All Features articles – Page 570
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FeaturesSpotless enterprise
Is there life on Mars? Britain is sending a robotic spacecraft to find out. But the space experts' first challenge was to create a room so spotless, the craft could be built bacteria-free. Otherwise it might confuse Martian germs with the Milton Keynes variety … Andy Pearson boldly went to ...
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FeaturesGreat expectation
After years of abortive planning, a realistic scheme is finally emerging for the redevelopment of King's Cross, and it's billed as the most exciting regeneration project in central London for a century and a half. In the first of three articles in the run-up to Prescott's urban summit, Martin Spring ...
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FeaturesWish you were here?
Professionals from the construction industry have a lot to offer when it comes to disaster relief. But helping traumatised locals to rebuild their lives is a sensitive business. As Marcus Fairs and Matthew Richards discover, Rambos need not apply
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FeaturesUp with skool
… because going back there as a grown-up is a lucrative career move, according this year's Mirza & Nacey survey of QSs' fees
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Sitting pretty
Creating the right impression can help your career and your work environment.
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FeaturesBest options and choices initiative – affordable housing providers
The judges were impressed by the amount of choice affordable housing providers are offering residents, but ultimately gave Higgins Construction top ranking in this category, sponsored by Bristan Group
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FeaturesAffordable housing provider of the year
Although it didn’t win an individual category, five placings guaranteed Lovell Partnerships the affordable housing provider award, sponsored by The Office of The Deputy Prime Minister
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FeaturesBest approach to partnering
A shortlist of six companies battled to take this category, which is sponsored by The Prime Connection, but Laing Homes proved the strongest link in the supply chain.
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FeaturesBest health and safety approach
Clear key performance indicators and an integrated approach won Countryside Properties top prize in this category, which is sponsored by Dunbar Bank
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FeaturesThe artful dodger
Glenn Allison is planning a campaign to persuade the English public that they really do want to buy timber-frame houses, regardless of what they may have read about fire risks. Here he cleverly avoids telling us why …
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FeaturesInnovation Award
St James Homes applied timber frame to develop an urban site it would otherwise have ignored and proved the commercial case for medium-rise timber frame, making it a clear winner in this category, sponsored by Zurich Building Guarantees
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FeaturesThe barrier method
The picturesque town of Bewdley made the headlines in 2000 after it suffered three floods in six weeks. The challenge was to stop it happening again, but every option was either impossible, could make things worse or would cost £470m. Except for one …
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FeaturesBest company-wide sustainability strategy
The Peabody Trust has done the double in Building's awards this year. It picked up the sustainability prize in the Building Awards 2002, and now picks up this award, which is sponsored by Thermalite.
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FeaturesBest land and planning strategy
Buying brown and involving the community put Linden homes ahead of the rest in this category, sponsored by English Partnerships.
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FeaturesBest quality-improvement strategy
A dedication to improving quality on a large scale and on a project using innovative design anD build technology won this category, sponsored by Rationel Windows, for Greenwich Millennium Village
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FeaturesBest change strategy
here was a close contest between the two top firms to claim this category, sponsored by Housing Today, but Stamford Homes won out for encouraging its staff to Go MAD
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FeaturesBest options and choices initiative – private housebuilders
The judges chose Laing Homes as the winner of this category, sponsored by Bristan Group, for its Homestyle service
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FeaturesBest training/people development
Regional players are making a strong commitment to their staff, and it has earned Southdale Homes first place in this category, which is sponsored by NHBC
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FeaturesBest customer satisfaction improvement strategy
How can you please the ever-demanding customer? Crest Nicholson Residential seems to know, as it takes this category, sponsored by The Housing Forum, for the second year running.