All Features articles – Page 617
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China awakes
41 new airports 230 new cities 5000 new townshipsWith a mind-boggling construction spree under way, China offers rich rewards – and potential risks – for British firms.
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Big Brother
Advice for managers on the sensitive area of monitoring employees' personal emails and their use of the internet.
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Blinking marvellous
There's another Millennium Bridge 280 miles north of London – but this one winks instead of wobbling. And on pages 46-48, more schemes that are regenerating the North-east.
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At boiling point
The skills shortage is biting hard. Tender prices have shot up, expansion plans are on hold and on sites across London, firms are fighting over a dwindling pool of skilled workers. Building reports from the sharp end.
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Eight stages to a landmark bridge
1 Design competitionIn 1997, civil engineer Gifford and Partners and architect Wilkinson Eyre Architects won a design competition for a new pedestrian bridge sponsored by Gateshead council."A contemporary design which complements the existing Tyne bridges in a way that is both refreshing and new," commented the judging panel. Although they ...
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The Cole treatment
John Cole has achieved what many thought impossible: well designed PFI hospitals. Now the procurement methods he pioneered in Northern Ireland look set to catch on over here.
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Eight new deals push HBG into top spot
Contracts worth £36.7m make HBG number one, but Bovis Lend Lease continues to lead annual table.
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Dolce & Gabbana's new look is set in stone
Beverly Hills is the latest Dolce & Gabbana store to get a David Chipperfield makeover.
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Wish you were here
Newcastle's reinvigorated quayside isn't the North-east's only attraction. These massive regeneration schemes aim to lure industry and jobs back into the region.
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Practice makes perfect
The development of software program Vircon could help busy sites avert time-wasting construction problems before work even starts.
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Canada Square Park, London E14
Products - Landscaping solutions from exterior lighting to wastewater management, plus The spec on a dishy park in Canary Wharf.
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Construction's £75m noise bill
Proposals out today to beef up Part E of the Building Regulations for new homes may make the misery of noisy neighbours a thing of the past – but could cost builders thousands of pounds a flat.
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The new space age
Last November's urban white paper promises to expand the market for landscaping schemes in Britain's towns and cities. Here's how consultants and contractors can enter the public space race.
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Appointments
Contractors Midlands construction company Fifehead, the holding company of Buxton, has appointed Huw Rogers group IT manager.Birse Construction has appointed Dicky Richards, previously with Christiani & Nielsen, marketing director for the firm's south of England civil engineering division.Consultants Andrew Carter has been appointed partner in cost consultant Nigel Rose ...
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Wembley: cash, contracts and confrontation
The team building England's new National Stadium has been bamboozled by political U-turns, impeded by contract wrangles and shaken by bad publicity. Can Wembley stage a comeback?
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The heavyweight champions
A new superbreed of finance directors is taking over at the largest contractors. They are fighting to turn the industry into a City darling.
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Dial M for mixed-use at Hitchcock studio
The Shoreditch set of classic film The Lady Vanishes is to reappear as a multipurpose live–work development.
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Inside information
How can e-construction be made to work? Charles Botsford, former Treasury adviser and a director of the Building Information Warehouse portal, may well have the answer.
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Making the rules
Laying down a disciplinary policy, and implementing it properly, ensures that everyone is treated fairly.