All Features articles – Page 603
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How long has it got?
Nick Schumann - clears up the confusion surrounding building life design. It's simple really …
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Foot and mouth: The forgotten victims
For weeks, our TV screens and newspapers have been filled with images of the havoc wreaked by foot and mouth on agriculture and tourism. But the effects of the disease on rural builders are no less devastating. Tom Broughton visited Carlisle, one of the worst-affected areas.
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Five ways to keep your staff happy
Let clients dictate the pace of workEmployees don't like it one bit if their managers put the pressure on. They are much more likely to work hard and long hours if they know it is because of customer demand.Small freedomsThese can be as apparently insignificant as moving the desk, controlling ...
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Dear Robert
Robert Smith of Hays Montrose tackles your work problems. This week, teambuilding for architects and how to get a health and safety qualification
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The complete guide to underfloor heating
Underfloor heating has finally banished the dodgy reputation it gained in the 1960s for burned feet in the morning, being cold when the heat was needed in the evening, and massive electricity bills.
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Appointments
ContractorsSheffield-based BDB Design Build has promoted David Hutchinson to director.HousebuildersDavid Dodge (right) has joined Gleeson Homes as managing director in the North-east.ConsultantsProperty consultant Ambury has appointed Ian McArdle, previously with Chesterton Katalysis, managing director.Bill Ritchie, Robert Butler and Keith Boxer have joined engineer Whitby Bird & Partners as directors of ...
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What's your strategy?
Angela Baron of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development on how to link your people management with your business strategy
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Is this the one?
With construction portals failing left, right and centre, it might seem like a bad time to launch an internet venture. But the big-league backers of Asite are convinced that they can defy economic gravity.
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We have lift-off
Don't worry if you haven't booked your ticket on the first passenger shuttle. NASA's space lift could soon be the easiest and fastest way of getting into orbit …
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Same old innovations
Tom Barker - What does it take for a project to be considered innovative in these days of domes, wheels and giant greenhouses? And does it matter?
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Going to plan?
Everyone agrees that masterplans are essential to any self-respecting regeneration project. It's just a pity that councils and urban regeneration companies don't know what they are …
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Star of track and field
Rugby-loving Paul Westbury is Buro Happold's youngest ever partner. Here's how the 31-year-old is tackling one of engineering's toughest conundrums: how to make stadiums flexible and attractive.
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Oh, what a delivery
Steve Elliott - Overbury's Perfect Delivery initiative promises no snagging and no defects. Here's how it works
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Five grants for small businesses
Small Firms Loan Guarantee scheme offers 70% guaranteed loans from £5000 to £100,000 for 2-10 years (85% and up to £250,000 if the company has been trading for more than two years) for firms that have a viable business proposition but have failed to get a conventional loan because of ...
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Appointments
ContractorsJoan Hillcock has been made business development director of Crispin & Borst Group. At C&B subsidiary Colin Hatch, Nigel Marsden has been promoted to construction director and Tony Clark to commercial director.Paul Reader has been appointed social housing director of M&E contractor and maintenance specialist Environmental Property Services.Dominic Snape has ...
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Cost study: 6 Brindleyplace, Birmingham
Text At-a-glance guide 6 Brindleyplace, Birmingham ProjectSpeculative headquarters office block with ground-floor retail space ClientArgent Procurement featuresPartnering between developer, design-and-build contractor and consultants was refined over four successive projects to produce a cost-effective, snag-free building Design features Efficient floor plans with 82% net:gross ratio Simple, robust ...
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Why I want women
Paul Hodgkinson wants 50% of Simons Group employees to be female by 2011. Here's why
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A light touch
Paul Traynor - Lighting designers often have their concepts ruined by engineers. How can this be avoided?