All Features articles – Page 531
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Be flexible
In the second part of our work-life balance series, Andrew Garbutt of Berkshire Consultancy explains how to negotiate effectively for flexible working arrangements
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Products - Flooring
High-pressure laminateAlloc Commercial says its flooring now has a thicker and stronger high pressure laminate surface and an integral Silent System sound absorbent underlay. Alloc says the surface resists damp, diluted chemicals and cigarette burns and has been designed to endure heavier impacts. Alloc has also launched the new StoneStructure ...
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FeaturesNigel Griffiths
A skills crisis, worrying accident rates, controversial contracts in post-war Iraq and a promotional mission to Brazil: our minister has got a lot on his plate. In fact, if you're interested, he could probably pop round one evening and take you through it. Say next Thursday? We try to keep ...
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FeaturesJohnny on the Spot
How does Tim O'Toole plan to upgrade the world's biggest underground system, using the most complex contracts in history, when he can't seem to keep its trains on the track?
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FeaturesRefurbishment of Plymouth Tinside Lido: Pool life
Closed for a decade, Plymouth’s Tinside Lido has finally been restored to the glory of its 1930s heyday. How could the council afford it? Alex Smith finds that it’s amazing how much you can save by intelligent specification
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FeaturesSeen my new mobile?
Young urban professionals like the idea of a £30,000 retreat in the country but hate the idea of owning a mobile home. So architect Buckley Gray has designed one that will change their mind for them.
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FeaturesBalancing act
In the first of a three-part series on achieving the right work–life balance, Andrew Garbutt of Berkshire Consultancy asks: what do you want to get out of life?
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FeaturesRepeat after me: 'yes, I can run your project'
Take a look at these people … Do you recognise the one who'll best be able to manage your scheme? We investigate
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FeaturesFurther and better particulars of … Richard Cuthbert chief executive of MouchelParkman
In the first of a monthly series on headline-hitting companies and leading industry figures, we chart the impressive rise of MouchelParkman's chief executive Richard Cuthbert
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FeaturesHow's this for a high court?
Richard Roger's design brief for Antwerp's law courts was to create a roof that would add interest to the city's monotonous skyline. So the project team put geometrical thinking caps on and came up with some tall and dramatic shapes, as we found out
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FeaturesWho's for dinner?
Building's finance pages are suddenly dominated by talk of takeovers. Housebuilders, consultants and contractors all feel the need to expand their bottom line by eating up their rivals. We look at how what is behind this unprecedented period of consolidation
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FeaturesLateral perspective
Terry Farrell has launched two London housing schemes: one a 16-storey block of flats, the other a handful of £4m homes. He thinks one could be the answer to the South-east's housing shortage. So which would you put your money on? (PS: That is a trick question …)
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FeaturesProject review
Designing and building a £5.5m nanoscience research centre for Cambridge University was an ideal opportunity to create a building that was as futuristic as the technology it contained. Here's how Building Design Partnership and Gardiner & Theobald tackled it.
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The West is the best
We discover that if you're in the South-west, you're probably wondering what all the fuss is about
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FeaturesCost model: Urban design and infrastructure
Proposals for new communities in the South-east, and the redevelopment of existing urban sites will require large-scale investment in site infrastructure. In this month’s cost model, we examine the cost and value drivers associated with infrastructure and site amenities