All Features articles – Page 579
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Just the job
Pat Johnston, trainee carpenter with affordable housing developer Lovell, talks about how she got into the business and what it's like being a woman in a man's world
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FeaturesMan the maker
John Hall over there, sitting on the roof he’s making, is a craftsman in an industry that is being told over and over again that technology holds the only key to the future. So Building spoke to the descendants of the people who built the cathedrals and asked them to ...
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The matrix
It's easy enough to say that the most powerful asset a company has is the knowledge of its staff. But the trick, says Victoria Madine, is in harnessing this power for the benefit of your business
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FeaturesTake me to the river
After leaving Whitby Bird, founding partner turned developer Bryn Bird has created his first project – a glamorous waterfront live–work complex built on top of Brunel's Rotherhithe Tunnel and nestled beside the Thames
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Self-abuse
When self-certification was set up, it was welcomed as a way to cut red tape and rid the industry of rogue traders. So why, just two months on, are furious builders and regulators clamouring to get rid of it?
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Not up to standard
If we ripped up standard forms of contract, our clients would be much happier people
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FeaturesAppointments
ConsultantsAndrew Tee has joined property consultant Watts and Partners as head of its building engineering and technology group. David Fearon (left), vice-chairman of the South Yorkshire Chartered Institute of Building, has been promoted to partner in law firm DLA.Chartered surveyor and construction consultant John Rowan & Partners has made ...
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There's been a mix-up
In this month's tracker, Construction Forecasting and Research reports good and bad results, wpith the civil engineering sector providing much of the positive impetus to the market
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Catcher in the team
With insurance premiums rising, project members are looking at the Egan idea of junking separate indemnity cover for all-for-one project insurance. One problem, however, is that the insurer would be on the team, having a big say.
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FeaturesChina in our hands?
Early gold could be on offer at Beijing 2008 – if the team from the British construction industry manages to bring home juicy contracts. Matthew Richards assesses its chances
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Five tips on creating a greener office
Cut down waste paper Use both sides of the paper when photocopying. Offices waste tonnes of paper every day, so send emails whenever possible and use scrap paper for notes. Reuse envelopes – don't be proud!Charity begins in the office Give surplus old furniture and equipment to charity. Old monitors, ...
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FeaturesElizabeth Whatmore
After all the shake-ups, reshuffles and departures, the Construction Directorate's new multi-tasked minder is determined to take the industry forward – by encouraging it to stand on its own two feet.
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Meet the gang
Clients are people too. Get to know them better and save yourself a lot of hassle
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FeaturesThe glass oasis
One of the IRA's unsolicited gifts to Manchester was a bombed out, wind-scoured, traffic-ridden wasteland. Martin Spring finds out how the architect turned it into Britain's dearest block of flats outside London.
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FeaturesGreat lakes
Poetry and progress find architectural expression in the four magical island pavilions that form the centrepiece of Switzerland's Expo.02
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FeaturesRushed to hospital
It's the biggest PFI hospital so far – 872 beds in 4500 rooms, costing a grand total of £180m. And it had to be built fast, or the contractor would be hit by massive penalties. No wonder the project director's watching his figures.
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Local lowdown
In the first of a regular regional series, Robert Smith of Hays Montrose takes a look at the state of the job market in the M3/M4 corridor
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Air-conditioning and environmental control
When specifying an air-conditioning system, careful selection of components to meet the particular needs of the client is critical. Keith Carter of Mott Green and Wall describes the key decisions when specifying a system
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FeaturesLifetime costs: environmental control
John Armstrong, an independent consultant and chairman of the CIBSE maintenance task group, outlines the whole-life costs of a range of evironmental control systems and examines the expense-creating problems often associated with such installations
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FeaturesNatural selection
At the Natural History Museum's new Darwin Centre, 22 million zoological specimens have to be kept at optimum temperature levels – but a rather snug site and strict height restrictions meant that the services specifiers and installers had to be equally scientific.