All Features articles – Page 589
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The specialists
They're the guv'nors: the guys who get things sorted. Without their expertise, knowledge, talent and understanding of materials nothing would get built.
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Sir Robert McAlpine stays on top with school work
Contracts worth £85.5m, including a £40.5m education project in Scotland, enable firm to keep August lead.
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Mapping the web
E-commerce solutions could transform the way the construction industry does business – if only we could understand what they all do. Here we look at the six main types of site on offer.
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The invisible men
The government claims to be clamping down on illegal immigrants, so why is it apparently ignoring the thousands of foreign workers coming into the country to work on construction sites? A Building investigation suggests the situation is all too convenient …
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Tender price forecast: Storm warning
Hold on to your hats: although tender prices are still on the up and output is entering a sixth consecutive year of growth, the outlook is gloomy, especially in the commercial new-build, retail and leisure sectors.
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Designajob.co.uk
Building looks at a new industry website that aims to tackle the skills shortage by targeting students and graduates
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Courting disaster?
So, who's the bad boy of global warming – the car industry, or construction? It's all to play for
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Appointments
ContractorsHinkins & Frewin has appointed Phil Brand, previously with the Laing Group, managing director of its Oxford office.Contractor Lawrence has made two appointments in its commercial divisions. Mark Wakefield joins network distribution and Geoff Bosley joins process plant. Both as will take up positions as commercial managers.HousebuildersNicholas Brown has been ...
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What went wrong?
The construction of the Welsh assembly in Cardiff is in chaos, after the sacking of Richard Rogers Partnership. Building finds out why it happened – and whether the design can be saved.
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Wharf speed
Developer St George is using construction techniques borrowed from the big boys to chop chunks off the build time of its Thames-side landmark – and to keep the cash coming in.
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They reign in panes
When the big players in glass shy away from a cutting edge project, engineers can find a champion in a small family firm in Essex.
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Fast-acting relief
GlaxoSmithKline's £315m global headquarters in west London has echoes of BA Waterside – but it was built in half the time.
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Double Jeopardy
A doors and windows special kicks off with that most infamous of housebuilding products: double-glazing. Why is it, asks Building, that after all these years, we still can't get it right?
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Dear Robert
This month, Robert Smith of Hays Montrose advises on how to impress a new employer and how to make the move into project management
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Outside the box
Charlie Luxton was a student when TV decided he was architecture's answer to Jamie Oliver. Building met him and found he's a pretty good riposte to housebuilders, too.
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Appointments
ContractorsThe NG Bailey Organisation has appointed Martin Bousfield, previously senior partner at KPMG, and Richard Maudslay, managing director of House of Hardy and chairman of the North East International Trade Forum, as non-executive directors.Lee Newsham has been promoted to financial director of Yorkshire-based PDR Construction.Mick Parker has been promoted to ...
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Alchemy in the UK
John Morgan, the man who transformed himself from punk impresario with a microscopic office in Soho to the boss of £650m contractor Morgan Sindall, kicks off our special feature on entrepreneurs. Morgan was also a judge at Building's first Entrepreneur of the Year award – the winner and ...
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Entrepreneur of the Year 2001
All the finalists in Building's Entrepreneur of the Year award had identified gaps in the market and exploited them with great ideas. Building profiles the winner and the worthy runners-up, and looks at the reasons for their successes
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What's IT worth?
As key construction players go global, the need for intranets and extranets is mushrooming. But what are the benefits of such systems and, with firms spending millions on IT every year, do they offer value for money?
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Tate modernised
Tate Britain's £32m redevelopment is a textbook example of current thinking on gallery and historic building refurbishment