All Features articles – Page 598
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The revolutionary
Deryk Eke is charged with ensuring the government gets the most for its money. Building talks to him about his radical plans
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Just the job
Graeme Demianyk speaks to Pete Coombes about his move from yacht design to heading Assael Architecture's new visualisation department
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Inspired images
Another glossy architectural tome with the usual gleaming pictures, but as the essays from Lord Rogers and Tony Blair make clear, this is more than just coffee table fodder.
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Putting our houses in order
Recent government commitments to social housebuilding look impressive. But how much can really be delivered over the next three years?
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Fisch out of water
As beautiful as the chance meeting between a surfing fish and a horse's head in the atrium of a German bank, Frank Gehry's new conference centre has to be seen to be disbelieved. Stuart Black, thesaurus in hand, was the first reporter to pay a visit.
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Cost model: PFI projects
The government has swept aside opposition and committed itself to the use of the private sector in delivering public services. With private finance sure to have a growing role in the government’s building programme, it’s time to ask if PFI will be able to deliver. Davis Langdon & Everest reviews ...
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Rebuilding Britain
Tony Blair's plans to double capital spending by 2004 will create a huge construction boom as the government scrambles to transform public services in time for the next election. Over the next three weeks, in the run up to Building's "Blair's Billions" conference, we throw a spotlight on the government's ...
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The delivery boy
Lord Falconer, the new minister of state for housing and planning, talks to Building about how he intends to turn the government's housing pledges into reality
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Appointments
HousebuildersMiller Homes has appointed Anne Marie Britton (right), formerly with Persimmon Homes, sales director for the Scotland east region.Neil Fanning has joined Redrow Homes Southern as regional architect. David Wilson Homes, the housebuilding arm of Wilson Bowden, has appointed Tim Hough, regional chairman of Alfred McAlpine, operations director.ConsultantsConstruction consultant and ...
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Up and running
In 2002, Manchester will host the Commonwealth Games, and the east of the city will undergo radical changes to prepare for it. From the ambitious expansion of its airport to the troubled regeneration of the area around the new Sportcity, Building takes a look at the city's most exciting and ...
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Heart failure
The Commonwealth Games studium may be a triumph, but the £2bn regeneration scheme that was to go with it has run into the buffers.
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Digging the new
Laser-scanning photogrammetry from helicopters? Video glasses connecting site workers together through the internet? You ain't seen nothing yet …
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Dear Robert
This month, tips on how to return to the employment market after redundancy and strategies for recruiting the best bright young things
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Still counting
Six months after the government warned construction to improve site safety or face the consequences, the death toll continues to mount. Is the industry now living on borrowed time?
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Cost update
The rise in construction activity has led to a sharp increase in hourly rates in the M&E sector, particularly in London. Davis Langdon & Everest looked at what this has meant for wage deals and the prices of key components
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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.