All Features articles – Page 624
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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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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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Appointments
HousebuildersHousebuilder Charles Church has appointed Matthew Nash as sales manager for the area covering Hertfordshire, Essex, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.John Homer has been promoted to area construction manager at Twigden Homes. He will be responsible for the East and West Midlands.Dean Dye, Jason Towers and Brian McDougall have been promoted to ...
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I can't believe it's not Foster!
Ten years on, BAA is extending London Stansted Airport. Would the construction team be able to respect Norman Foster's ground-breaking design yet still deliver substantial cost savings?
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Warming to Chile
Building up relationships slowly and surely rather than through a hard-sell approach is the key to cashing in on Chile's ambitious five-year construction programme.
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Scotland cost forecast
Scottish output soared last year – especially in private commercial – and although new orders are down slightly in 2000, they are forecast to pick up strongly in the second half.New ordersFresh orders for new construction work won by contractors fell in 1999 in England and Wales, according to ...
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On Foster ... Foster On
On Foster ... Foster OnEdited by David JenkinsPrestel£45Given the stream of new volumes on Lord Foster and his architecture, it might be tempting to call this doorstop of a book Foster On and On. It is, in fact, an anthology of writings spanning 30 years, mostly of reviews on Foster ...
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Ginny´s new palace
Portcullis House, which opens its doors to visitors this week, is a fine building, says former heritage secretary Virginia Bottomley. But is it worth all the time and money?
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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 ...
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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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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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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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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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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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All gas and gaiters
So, the fuel crisis gives contractors the chance to secure extensions of time, does it? No, it doesn't, because the truck drivers' actions do not clearly come under "relevant events".
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As bad as all that?
Prime contracting is the MOD's attempt to apply Rethinking Construction. But contractors have complained loudly that it transfers too much risk to them. So, is it going to be Egan-compliant?
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Roving union officials set to inspect any site
Contractors alarmed at Prescott-backed plan to give unions swingeing safety powers.
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Appointments
Contractors Engineer and contractor Black & Veatch has appointed Doug Smith managing director of its European infrastructure business. He also becomes managing director of its UK business Binnie Black & Veatch.EBC Group has appointed Richard Smith area director for Reading. Nigel McArthur has been promoted to director responsible ...