All Features articles – Page 610
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How would you like your stake?
From October, employers will have to offer all staff stakeholder pensions. Chris Pomroy explains how the schemes will work and how companies should choose between them.
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The human element
Sir Frank Lampl - After the industrial and technological revolutions, the next great step froward for commerce will be one of attitude. And employees will lead the way
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Driving force
Huw Jones kicks off a new series on what construction can learn from the motor industry
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Services whole-life costs
The final part of this series on the lifespan costs of engineering services takes a look at the ups and downs of passenger lifts by Tony Cassidy of Cyril Sweett
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Five top management books
Marketing: An Introductory Testby Martin Christopher and Malcolm McDonald Palgrave, £17.50This easy-to-read paperback covers the basics of marketing and introduces some useful jargon.Success Strategies for Design Professionalsby Weld Coxe, Nina Hartung, Hugh Hochberg, Brian Lewis, David Maister, Robert Mattox and Peter PivenKrieger Publishing, £34This book is a great analysis of ...
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Appointments
HousebuildersBill Wilcox (right) has joined Swan Hill's Sussex office as land executive.Redrow Homes has appointed Peter Hurst, formerly of Berkeley, special projects manager in South Wales.ConsultantsRichard Murphy Architects has promoted Bill Black to senior associate. Guido Maclellan, Matthew Bremner and James Mason have also been made associates.Consulting engineer Roger Preston ...
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Under £1m - Working from home
After a decade of wrangling with council planners, an imaginative live–work building by Studio E Architects occupies a derelict site in London's Barnes conservation area.
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What is the use of QSs?
Ian Yule - The general public has little or no idea of what QSs do. As far as the law is concerned, they fulfil three valuable roles that are helping to shape the future of quantity surveying
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When size is the prize
Frank Devoy - says bulk-buying clients and the outsourcing revolution may force builders to consolidate
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The profession rules, OK
Tony Bingham - The RIBA's private rules are coming under scrutiny from the Office of Fair Trading – do they exist to maintain standards or to keep out the competition?
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MIPIM uncovered
As stock markets nosedived last Thursday, the 17,000 alcohol-assisted attendees of the MIPIM property fair networked like there was no tomorrow. Marcus Fairs and Gordon Jon Thompson spent 24 hours at the champagne apocalypse
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Mike Welton
Balfour Beatty has been lambasted for Hatfield, undervalued by the City and dubbed the "the worst scum of capitalism". Here's how its chief executive is answering the critics.
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Meet our man in London, Paris, New York ...
Multinational clients are clamouring for global solutions to their building needs. Here's how firms such as HOK, Amec, Arup, Bovis Lend Lease and Mott MacDonald are responding to their demands.
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Jolly green giant
Bill Dunster's "Flower Tower" is not only a radical answer to the need for high-density housing, it is so green that it actually has a beneficial effect on the earth's climate
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Future perfect
Stakeholder pensions aren't exactly the new rock 'n' roll, but builders might find they like them. John Jory, manager with B&CE, explains his company's product.
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A waste of energy
Chris Twinn - How we think about energy at the moment is fundamentally misleading. Here's why
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Rogers' polite entry into the West End
Lord Rogers' latest London building is a far cry from his previous landmarks. Buried in the heart of Soho, this compact office block combines high-tech with street manners.
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International costs
Building’s annual global costs round-up tackles inflation rates and forecasts, building costs, labour rates and material prices around the world by Gardiner & Theobald
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Breaking up is hard
Tony Blackler - Common law may come into play when parties to a contract fall out – although its application in construction disputes is far from clear-cut.