All Features articles – Page 541
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Ex-Skanska boss set to take over Galliford Try
Construction arm MD Andy Sturgess slated as next Galliford Try chief executive.
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Cardiff stadium could create 1500 jobs
Holder Mathias Architects has submitted plans for a football stadium for Cardiff City FC to Cardiff council.It is estimated that the ground, which forms part of a £100m development masterplanned by Holder Mathias, could create 1500 jobs and 150 homes.Arup, Davis Langdon & Everest and planning and environment consultant RPS ...
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Key appointment at QS Davis Langdon & Everest
Rob Smith is taking over the reins from Paul Morrell as senior partner at quantity surveyor Davis Langdon & Everest.Smith’s appointment, effective on 1 May, was announced to DL&E staff this week. Smith’s role will be to oversee the firm’s UK, European and Middle Eastern activities.Smith said Morrell, who will ...
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FeaturesRichard Saxon
As the Egan era draws to a close, the chair of construction think tank Be is ready to take over as the industry's helmsman. And, as he tells Marcus Fairs, his aim is to create an industry that has more self-confidence, more self-knowledge and more self-control.
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Staiths South BankNext week, fashion guru Wayne Hemingway unveils his first-ever housing project – a 700-home estate in Gateshead for Wimpey. Proper architects have pooh-poohed the scheme, which has normal-looking houses set in car-free, landscaped gardens – but the avalanche of enquiries from would-be buyers suggests that the punters love ...
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Stuart GrahamThe new American chief executive of Skanska will this month conclude a top-level review of the firm's businesses worldwide. Expect big changes in the deployment of Skanska's forces.Will AlsopThe jolly architect's peculiar brand of blobular, stilt-propped architecture may no longer be the height of fashion, but Alsop has hit ...
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The nightmare we're trying to wake from
What use is insurance if you go broke trying to pay for it?
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Mystic wag
In an attempt to stay ahead of events in 2003, Marcus Fairs invested in a crystal ball and saw from the news stories rolling off the presses that life in the construction industry will be as unpredictable as ever …
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FeaturesFlight from reality?
Airports have to expand, but doing the work seems strangely problematic
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FeaturesDifficult neighbours
How the government will tackle impossible house prices in the South and impossible houses in the North
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Contracts to watch
PFI abroadPFI is going global – and UK firms’ expertise is required everywhere from Ireland to Turkey. Beijing Olympics 2008This year, China will start awarding tenders for what is likely to be the most ambitious Olympics of all time. Firms are licking their lips at the prospect of the £23bn ...
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People who need people: Construction's management in crisis
The modern industry demands news skills from its leaders
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Changes to the Building Regulations
Part A: StructuresConsultation on amending this section took place in 2001 and the part on disproportionate collapse has been rewritten. However, the events of 11 September have meant that this section has come under intense scrutiny, which has delayed the publication. Expect new guidance late in the year. Part B: ...