All Features articles – Page 625
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Are we safer now?
Astonishing – European regulations that the industry is more or less happy with. But have they made building sites any safer?
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The right mayor or a nightmare?
Everyone who has anything to do with building in London will be affected by the outcome of the city’s mayoral race next month. What are the policies on offer and what is there to cheer or fear?
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Louder than words
Hays Montrose's Robert Smith explains what your body language says about you.
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Learn to share
Project extranets are no longer a daydream. Information Channel, co-developed by Schal, is a state-of-the-art document exchange system that will soon support e-commerce and more.
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The Guggenheim gazebo
Welcome to the spiral of New York's Guggenheim Museum transplanted to the centre of a Kew Gardens greenhouse redesigned by Salvador Dali and built in Hanover …
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European Union
Aukett Associate managing director John Thake may not speak any foreign languages, but he’s not letting that get in the way of his plan for a cross-Europe designer.
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Dangerous liaisons
In the second article looking at the latest FIDIC suite of international contracts, another form is found to be heavily biased against contractors – and it’s the clients that will pay.
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Spotlight on curtain walling
Lead timesLead times for bespoke panellised cladding have remained constant at about 41-42 weeks for the past year. In contrast, curtain walling lead times have fallen steadily over the past two years as a result of increases in efficiency and capacity.Manufacturing periods have increased by one week to eight, but ...
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The conquest of space
A systematic benchmarking system for efficiently designing space in buildings has been devised by Amec Construction’s value management team.
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Lowry Centre named best millennium project
Salford art gallery beats 100 entrants to win first Celebrating Construction Achievement awards.
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From Basildon to Berlin
In the first of a new series on European law, we look at the rapidly evolving bidding rules for public sector work. How is the client obliged to treat your bid? What can you do if it infringes on your rights?
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Balancing the budget
In the latest in its series, accountant Smith & Williamson examines the main provisions of the budget and their impact on small and medium-sized contractors and consultants.
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Appointments
Contractors Richard Mawdsley has joined Mowlem as group property development manager. Clive Holloway has been appointed director of Mowlem subsidiary E Thomas Construction. Allan Day has been made design manager at Mowlem Defence Solutions, the prime contracting partnership between Mowlem’s FM subsidiary, Aqumen, and BAE Systems.Ian Findley White has been ...
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The consultants' catch-22
Consultants must take care over the wording and timing of certificates and letters to their clients or they could find themselves in a double-bind and vulnerable to an action for negligent misstatement.
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Peak practice
Architects have never had so much to do, at least since the fevered 1980s boom. So what’s driving the market – and is it downhill from here?
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Has he fixed it?
Rebuilding the construction industry’s image is Bob’s toughest job yet. In fact, he’s been at it a year now, and he’s still not sure if he’s got anywhere. Luckily, Wendy is there to help him find out …
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Enter the green knight
Next week, Sir Martin Laing will launch a Construction Confederation report that aims to break the “vicious circle of blame” that is hampering sustainable building.
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We hate to say it, but … Charles was right
The Prince of Wales’ Poundbury may not be cutting-edge architecture, but as far as John Prescott’s urban agenda goes, it’s bang on the money.
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The power of speech
No amount of flash graphics and high-tech software can compensate for a presentation that is unstructured and hard to follow. Remember your first duty: to keep your audience awake.