All Features articles – Page 588
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A deal worth doing
Frank Devoy - Mergers and acquisitions are full of potential pitfalls. Here are three ways to make them work.
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Whole-life cost study: Egg's Pride Park
Almost two years after its first call centre cost model, Building revisits Egg’s Pride Park, updating the whole-life costs and comparing it with a model call centre by Citex
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Whatever happened to construction management?
Big-name clients are shunning the once revolutionary procurement method. Is CM losing its lustre?
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Disciple of change
Anthony Dunnett, boss of development agency SEEDA, has warned that the region faces economic disaster unless housebuilders repent.
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Appointments
ContractorsMartin Rogers has been appointed main board director at HBG Construction. David MacDonald has joined as director of the facilities management division, based in Glasgow.Andrew Bradley (right) has joined Morgan Sindall as financial director.Yorkshire-based Allenbuild–Turner has appointed Colin Veitch, previously with HBG, managing director. HousebuildersMary Simpkins has joined KingsOak South ...
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Merger victims
Everyone said consolidation would be good for housebuilding. But what about the 1500 people who will lose their jobs as a result?
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Just the job
James O'Donnell tells Eloise Seddon why he swapped quantity surveying for construction management and what frustrates him about his new career
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Idea hunter
David Adjaye is architecture's latest rising star. His controversial Elektra House scandalised fellow architects but it hasn't deterred the celebrity clients. So what is he doing right?
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The show must go on
During the Royal Albert Hall's £66m refurbishment, performances must continue as usual – even if that means Sir Cliff Richard being wheeled in on a trolley wearing a dust mask.
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Gilded youth
Youth wins the day in this year's Hays Montrose/Building Consultants' Salary Guide, with the industry throwing money at graduates in an attempt to attract the best people.
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Get a whole-life
Richard Allard - If you think cheap means cost-effective, you need whole-life performance
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Five travel websites
www.travelonline.comThis content-led site is great for help on planning trips and for its range of facilities. It offers free access to guidebooks published by Rough Guides and Lonely Planet as well as online editions of Traveller magazine, the "Traveller's Handbook". www.go-fly.co.ukA direct booking site from the pioneers of cheap, no-frills ...
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Image is everything
If your flagship project goes horribly wrong and the press are baying for blood, don't just stop answering the phone. You need a PR who can spin your company from disaster to triumph.
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Pipe dreams
Ralph Carpenter has a habit he wants others to share: building sustainable homes out of hemp. But will he be able to convince those who think the idea is, ahem, a bit potty?
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Coming off the tools
John Mead - There's nothing wrong with tradesmen becoming managers, but they need training
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Cost study: Oldham bus station
At-a-glance guide Oldham Bus Station, Greater Manchester Project:New central bus station incorporating travel shop and public toilets Client:Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council in conjunction with Greater Manchester Transport Executive Architectural features: Eye-catching bus station serves as a gateway to a town centre under regeneration Clear-glazed lightweight structure combines passenger ...
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The complete guide to building with lime
Lime was a popular building material for thousands of years, until faster-setting and stronger Portland cement began to usurp it in the middle of the 19th century. It can be used to bind aggregates to make bedding mortars for brick and block, and for plaster, renders and even paint, in ...
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Appointments
HousebuildersGrant Arbuckle (right) has been appointed development director of Pegasus Retirement Homes.ConsultantsSharon Bayton has joined multidisciplinary practice Symons as senior project manager. Ralph Dando has been promoted to director of project management. Robert Bardusco-Cook has joined as director of building services. Construction and management consultant Turner & Townsend has appointed ...
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Professional Service Agreements
Professional Service AgreementsLeslie Edwards and Rachel BarnesThomas Telford£35The authors make their mission clear from the outset: to protect construction professionals against the machinations of unscrupulous employers. This does not make for a balanced read. The obligations sought by employers are contrasted only with the relevant industry form, such as the ...
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Web watch
www.groundbroker.co.ukGroundbroker is a database developed by Landsource that contains details of residential development opportunities. Entries are listed county by county and range from single plots to large multi-development sites. Categories of land include sites with and without planning permission.www.rugbycement.co.ukRugby Cement has launched a website giving details of the company's products ...