All Features articles – Page 545
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FeaturesWhy we support The Prince’s Trust
This year, for the second time running, the Building Awards will be supporting The Prince’s Trust, the UK’s leading charity for young people.
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FeaturesPersonality of the Year
UCATT general secretary George Brumwell pulled off the pay deal that put skilled tradesmen on a par with company directors, which deserves this award, sponsored by Speedy Hire
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FeaturesManufacturer of the Year
Its panache in rising to technical challenges – and the fact that its cladding graces the capital's latest two landmark buildings – put Schmidlin ahead in this Barbour Index-sponsored category
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FeaturesProject/Construction Manager of the Year
Turner & Townsend knows how to develop integrated project teams and then get the best out of them in groundbreaking projects – popular with its clients, it's also a favourite of the judges
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FeaturesEntrepreneur of the Year
Trading in post-industrial chic, Urban Splash managed to double its turnover last year and collect 18 awards – it can now add its win of this Taylor Woodrow-sponsored award
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FeaturesDavid Gann
The head of Imperial College's innovation studies centre has spent years gently taking the fear factor out of innovation. Now, says Josephine Smit, it looks as if a conservative construction industry has finally plucked up the courage to trust him.
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FeaturesSpecialist Contractor of the Year
Its engineering expertise coupled with IT-driven efficiency and an amazing health and safety record earned Billington Structures first place in this category, sponsored by Jewson Limited
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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