All Features articles – Page 635
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The one that got away
Julia Smith had no burning ambition to be a management consultant. In fact, she was a civil engineering masters student at Birmingham University and being sponsored by a major contractor when she went to a milk-round interview with Andersen Consulting. When I went, I had no idea what they ...
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Breakfast of champions
A diet of missed breakfasts and rushed lunches at the desk washed down with cups of coffee isn t good for you or your employees. A healthier workforce will lead to enhanced performance.
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Robert Syms: The builder from the old school
Picture yourself on the Tory back benches, two years into your Westminster career, when you re suddenly appointed to a junior role on the shadow environment team. The transport brief is ideal for perfecting your soundbites for the Daily Mail, but then there s the construction portfolio, which everyone knows ...
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How we can compete
In the battle to attract graduates, how do you compete with sexy industries offering starting salaries 10k higher? The last of our recruitment specials reports that training may be the key.
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Contractors and housebuilders by remuneration of highest paid director
Whereas staffers saw their pay rise 6.2% on average last year, the bosses enjoyed 15.7% increases. Top of the rich list and way ahead of the competition was Bowmer & Kirkland's highest-paid director, who took home £1.6m, including bonus. Housebuilding bosses got some of the biggest rises. Prowting's highest-earning director ...
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Robert Steer, trainee design-and-build co-ordinator at Willmott Dixon
One of Robert Steer s ambitions is to meet the person who built the Petronas Towers in Malaysia, the world s tallest. This is the kind of enthusiasm coveted by construction firms. The 22-year-old has been fascinated by tall buildings since he was a child so much so ...
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Services whole-life costs Heating
The fourth in this series on the lifespan costs of engineering services compares four heating systems.
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Silence in court
In the latest in a series on dispute resolution procedures, we look at why the number of cases reaching the Technology and Construction Court has fallen by about one-third.
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Five steps from home
Steel frames doesn't have to be difficult option for housebuilders. The new system is as cheap as timber and can be put together in five easy stages.
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Turning up the heat
A heating maintenance company cannot, under the terms of the Construction Act, call in an adjudicator to settle a contractual dispute. Or can it? After all, the act sets out to tackle mischief-makers.
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Loopholes 'R' us
A thriving legal industry has arisen in the past year or so, dedicated to dreaming up contract terms that deny subcontractors their right to adjudication. Luckily, though, parliament has a simple remedy.
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Team spirit
Teamwork 2000 s designers are putting on the mantle of Egan and Latham and working together to create a 3D model of an office development. But are they ready for the real world?
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Support act
From rock-and-roll extravaganzas to awesome military displays in Horse Guards Parade, ESS modular stage system has toured the world and mingled with the stars.
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Appointments
Contractors Sterof has appointed Steve Cottrell commercial manager and Mike Hogg management surveyor. Ian Falshaw has joined Harrison Developments of Malton, North Yorkshire, as associate director of developments. Weaver Construction, which is based in Mexborough, South Yorkshire, has appointed Julian Kawecki managing director. Housebuilders Lovell has appointed Bob ...
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Careful what you ask for
When the Lowry Centre tried to escape the clutches of the Construction Act by backdating the contract, the adjudicator refused to go away. One party cannot rob another of its statutory right to adjudication.
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Balancing the books
Your company s had a profitable year, but you re stretching the overdraft and can t pay the directors bonuses. Sound familiar? Your problem is cash flow here s how to deal with it.
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Where the buck stops now
A recent Court of Appeal decision seemed to relieve designers of a great deal of responsibility for safety. The HSE responded by changing the regulations to reimpose that duty. What do the new rules say?
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Hands up if you want to be a builder
How do you attract the pupils of a 97% Asian school in Birmingham into construction? In the second of our recruitment specials, industry figures face the challenge of recruiting ethnic minorities.
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Certifiable consultants
If you get the job of independent certifier on a PFI project (and the liabilities can be scary enough to put consultants off) how much checking do you actually have to do?
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Michael Dickson
The Construction Industry Council's new chairman is diffident about his achievements, but his years with Buro Happold and his infectious enthusiasm for the industry make him the right man to lead the umbrella group's focus on design and urban renaissance.