All Features articles – Page 604
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The stress timebomb
Yesterday was National Stress Day, but did you have enough time to do anything about it? Job insecurity, high technology and a frenzied marketplace have conspired to turn stress into a hidden epidemic, but construction is proving slow to act.
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Still shining
Three years after its opening, the Guggenheim still dazzles visitors and has cast its spell over Bilbao. But the secret behind its success is proving a little more elusive.
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Rights and wrongs
Solicitor Michael Ryley tells employers how to avoid the pitfalls in the Human Rights Act.
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Suffering in silence: One man's story
John is a married 36-year-old, and the father of two young children. He is a project manager working in northern England on a prestigious operation."I think there are a lot of people struggling in this industry, but nobody wants to admit it. The company says we can go to them ...
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The problem of existence
If you sign a letter of intent with a company that doesn't exist, do £1m of work and then it all falls through, whom, if anyone, can you sue? Architect HOK found out after it took on a job in Hanover.
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The costcutter
This man is one of the most powerful people in construction. Some of the biggest clients in the industry do what he says. But who is Deryk Eke?
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Clash points
Defence Estates created prime contracting to integrate its supply chain and build strong teams. But can major contractors adjust to the culture of co-operation and equality that the new regime will rely on?
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Clash points
Rudi misses the point of prime contracting. It means that most main contractors are subcontractors, too. In any case, as the ultimate holder of risk, it will be in the prime contractor's interests to create a supportive team.
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Check out the policy
How can it be that a client ends up out of pocket when a subcontractor causes a fire on site? Someone wasn't paying close enough attention to the insurance clauses.
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Products of change
As the potential for e-commerce continues to grow, suppliers are facing a world of change in the way they do business – and, as a recent DETR report warns, not exploiting what the web has to offer could be fatal.
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Cost model: Convention centres
A convention centre is a major asset to the economy of its host city, drawing well-stuffed wallets within the reach of local businesses. Davis Langdon & Everest looks at how to build a successful centre.
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Bilbao spreads its wings
Santiago Calatrava's spectacular airport is the resurgent Spanish city's latest architectural icon. We revisit Gehry's Guggenheim, the building that started it all.
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The chickens fight back
Tony Bingham believes that Discain won't make a huge difference to the adjudication system. Not so, says Ann Minogue: the case will spawn a host of further challenges to adjudicators' decisions.
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Reinventing the Wheel
Reinventing the WheelEdited by Ian LambotWatermark£35The creation of the London Eye on the Thames riverfront is one of the architectural and engineering triumphs of our time. Ian Lambot followed this process from the concept stage to the opening day with his camera, and this wonderful book is the result. It ...
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Pay and perks at the top
Construction bosses are increasingly being offered share options as part of their pay package by firms anxious to retain their services, according to the Hays Executive survey.
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Paris Moayedi
First the share collapse and now the question mark over rail work after Hatfield … Can the market's former darling pull Jarvis back from the brink?
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Just the job
Social research consultant Helen Bidwell meets everyone from drug users to local residents – but, as yet, no celebrities.
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The Ireland race
The Irish construction boom is feeding a cash bonanza for workers in the Republic. As the Hays Montrose/Building contractors' salary guide 2000 shows, a shortage of skilled professionals means that firms are paying top rates to attract site managers, QSs and planners, and are looking abroad to fill places. The ...
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Sustainable Housing: Principles & Practice
Sustainable Housing: Principles & PracticeEdited by Brian Edwards and David TurrentTaylor & Francis Books£30Sustainable is used here as much in the sense of self-sustaining communities as of green technologies. Brian Edwards, professor of architecture at Huddersfield University, defines sustainable housing as "housing that meets the perceived and real ...