All Features articles – Page 598
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Chemical reaction
Having revealed the appalling state of his chemistry department to a TV crew, Cambridge professor David King secured part of a government refurbishment grant to give it a new lease of life.
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The axeman
You may think Andrew Wyllie doesn't look the kind of guy who'd happily tell 800 people they were out of a job – and you'd be right. The Taywood boss couldn't sleep at night while he did it. He tells Building why it was still the right thing to do.
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Appointments
ContractorsRichard Butler has joined Northampton-based Winvic Construction as project manager.Birse Building has appointed Wendy Jones, previously with Payne Building Contractors, as marketing manager for the southern region.Buxton has appointed two site managers, Sean Keenan and Mike Cotton, for contracts in the Midlands.HousebuildersRoger Brenan has been made managing director of Swan ...
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Client profile: Manchester Airport
More on Manchester, as Building meets Andy Campbell, head of development at Manchester Airport, to find out about its billion-pound construction plans – and whether it really is one of Britain's toughest clients.
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Testing times
The scientists at the National Physical Laboratories need to measure things so accurately that the slightest change in temperature can ruin an experiment – or, for that matter, a contractor.
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Ralph's rainbow
Black, gold, crimson, orange, blue, green: the first view of Erskine's Greenwich Millennium Village is of a riot in a paint factory.
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Sails network
Building talks to Ian Parfitt, senior partner at quantity surveyor RPA, about why he and his Cardiff colleagues take to the waves every summer
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Going places
Building takes a summer holiday next week, but before packing our bags we asked the industry's top people about the holiday homes they own and love. Summer on a Scottich railwayGeoff Mann’s awfully big holiday adventure isn’t just a cottage renovation in the southern uplands of Scotland – it’s a ...
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Eddie McElhinney
The quiet Irishman who has become one of the UK's biggest manufacturers never even considered giving an interview before. So, why is he talking now? And what does he have to say about the industry he supplies?
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Other industries: Stage constructors
How do other industries rise to the challenge of meeting their clients' needs? In the first of a new series, Building meets staging company ESS, which has to design, plan and construct a vast stage for superstar Tom Jones in just two months
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Appointments
ContractorsBallast has appointed Nigel Brook and Phillip Cooper main board directors. Trevor Curtis, previously with Amec, has been appointed project director. The Wincanton office of Cowlin Construction has appointed Bill Badham (right) managing director. Pauline Speight has joined Morgan Sindall as director of people development for the firm's national construction ...
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John Spellar
The man with the task of saving the rail network and keeping Tony Blair in a job gives his first major interview. Building finds out the minister's big ideas.
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Just the job
Sam Kimmins tells Building about creating environmentally sound buildings and how Buddhism helps him to relax
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Egan on Egan
He's back, and this time he's in charge of the most important strategic body in construction. In this exclusive interview he tells Building what he's going to do with it …
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The benchmark
Leisure operator Cannons wanted to triple the number of its health and fitness clubs in three years. Building reports on how it used partnering in the supply chain to drive out waste, reduce construction time and improve quality, and three industry experts give their views
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The barnstormers
Behind the facade of an 18th-century threshing barn, an explosion of striking forms brings a radical edge to a sensitive conversion.
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Appointments
HousebuildersMichael Bury (right) has joined Redrow Homes' Midlands division as technical manager.ConsultantsTessa O'Neill, previously with BDP, has been appointed urban design director for international architect Geoffrey Reid Associates.Rosser & Russell Building Services has appointed Bruce Sheasby, central region manager, head of its new Birmingham office. Paul Ryder has been promoted ...
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Women at work
Angela Brady of Women in Architecture talks about the group's campaign to triple the number of female architects in the next few years
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Tender price forecast
The ups and downs at a glance Current trendsup - Tender prices rose 2% over the past three months and 7.5% over the past yearup - Construction activity expanded for the 29th consecutive month in Juneup - Output in 2000 rose for a fifth consecutive year, reaching £69.53bn, or ...
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Photo Finnish
Finnish timber firm Finnforest has created its own all-wood office in Lincolnshire – complete with sauna – to showcase its wares