All Features articles – Page 586
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State your position
As Ray O'Rourke will find out, changing the underlying vision and direction of a business is a vast and difficult undertaking fraught with risk
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Party pledges
What do the three main parties have up their sleeves for construction's employers? We take a look at their election manifestos to find out
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Natural science
The Clyde's armadillo-shaped conference centre now has a slug-like Imax theatre on the opposite bank – just one of a trio of structures that form the Glasgow Science Centre.
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Coventry united
You can take on a job three times larger than your turnover, with a little help from your friends. We find there is strength in numbers.
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Cost update
Changes to the cost of materials and labour in the ventilation and air-conditioning sector is the the focus of Davis Langdon & Everest's latest up-to-the-minute guide to the changing price of construction work
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Five tips for a hot business plan
Play by the rulesThere is an established way of writing a business plan. It should start with an executive summary, covering all aspects of the business, followed by these points in more detail. It should also include a marketing strategy, financial forecasts for the first two years and details of ...
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Colin Busby
The man who took Kier from buyout to billion-pound business in under 10 years — by playing it safe. We meet a model contractor.
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The building in front is a Toyota
Smooth on corners, metal trim, roomy interior … Toyota's new Epsom headquarters is a nice little runner. We take it for a spin.
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Appointments
HousebuildersJacqueline Fearon (right) has joined the board of Morrison Development Partnerships as regional director for Morrison Homes in Ireland.Laing Partnership Housing has promoted Mike Stringer to construction director. ConsultantsBuilding services consulting engineer Donald Smith, Seymour & Rooley has made the following promotions. WL Chalmers, GJ Kemble, D Jolley, S Lomas, ...
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Blair's £19bn challenge
Labour has promised to double investment in schools, hospitals and transport in three years. The evidence suggests that this is going to be almost impossible to achieve – for government and industry.
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Material world
How can a project be truly sustainable? Look beyond the client to the community
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Can Labour tackle the skills shortage?
The New Deal for young unemployed people was one of New Labour's big ideas. Three years later, and with an argument still raging about its success, the party plans to revamp it to solve construction's recruitment crisis.
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Five tips on setting up a website
Register your domain nameDo this as soon as possible. If you are an international company, ensure that you are registered as .com and .co.uk. The registration fee is £20 per name with www.domainnames.co.uk and www.freeparking.co.uk, to name but two. This will last two years, when it can be renewed.Get your ...
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Survival of the fittest
Oliver Jones - To prosper in the changing market, consultants must become innovative service providers
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End of the pier show
Isolated more than a mile out in the Thames estuary, relying on deliveries by ship once a fortnight, blasted by relentless gale-force winds, a team of workers is struggling to erect a lifeboat station.
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The contenders
Meet Gus Robinson, Jane Briginshaw and Bernard Bateman, three construction professionals who have put their careers on hold to stand for election. Can they beat the heavyweight opposition?
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Cost model: Co-location centres
The co-location centre market is set for strong long-term growth. Davis Langdon & Everest and specialist M&E cost consultant Mott Green and Wall explain the high level of electrical and mechanical services required and provide a cost breakdown for a model development
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On the cards
we look at how to become the proud owner of a CSCS card – and why workers may not be able to get jobs on site without one.
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Passing the baton
What happens when the boss retires? Panic? Backstabbing? A lack of direction? Better to plan for the succession, so there is a smooth handover …