All Features articles – Page 529

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    Parting words

    2003-09-05T00:00:00Z

    Employers can refuse to supply a reference, but they mustn't write an unfair one

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    The secret of our success

    2003-09-05T00:00:00Z

    With the fastest-growing construction industry in Europe, Britain is the envy of its continental neighbours. And a revealing report shows that it's all down to the economy-transforming magic of the PFI.

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    Lead times

    2003-09-05T00:00:00Z

    A slackening in demand has meant lead times have not been adversely affected by the summer shutdowns according to Mace.

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    Good morning, Vietnam

    2003-09-05T00:00:00Z

    Welcome to joined-up 24-hour working, whereby consultants going to bed in the UK can hand over work to those waking up on the other side of the globe. But does outsourcing really open up a world of possibilities?

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    As good as it gets

    2003-09-05T00:00:00Z

    Training and developing staff is not only essential if the construction industry is to be as good as the client demands, says the CITB's director of training strategy Sheila Hoile, but also if the industry is to fulfil its workers' career ambitions

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    When walls have ears

    2003-09-05T00:00:00Z

    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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    If I were in your boots …

    2003-09-05T00:00:00Z

    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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    From Birmingham to Basra

    2003-09-05T00:00:00Z

    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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    My agenda

    2003-09-05T00:00:00Z

    Richard Sykes, a rising star at Taylor Woodrow, tells Matthew Richards how doing a part-time MBA at the Open University helped put him on the fast track to the boardroom

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    Appointments

    2003-09-03T12:06:00Z

    Movers and shakers this week

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    Temporary Queens

    2003-08-29T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-08-29T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-08-29T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-08-29T00:00:00Z

    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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    We have a dream …

    2003-08-29T00:00:00Z

    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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    Towers of doom

    2003-08-29T00:00:00Z

    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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    Fellowship of the bullring

    2003-08-29T00:00:00Z

    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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    Appointments

    2003-08-28T16:05:00Z

    This weeks movers and shakers

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    Just the job

    2003-08-15T00:00:00Z

    We talk to entrepreneur Mark Elliott about setting up his own project management firm

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    A run for his money

    2003-08-15T00:00:00Z

    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.