All Features articles – Page 591
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FeaturesHanif Kara
Hanif Kara, founding partner of structural engineer Adams Kara Taylor, knows that image can be crucial when you're building a business. So how come he's so nervous telling Marcus Fairs about his own?
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HBG hangs on to top with contracts worth £33m
Kier is hard on the heels of the Dutch-owned contractor, but the December lull is apparent across the board.
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Appointments
HousebuildersMorris Homes has promoted Clare Crowther to group marketing director and Chris Minshall to sales director for the north of England. In the firm's West Midlands division, Daren Asson has joined as regional buyer and Stuart Rawcliffe has been appointed construction director.Jane Currie (left) has been promoted to sales manager ...
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FeaturesThe benchmark
In the latest of our occasional series on best practice, Gazeley Properties reveals to Andy Pearson how it employed a tight supply chain, innovative partnering methods and a revolutionary steel frame to construct a brand new warehouse in 12 weeks – plus two industry experts give their verdict
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FeaturesA breakdown of trust
Last year, the tenants of a bleak, run-down south London estate voted overwhelmingly against a proposal to spend £243m on building them new homes – and cast a cloud over the government's urban regeneration plans. Phil Clark finds out what went wrong
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FeaturesClient profile - St Helens
Can you imagine a council presenting a builder with a blank cheque and asking it to put up a school? Victoria Madine meets one that did, and finds out what happened next …
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FeaturesSpanish corker
The copious curves and sinuous lines of Santiago Calatrava's new winery in La Rioja, Spain, might leave visitors as woozy as the tipples prepared within – but it is a triumph of the architect's clear vision.
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Just the job
Adam Withrington speaks to Derek Heffernan, Cyril Sweett's youngest associate QS, about moving to Madrid and the buzz – and anticlimax – of completing a project
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Working abroad
Mandy Clarke, personnel director at engineer Buro Happold, tells Victoria Madine how the company selects and prepares employees for secondments abroad
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Appointments
ContractorsTaylor Woodrow has appointed Jonathan Murrin investor relations manager.ConsultantsArchitect Stride Treglown Group has appointed Gareth Davies, previously with Holder Mathias Alcock, regional director for Wales. Dominic Eaton, Martin Pease and Richard Philipson have been appointed divisional directors in the firm's Bristol office and Katherine Foster, Tony Davies and Darren Wilkins ...
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Cream of the Continent
The biggest construction companies in Europe have shifted positions slightly since last year’s league table, but the names remain the same. So why do Vinci, Bouygues and Hochtief always appear at the top of the pile – and streets ahead of UK firms?
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Welcome to the eurozone
With the euro now in 300 million pockets, and even creeping into Britain's high streets, it'll be hard to ignore Europe in 2002. For our industry, the €64,000 question is whether the currency will eventually turn the UK into the north-west region of the biggest construction market on earth.