All Features articles – Page 557
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The secret diary of a redevelopment
Or, how the crack project team put together by developer CIT is setting about the top-to-bottom redevelopment of an entire block of London's West End – and is bringing it in for 83% of the benchmark cost.
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Dealing in design
You're an architect, you're pitching for a job and the client asks: how much? Not to panic – former architect Robert White can help you with the bottom line.
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Crisis control
We report on how one consultant is overcoming the dearth of professional graduates
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FeaturesPiercy Conner
It was splashed all over the headlines and even displayed in a Selfridges window, so why did the Microflat never take off? Its designers Stuart Piercy and Richard Conner have a theory – and haven't given up hope.
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Clive Porter
The Audit Commission report is likely to fuel the flames of the PFI debate. Before things get too heated, let's put the report in context
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FeaturesThe battle of the BBC
When the bidders lined up to manage the £250m redevelopment of Broadcasting House, some of them were already muttering about Bovis' hidden advantages. We report on the row that has forced the BBC to defend its reputation for impartiality
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FeaturesCost model update, February 2003
Building cost models are celebrating their 10th birthday. To mark this happy event, we outlines the factors that will be affecting costs in 2003 for 17 of the most common building types
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Rail labour agency hits the buffers
Collapse of Fastrack means 150 workers face loss of thousands of pounds in pay.
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Industry to fight top-up fees on construction courses
Construction Sector Skills Council to call for exemptions for students on civil and ground engineering courses.
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Curzon Holdings to axe 50 jobs
Parent company of fit-out firm Jarvis Newman will close Billingham plant in March.
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Sorting it out
The black art of logistics used to be organised by a whiteboard and a magic marker. Now software is being developed that can ensure the most complex jobs are run with optimal efficiency.
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Smart moves
BSc student Christian Ennels tells Fiona Cameron why sandwich years are the tastiest option
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FeaturesFlight and fight
SOM's competition-winning design for Nato's headquarters in Brussels not only encourages co-operation between the expanding alliance's member states, it also comes with wings …
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FeaturesCost study: Max Perutz lecture theatre
The Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge had nowhere for its Nobel Prize-winning scientists to present their research. So architect Feilden + Mawson and quantity surveyor Keegans created an auditorium extension on stilts – and here they reveal the details of how it was done
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Clickstart!
The latest survey of contractors' websites reveals that, with a few exceptions, the industry is failing to use the internet to its – and its clients' – advantage. We explore how, by following a few basic principles, construction firms can realise their online potential
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Counting the cash, counting the cost
The astonishing Laing O'Rourke pay deal at Heathrow's Terminal 5 has created an intoxicating mixture of glee, fear, envy and greed inside and outside the industry. We sort out winners from losers, and considers what it means for the future of construction.
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FeaturesThe future’s bright …
… with people like these in the industry. We profile the five early starters who’ve made the shortlist for Building’s first-ever young achievers award, sponsored by the Construction Industry Training Board.
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FeaturesAt home with the BNP
Just when the construction industry thought it was making headway in its fight against racism, along comes builder and British National Party councillor Robin Evans to grab the headlines. We spent a day talking politics with him, his girlfriend and his party minder.