All Features articles – Page 551
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Thinking of going prefab?
… then this is the place to start. Homes brought in cost consultant MDA to answer your frequently asked questions
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FeaturesNothing by halves
Mayor Ken Livingstone's draft London plan, which aims to make 50% of homes on new residential sites affordable, is coming under public scrutiny next week. Developers will be going all out to limit the damage.
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Just the job
Andy Fuller, Persimmon Homes' construction director, tells Sally Whitehill why he's spent 16 years at the same firm – and why he's planning to stick around
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Lead times
Most companies have been busy in the first quarter of the year, but market uncertainties are expected to drive down lead times in the future
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FeaturesMiller's tale
Tim Hough, Miller Homes' new managing director, plans to expand into the South-east and build on the company's reputation for quality and care. But is it the firm's results that are giving him the best reason to be cheerful?
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FeaturesOur trends in the North
Huddersfield may not be the first place to come to mind when you think of loft apartments. But a live–work scheme for artists opened by Places for People is proving that studio-style spaces can work in Yorkshire as well as Manhattan
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A suspect package?
ERP software systems, which promise a total solution to administering a company, have been successful in some industries, but construction's experience of them has not been entirely happy – as Atkins will testify. We assess the pros and cons.
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The price of passion
The Scottish parliament is spectacular on many levels – not least in spiralling nine times over budget. But as these first pictures of the building show you get what you pay for.
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FeaturesVillage People
Can you design a community? Yes, but it takes a lot more than simply a construction process, as both Philip Davies of developer Linden and resident Marie Hart have learned at an urban village in Surrey.
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FeaturesTending to zero
There is a suspicion in the industry that contractors are fatalists. That is, they make the right noises on health and safety, but privately believe that fatal accidents come with the job. But now Bovis Lend Lease has put in place a global strategy to reduce site deaths to almost ...
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Bovis to axe 40 staff after review of market prospects
Contractor reveals redundancy plans in the same week that QS EC Harris decides to close Glasgow office.
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Contractors to get training in Egan principles
Construction body Be launches one-day course package on collaborative working.
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Labour agency set to import workers from Romania
The Home Office has agreed in principle to a proposal to import east Europeans to help solve the skills shortage.
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New bosses for Kier and Alfred McAlpine
Contractors' chief executives both scale back roles by becoming chairmen of the companies.
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FeaturesThe children's crusade
How can you make a name for yourself if that name belongs to your famous parent? We talk to people who've wrestled with this problem – and found their own answers.
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HBG is cock of the north in February league table
Sir Robert McAlpine and Laing head down the monthly table, but Bovis Lend Lease stays on top over the year.
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FeaturesDressed to thrill
Inspired by a wallet-busting designer frock, yet designed to be a bargain in itself, the exterior of Future Systems' Selfridges store in Birmingham is a sight to behold. We got the inside story on how this futuristic, shimmering, blue beehive was built.