All Features articles – Page 590
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Appointments
Contractors CH Pearce has appointed Martyn Price, previously with Uniq, health and safety manager. Makers UK, part of the Keller Group, has appointed Andrew Hammond (left) managing director. Midas Group has appointed Murdo Mace managing director of Midas Construction and Paul Barber managing director of Midas Property Services.Mark Cardwell has ...
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New breed of Eco flats
Manchester is to accommodate one of the first of a new breed of green high-rise housing blocks, with the development of an eco-tower at Taylor Woodrow Capital Developments’ Macintosh Village.
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FeaturesGreen and bright
The team behind the timber-clad, grass-roofed techno-home known as the Integer House is to make a start on raising the IQ and lowering the energy bills of the rest of the country’s housing stock.
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Five effects of company car tax changes
Large cars face heavier taxationFrom this April, tax on company cars will be based on carbon dioxide emissions per kilometre – so large vehicles with high fuel consumption will be hardest hit. A top-rate tax payer driving a £20,000 BMW 318 could end up £400 a year worse off.Employees could ...
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FeaturesChris Mellor
Some people might think AWG's admission that it paid £22m over the odds for contractor Morrison is a cause for embarrassment. But, as Victoria Madine discovered, the water group's chief executive isn't one of them.
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The colour of money
Do housebuilders have to go into the red in order to turn green? It looks like they do, because putting in ecological features can be so expensive that payback times may never come.
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Community test
In the first in our series of revisits, Alan Cherry, chairman of developer Countryside Properties, meets one of his customers at the Greenwich Millennium Village to review the successes and failures of the country's highest-profile sustainable community
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FeaturesSwiss ease
From the land of chocolate and cheese comes another remarkable product – a slot-together modular building system, not unlike Lego, called Steko. Marcus Fairs went to see the first UK project to use the blocks – a cliff-top home in Cornwall
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Mild, green, fairly liquid
Lord Falconer's planning green paper was designed to clean up the system by cutting through stubborn layers of built-up bureaucracy – but turns out to be a bit of a wash-out.
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FeaturesSmall but perfectly formed
Black Country Housing and Community Services Group caught a lot of attention two years ago with an ultra-green scheme at Bryce Road, Dudley, boasting composting toilets, photovoltaic panels, greywater recycling and a whole lot more.
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Front line
Are developers grasping the green agenda? Judith Harrison sees signs of hope, but John Callcutt doesn’t see much beyond general enthusiasm
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The generation game
Lessons learned as children affect our working lives – and we're not talking Tonka toys
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Meet the neighbours
With all eyes on the eurozone, it is easy to forget the possibilities in central and eastern Europe. Following on from our euro special, Victoria Madine discovers that these markets are about to become mainline stations on the European Union's gravy train
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The Bickerton affair
Bickerton Construction went from thriving regional contractor to emaciated corpse in a matter of months. Tom Broughton investigates what many creditors suspect to be a very suspicious death …
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Appointments
ContractorsMalcolm Ward, former southern area manager for Galliford Midlands, has joined Try Accord as commercial business unit director.Willmott Dixon has appointed John Cooper construction manager.HousebuildersJayne Turpin, previously with Alfred McAlpine Homes, has joined Cala Homes as field sales manager.Ward Homes Anglia has appointed Sue Dance area sales manager.Millwood Designer Homes ...
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Tender price forecast: Maintaining balance
So, how has the industry fared since the tumultuous events of 11 September? Surprisingly well, in fact. Despite continuing uncertainty, Davis Langdon & Everest reports that tender prices are still on the up, new orders are holding up and the private commercial sector is still leading robust growth
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Bending the rules
If government proposals on flexible working become law, what will the consequences be for employers? Angela Daw explains all you need to know
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Flexibility benefits
Why companies that don't promote a work–life balance are making a false economy
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Builder's craic exposed
The dark winter days are upon us and we all need cheering up a bit. So for one week only, Building throws political correctness out of the window, gathers its readers round the hearth and tells tales of the funnier side of site life …