All Features articles – Page 557
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Construction degrees will be extinct in 10 years, says shock report
Last building student will enter university in 2012 if present rate of decline in applications continues.
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Terminal 5 deal sparks fears of national M&E crisis
Contractors are predicting a crisis in the M&E sector in the wake of last week’s £55,000 pay deal for craftsmen working for Laing O’Rourke at Heathrow Terminal 5.The agreement has led to predictions that electricians on the £2.6bn terminal would respond by asking for as much as £75,000. Amicus, the ...
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Consultants find their true worth
Construction professionals make a greater contribution to Britain's national wealth than all its publishers, pop groups, television stations and film companies put together, according to a report to be published by the Construction Industry Council.The CIC found that consultants are making a growing contribution to the UK's national wealth. Total ...
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FeaturesA woman's place …
This library in the City of London, winner of the best public building award, is Britain's main academic resource for those researching women's experiences. It is also a demonstration of the power and subtlety that brick can offer a sensitive architect
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We love you
A shocking reports into the state of Britain's building consultants (courtesy of the CIC and the DTI) finds that they are doing amazingly well, thank you. And contributing more to UK plc's economic well being than all those music, film, fashion and media jobs put together. We crunch the numbers.
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FeaturesJudge for yourself
You can get an idea of the standard of the winners of this year's Brick Awards by considering the quality of these six schemes that just missed out on a prize …
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Just the job
Marie Lelue speaks to Lucy Jolin about going from studying in Paris to managing projects in Newcastle
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FeaturesIntegration theory
Eton College has run out of space. How can it be given a mathematics faculty in a modernist style that blends with buildings apparently put up in the 15th century?
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Every which way
In the latest monthly figures – for November – we find an industry in a state of flux, with results continuing to vary month on month
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FeaturesGeorge Brumwell
The UCATT general secretary has driven through a landmark pay deal in which Terminal 5 workers will earn more than company directors. Now he tells us why it will be his swansong.
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How to … Specify Brickwork for Chimneys
A chimney is the most exposed element of any building, so it's important to design and build it to last. We explain what has to be considered
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FeaturesBrixton Belle
The supreme winner of the 2002 Brick Awards illustrates how the domestic connotations of brick can reconcile high-density inner-city development with living spaces that make people feel at home.
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FeaturesBombs away
It's all very well building brand new terror-proof skyscrapers, but how do you protect all the old buildings that so many of our offices are based in? We discovered a simple solution that just blew him away …
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£100m BBC deal helps Bovis take top spot for 2002
Broadcasting House win allows Bovis Lend Lease to dominate December's chart – and the league for 2002.
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Skilled workers at Heathrow Terminal 5 to earn £55,000
Laing O’Rourke and construction unions reach pay agreement as BAA reveals plans to employ refugees on T5.
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Terminal 5 pay deal shocks electricians
THE LANDMARK deal agreed between Laing O’Rourke and the construction unions has transformed the position of electricians’ union Amicus in its negotiations with M&E contractors over a national pay deal for major projects.Amicus is upset about the T5 deal because it breaks the understanding that it had reached with BAA, ...
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BAA training programme aims to 'permanently improve' construction
Airports operator BAA is planning to build three training centres for workers at the £2.5bn Heathrow Terminal 5 project in west London.Carillion has been in talks with BAA officials this week to build a training facility on the T5 site that will enable workers to acquire skills and gain CSCS ...