All Features articles – Page 609
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Just the job
James O'Donnell tells Eloise Seddon why he swapped quantity surveying for construction management and what frustrates him about his new career
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Merger victims
Everyone said consolidation would be good for housebuilding. But what about the 1500 people who will lose their jobs as a result?
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When all the cows have gone
The rural economy faces collapse in the wake of foot and mouth. Meanwhile, our booming cities are ever more choked for space. It's time to reopen the debate about building on the green belt, argues Marcus Fairs
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Appointments
ContractorsBaggaley Construction has appointed Mike Shires, president of the Nottingham City Business Club, training and development manager.John MacLean has been made project finance director at Morrison Developments.Project and construction management group Spring and Company has appointed Tim Dawson project management associate. Jane Urquhart joins as cost manager for construction ...
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Assembling the Assembly
Creating a giant, lopsided egg about to topple over is very easy if you're using a Biro, but how on earth do you do it with structural steel? Andy Pearson went onsite at the GLA headquarters to find out.
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Better, naturally
Sally Sullivan - Why bother saving a few pennies on decorating materials when they could be making you ill?
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University challenge
Cambridge estates head David Adamson is determined to make the industry work together. So any firm that wants a slice of the university's record £528m build programme had better start listening …
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It's time to change
Peter Mason - In the wake of the safety summit, how can construction clean up its act on health and safety? It could start by learning from the oil and gas industry
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March is Laing's swansong as independent contractor
Two contracts worth a total of £46m take firm to top of league table as O'Rourke deal is finalised.
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The exodus
Housebuilders have found that being quoted on the stock exchange is more about slavery to the City than building homes. So they've said goodbye to analysts and investors and regained their freedom.
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Tender price forecast
The ups and downs at a glance Current trends A fall in tender prices of 0.5% last quarter ends the run of five successive rises Demand for labour has stabilised and supply is easing in most areas Construction output rose 1.5% last year and is 10% higher than ...
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Information point
Safety training guidesThe CITB has released three CD-ROMs aimed at those responsible for safety training. A Guide to Scaffold Inspection: Check Your Ties and Braces gives advice on the safe planning and installation of scaffolding, including alloy towers. Health and Safety in Excavations: Check Before You Dig looks at the ...
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Just the job
William Wiles talks to Nilesh Patel about how he manages to combine his day job as a project architect with his passion for film-making
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Safety match
The unions' drive to improve site safety is putting them into a privileged position with the government's top decision-makers. This growth in their political clout has far-reaching implications for all sides of industry.
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Web watch
www.groundbroker.co.ukGroundbroker is a database developed by Landsource that contains details of residential development opportunities. Entries are listed county by county and range from single plots to large multi-development sites. Categories of land include sites with and without planning permission.www.rugbycement.co.ukRugby Cement has launched a website giving details of the company's products ...
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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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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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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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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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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.