All Features articles – Page 567
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FeaturesYoung man in a hurry
The dynamic new head of English Heritage is out to blow the dust off the conservation quango. Martin Spring meets charismatic super-curator Simon Thurley.
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Local lowdown
Robert Smith of recruitment consultant Hays Montrose continues his series on regional job markets with a look at the hyperactive north-west of England
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FeaturesOh well played
Bryant Priest Newman has replaced our hallowed tradition of lumpen sports design with an elegant, stylish and surprisingly cheap structure.
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Running to stand still
In last year's Hays Montrose/Building contractors salaries guide, we predicted an industry-wide downturn – and our 2002 survey shows this is exactly what happened. Now, professionals' pay rises are often cancelled out by inflation so salaries are going nowhere, says Victoria Madine.
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FeaturesUp and walking
Opened three years ago in north-west London, the Ambulatory Care and Diagnostic Centre was hailed as a revolutionary healthcare concept: a walk-through day hospital run like a production line. Martin Spring returned and found the stunning building easily adapting to rapid changes in medical practice. Shame it's only working at ...
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EC Harris poaches two executives from rivals
Top-five QS EC Harris has poached two managers from rivals firms to beef up its facilities management and industrial divisions.The £125m-turnover firm has recruited Davis Langdon & Everest partner Matt Bennion and Atkins Faithful & Gould’s regional director Mark Howard.Bennion, 31, who joined EC Harris this week, has been given ...
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Rok axes 150 jobs in Llewellyn deal
Exeter-based contractor Rok this week announced that 150 jobs would be lost after its £16.25m acquisition of rival firm Llewellyn.Rok chief executive Garvis Snook said the job losses would come from administration and middle-management positions in Llewellyn. Workers at the south coast firm were told on Monday about the redundancies, ...
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Farrell director to head Swanke's London office
US architect Swanke Hayden Connell International has poached a Terry Farrell & Partners director to lead architectural design at its 100-strong London office. Doug Streeter will next month replace David Walker, who resigned as Swanke’s original design director in London this June. Streeter, who spent 24 years at Farrell, will ...
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Contractors face site quotas for ethnic minorities
CITB-sponsored report on black and Asian workers proposes site managers be set targets for racial diversity.
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FeaturesJust the job
Niche housebuilder Nigel Styles talks to Elise Mason about what it's like to give up a secure job and face the challenges and rewards of striking out your own
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Give yourself a break
Keep yourself up to date with tax concessions and you can save your firm loadsamoney
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Five museums of the built environment
Stoke Heath, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Contains more than 25 historic buildings spanning seven centuries with detailed accounts of their design. The collection includes a 1940s prefab, a 15th-century merchant's house and a windmill. Call 01527-831363 for details.The Building of Bath MuseumThis covers the masterplanning that transformed a small provincial spa into ...
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FeaturesCost study: Phoenix Natural Gas HQ
Northern Ireland’s gas supplier didn’t want to have to pay astronomical energy bills, fall behind and end up suing itself for its own money. Cartwright Pickard Architects and QS Gardiner & Theobold explain how the team managed to avert this fate by delivering a building that not only achieved a ...
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FeaturesFoster's cover up
First Norman Foster gave us his erotic gherkin, now he's come up with an apartment complex that has more curves than a Rubens nude. But far from baring all, he's draped an elegant roof down its flank. Thomas Lane measures the vital statistics
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Save us from insurers
Insurers are grossly unfair, failing to distinguish between good roofers and the cowboys
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Multiplex storms to top of September’s league table
Wembley win shoots Australian firm to top of league and puts it in top five for the year to October.
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FeaturesMoney spinners
So far Britain's record on wind farming has been all bluster and no bite. But the government's green energy policy is about to trigger a surge in investment – with plenty of opportunities for construction companies.
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FeaturesAnd this is now
Aldershot's Royal Pavilion used to be Queen Victoria's stand for reviewing Britain's imperial army. Now it's a good spot to see the latest Californian thinking on office design