All Features articles – Page 643
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He travels the fastest …
Working for yourself can have great rewards – but also great risks. You’re the PR department as well as the workforce and managing director, and independence sometimes means isolation.
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Get on top
The Institute of Management’s Mark Hastings explains how small businesses can manage regulation.
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Undercutting is over
The new best-value regime promises to put creativity and innovation back into the local authority tendering process, but, as commentators point out, it may come as a shock to the established system.
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Major contractor of the year (£200m-plus turnover)
In this TJM Europe-sponsored category, all the firms had that little extra something, be it Carillions's PFI expertise or Bovis Lend Lease's worldwide coverage.
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Contractor of the year (£50-200m turnover)
Partnering, partnering, partnering was the secret to making the shortlist – and it certainly got results for the firms that did. This award is sponsored by Ernst & Young Real Estate Group.
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Major housebuilder of the year (2000-plus homes)
An ever-increasing range of services and a commitment to customer satisfaction make the winners in this Marley-sponsored category the best in their field.
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Housebuilder of the year (500-2000 homes)
Customer care and a readiness to respond to the Internet revolution gave the finalists their edge in this category, which was sponsored by Wavin Plastics.
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Regional contractor of the year (turnover less than £50m)
Firms that perform on price and time and therefore win repeat work took the top spots in this Corus-sponsored category.
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Regional housebuilder of the year (fewer than 500 homes)
The shortlisted firms in the British Gypsum-sponsored category prioritised design and were smart in their use of innovative marketing.
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Let’s get one thing clear
A number of high-profile failures have made some people wonder whether structural glazing is worth the potential grief. In fact, there’s a simple way to take most of the risk out of design.
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Know it all
A knows the answer to B’s problem. C knows B has a problem, but left the pub before D said A had the answer. Hmmmm. If only there was some way of pooling all that knowledge …
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Appointments
ContractorsGraham Pryor has been promoted to business development manager of Kier International.Bowmer & Kirkland has appointed Paul Lomas main board director. Ipswich-based Barnes Construction has appointed Nick Fayers divisional managing director. Peter Baggott has joined Barnes & Elliott, a division of Morgan Sindall, as regional director. Robert Ellams has joined ...
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Architectural practice of the year
Stunning projects ranging from J Sainsbury's eco flagship to the Reichstag and the JLE's Stratford Station set this year's shortlisted firms apart in the award sponsored by Eternit.
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Young architectural practice of the year
In this category sponsored by Lafarge Redland, a two-year-old Scots firm's prestigious local schemes secured it the top spot.
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Best practice makes perfect
… As Mansell's bottom-line shows. Following the best-practice mantra – everything from KPIs to partnering – the contractor boosted profit 50%. But what about the rest of the industry?
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Every body welcome
Fitting legislative requirements into building policy is not easy at best, but a DDA compliance system could be the answer to builders seeking to avoid future legal action
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Invasion of the bodysnatchers
Top executives are disappearing. They are being taken. Not by a dark alien force but by headhunters, who are making a comeback in construction.
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Budding genius
Ian Wall’s Edinburgh developer started with £5m; 14 years later, it’s worth £70m. And the funny thing is, its main aim wasn’t to make money at all.
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Builders merchant of the year
On-line business sorted the men from the boys in this award sponsored by Dulux, with Travis Perkins' free Internet access and e-catalogue securing it first prize.
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How the winners were chosen
More than 200 contractors, consultants, housebuilders and builders merchants entered the sixth annual Building Awards.