More Focus – Page 146
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FeaturesPersonality of the Year 2013
‘Visionary’ Stephen Pycroft has led Mace to an incredible year of continued growth, global expansion, stellar projects and £1bn turnover, leaving the top job on a high
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FeaturesManufacturer of the Year 2013
It is winner British Gypsum’s innovation in gypsum-based plastering and drylining and focus on its customer needs for that impressed
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FeaturesChief executive of the year 2013
Stephen Stone has been with Crest for 18 of its 50 years of existence and has now led it to a remarkable 2012, digging the company out of a debt pile to financial success and prestige
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FeaturesHousebuilder of the Year 2013
Places for People has demonstrated excellent financial performance in 2012, as well as growth in homes built and average sales price, to come top of the pack in this category
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FeaturesArchitectural practice of the year 2013
Some stellar projects helped Allford Hall Monaghan Morris stand out for the judges, but its win also rested on a dramatic set of financial results
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FeaturesCost model: Hotels
Converting an existing building is often the best option for opening new hotels. Here are the main design considerations and costs
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FeaturesLatest housing products
Some of the best products on the market for use in the residential sector, including anti-flood valves and aircrete plate packages
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FeaturesOverrated?
Are green ratings helping or becoming a problem in the quest to improve the sustainability of new buildings?
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FeaturesHouse of straw
An affordable co-ownership scheme made of straw is proving highly energy efficient
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FeaturesSomething my printer made earlier
3D printing isn’t the preserve of sci-fi. Building reports on a technology that offers speed, predictability, efficiency - and more power to architects
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FeaturesJason Prior: The big picture man
Aecom’s head of buildings and places, Jason Prior, maps out where the company is headed
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FeaturesSustainability: European housing
Phil Birch of Sweett Group reviews recent research by the Energy Bill Revolution campaign to assess what it is going to take to turn the UK into the energy efficiency champion of Europe
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FeaturesLand of Oz
A recent dip in Australia’s construction output figures may have spooked Australians but for UK firms the market is an entirely different world
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FeaturesAnna Stewart: The successor
This month, Anna Stewart takes over the reins at Laing O’Rourke, the UK’s largest private contractor. Tough decisions await her
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FeaturesFinding work after study
How do university courses support students in finding employment? We spoke to four built environment schools to find out what they offer
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The difficulties of sustainable planning
For years the BRE has been trying to build housing on its Bricket Wood site and now the latest proposals have been given short shrift from local residents. It’s a classic example of the difficulties of sustainable planning. The development with close-by links to London and a rural location would ...
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FeaturesPodSolve: Flexible friend
Leeds East Academy is the UK’s first school to consist of a warehouse full of moveable classroom pods
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FeaturesThe Tracker: February 2013
Activity rose in February on the back of a sharp increase in civil engineering work - and it was a strong month for orders too. Experian Economics crunches the numbers
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FeaturesFunding colleges: A poor third?
The previous government’s Building Colleges for the Future failed to impress. Will the coalition’s new measures do any better?