All Features articles – Page 552
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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.
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Local lowdown
This month, Robert Smith of Hays Montrose looks at the job market in Northern Ireland, where a glut of civils projects means that engineers are hot property
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We need vocal locals
Council planners generally put the interests of the community first, but if things don't work out that way, there's not a lot the community can do about it
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