All Features articles – Page 562
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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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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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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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Smart moves
BSc student Christian Ennels tells Fiona Cameron why sandwich years are the tastiest option
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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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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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£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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Just the job
Marie Lelue speaks to Lucy Jolin about going from studying in Paris to managing projects in Newcastle
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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 …