All Features articles – Page 598
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Confidence tricks
Do you come out in a cold sweat at the prospect of a job interview or taking on a big project? If so, you're lacking confidence. But Wendy Bristow has good news for you: it happens to everyone, and it's easier to beat than you think
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A Course! A Course! My kingdom for a course!
Training doesn't mean sitting in front of a flipchart any more. A new generation of courses is aimed at unleashing your creativity – and that could mean stepping into Julius Caesar's sandals and treading the boards at the Globe Theatre.
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Court order
PFI prisons are considered a success story, and perhaps courthouses too, but police stations often fail to do justice to their purpose. Martin Building examines the government's spending plans for law and order
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Learning curves
Tom Barker Curved design is sexy design. Unfortunately, it's so pricey that it may also be doomed design. Now, a new idea from a young engineer may change all that …
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Dear Robert
More of your careers problems solved by Robert Smith of recruitment consultant Hays Montrose. This month, QS career options and help for those in need
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Dinghy dell
Nestled in a leafy corner of Battersea Park, a new boathouse takes its inspiration from the Victorian era – updated for the 21st century
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Return of the dinosaurs
Once thought of as practically extinct, trams are making a come back as a popular, efficient and safe means of getting around. Trouble is, they're very slow to arrive.
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Eight steps to a new job
So things aren't so hot. You hate the commute, the coffee tastes lousy and more importantly you're worried that your career is in a rut. It may be time to move on – this step-by-step guide will help you on your way.
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Hell on wheels
The final instalment of our public spending series looks at transport and law and order. On pages 50-51 we ask whether PFI is working in prisons and law courts. But first, Building finds out what's gone wrong with the government's £180bn plan to transform transport
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How Labour lost its way
Steve Norris on why Labour's investment is unlikely to produce a radical improvement of the country's transport network
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How to survive a merger
The past year has seen construction swept by mergers and takeovers. If it happens to you, what are your rights – and how can you hold on to your job?
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It's a wrap
It's almost finished. The vast bulk of the 660 steel-grey panels making up the facade of the GLA headquarters are in place, but the unusual shape of the building has brought unique challenges for the cladding specialists.
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What next for the railways?
Mike Grant examines the challenge faced by the Strategic Rail Authority and explains how it intends to set the railway back on track
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A cure for all ills?
Health and education are the focus of the second in our three-part series on Tony Blair's public spending plans. We examine Labour's £8.5bn schools investment. But of all the government's pledges, its plans to transform the NHS are the most expensive, ambitious and controversial. With PFI and PPP under attack, ...
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Appointments
ContractorsAshe Construction has promoted Chris Horsfield to contracts director in its London office. In Southampton, Mervyn Butler has been appointed managing director and Clive Harris has been made regional manager.Morgan Lovell has appointed Richard Sanderson (right) head of furniture. Paul Jagger has been appointed estimating and marketing director of JJ ...
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A Beginner's guide to health procurement
Department of HealthThe department runs the PFI programme and sets the rules for all other healthcare bodies to follow. In Sold on Health, last year's key report, the NHS was told to overhaul its capital procurement methods to improve design quality, reduce delays and achieve better value. In particular, it ...
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The demonising of PFI
A torrent of negative publicity has painted contractors as greedy and callous. Building weighs up the evidence
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Difficult sums
Right you lot, pay attention. If 100 firms bid for government investment of £8.5bn over three years, how many will make as much money as they expect to? Is it (a) all of them, (b) only the ones who know the PFI market, or (c) it depends on the government's ...
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Do you dig it or don't you?
The CITB wants to attract more young people into building. So, is its latest poster campaign a real, right on, happening event – or just a bit embarrassing? Building asked the yoof of south London