All Features articles – Page 549
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Tender price forecast: All good, bar London
Tender prices and workload are to continue to grow in the country as a whole, despite the consequences of the invasion of Iraq. But, as we point out, the outlook is not so good in the capital, where an ailing office market has caused a slump in work output.
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FeaturesUp, up and away
Floating on the alternative investment market is the ideal way to raise your firm's growth, profit and profile. So why are so few joining it?
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FeaturesBridging Tactics
As the designer of military bridges used in the Iraq war, Tom Foulkes took pride in last month's victory. But will the head of the Institution of Civil Engineers win an internal battle for change?
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FeaturesWelcome to our chateau
Laing Homes is turning a 19th-century hospital into 190 chateau-style homes – one-third of them affordable. How do affluent buyers feel about sharing their castle with social tenants? We talked to its first residents and to marketing manager Christine Tiernan.
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FeaturesA Disney classic
It would have been the first 'Bilbao' if not for years of delays. But now, finally, Frank Gehry has come home to La-La Land with his suitably fantastical Walt Disney Concert Hall
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Mike Coleman
Project managers have a unique opportunity to influence change in the industry, are they making the most of it?
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Lifetime costs: Secured by Design
What is the most cost-effective way of reducing criminal damage to property? We consider the whole-life costs of Secured by Design standards for housing refurbishment
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Dances with penguins
Or, how an English contractor went west to build a visitor attraction and found itself immersed in the dangerous and fascinating world of marine wildlife.
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Factfile
The South-east registered the highest number of approvals in March. Two approvals, totalling 548 units, gave Bellway the lead in the private housebuilder table. Southern Housing Group, the RSL behind the regeneration of east London's Nightingale Estate, tops the housing associations
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Get it right: Roofing
Recent years have brought increased rainfall and wind speeds, and images of floods and storms have become commonplace.
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FeaturesHolliday homes
David Holliday, managing director of Kent-based Ward Homes, has found his place in the sun. With huge housing growth predicted in the Thames Gateway, he couldn't be in a better position. But he won't be resting on his laurels – as we found out, he's flat out keeping up with ...
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FeaturesKeep on truckin' … please
Within two years, the road haulage industry is going to undergo a personnel crisis that will make construction's skills shortages look like a walk to the shops. So how are your materials going to find their way to the site?
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Redundancy survival kit
Facing the prospect of losing your job? Michael Archer, partner at solicitor Beale & Company, tells you what to do if the worst happens
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FeaturesThe way we live now
Three years after the government launched PPG3 and ahead of its review of housing supply, looks at the guidance that has won over housebuilders but still has some way to go before it convinces all of their customers
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A test of their metal
It's easy to say steel-frame housing is the way of the future, but things get a bit trickier when it comes to actually making it work. We look at the struggle over the spec at one Basingstoke housing scheme
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Oxford, we have a problem
This town has a standard of living so high that only a few people can afford it.
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FeaturesThe pig is taxiing for take-off
For an increasingly cynical public, the successful redevelopment of Battersea Power Station is looking as likely as a porker at 12 o'clock. Its owner, Parkview, insists that the latest project really will get off the ground. We assess the chances …
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Gains backs CITB against Prescott
Construction Confederation president John Gains has rejected government criticism of the Construction Industry Training Board.In a letter to deputy prime minister John Prescott, Gains said he was “disappointed” by his attack on the board. Prescott called it “a disgrace” for not tackling the skills shortage adequately (see Building, 11 April, ...