All Features articles – Page 610
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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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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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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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After the fire
Alistair McAlpine - That we have turned the countryside into a charnel house is horrific. It is also a unique opportunity to create a less polluting, more humane farming system
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Appointments
ContractorsDavid McLean Contractors has appointed Gareth Davies information systems director.Janice McCann (right) has joined Balfour Beatty subsidiary Balfour Kilpatrick as safety and environmental manager.Alan Fox has been promoted to managing director of ceilings and decorative finishes contractor Clark & Fenn, part of Skanska.Commercial landscape contractor Severn Vale Contracts has appointed ...
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English Heritage goes back to the past
Under Sir Jocelyn Stevens, the quango backed a series of exciting designs, from the Swiss Re tower to the V&A spiral. Now it seems to have clamped the brakes on. Has English Heritage reverted to type?
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Beyond bars
HLM Architects' PFI prison may be a regression to Victorian design values, but its pastel shades and female warders make the Salford complex humane as well as stark.
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Changing the record
One year ago, the government ordered councils to abandon "lowest price wins" procurement and start buying buildings on best value. Now bolder councils have taken on the challenge
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Cost model: Procuring social housing
The Housing Corporation is pushing housing associations into adopting the partnering and prefabrication ethos of the Egan agenda. Davis Langdon & Everest looks at how they are responding to the challenges of smart procurement, with case studies from two pathfinding schemes
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Top floor for site huts, hard hats and dirty floors
Sloane Square emporium Peter Jones has definitely seen better days. But up on the roof, a Bovis-led team is running a four-year revamp that will transform the store into a 21st-century shoppers' paradise.
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Five London party venues
The Science MuseumExhibition Road, SW7The museum provides eight galleries as well as the Wellcome Wing for parties. The Wellcome Wing has a simulated space ride, eight floors of interactive exhibits, a 420-seat Imax cinema, and dining areas for up to 700 people. It costs £6500-10,000 to hire and is available ...
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Just the job
Jaz Vilkhu, of building materials manufacturer Marshalls, tells Melanie Delargy how his company's innovative sales approach saves its clients a great deal of money
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A light touch
Paul Traynor - Lighting designers often have their concepts ruined by engineers. How can this be avoided?
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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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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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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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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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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