 30 years.
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Thames Gateway chief poached by Cornish regeneration agency
Tim Williams leaves east London scheme after six years to tackle renewal project in West Country conurbation.
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CITB plans 10,000-worker training blitz
The Construction Industry Training Board has launched a trial scheme with the Learning and Skills Council to give extra training to 10,000 construction workers.The trial project, which will cost £9m, is funded by the learning council. It is being run in 10 areas and will end in July next year.If ...
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Just the job
Ian Strathdee talks to James Hughes about setting up Mackenzie Partnership's contract consultancy
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FeaturesSafesurfers
Too many professionals don't have CSCS cards because they lack safety nous. Gary Redman of NOW Recruitment explains why you shouldn't be one of them
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FeaturesDo you know this man?
The enigmatic John McDonough has given his first interview since taking over at Carillion two years ago, and in it he tells Tom Broughton how he's turned the contractor into a lean, PFI-powered speedboat.
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What Gordon's going to do
Helen Demuth outlines how Wednesday's Budget is likely affect VAT, National Insurance, stamp duty and corporation tax