More Focus – Page 94
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FeaturesTracker: March 2016
The construction activity index returned to growth following successive decreases in January and February, but the repair and maintenance index had a poor month with a 13-point fall
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FeaturesHeseltine: ‘I haven’t yet been told to shut up’
While most 83-year-olds settle for a quiet life and daytime TV, Lord Heseltine’s time is taken up spearheading the government’s regeneration agenda
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FeaturesTreetop walkway: A walk on the wild side
Glenn Howells’ treetop walkway snakes its way through the forest at Westonbirt Arboretum in the Cotswolds, using form, structure and materials to lift visitors to a heightened communion with nature
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FeaturesLands of hope and glory
More and more independent UK consultants are carving out thriving businesses for themselves in foreign lands. So what are the benefits and pitfalls of working abroad - and what’s the secret to competing with larger corporate rivals?
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Walls, ceilings and partitions
This week’s products cover all wall, ceiling and partition projects, from a ceiling suspension system used in a large hospital building, to glazed partitions for Bath University
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FeaturesLondon Wall Place: High suspense
The construction team working on London Wall Place have extended the usable space of one of the buildings by cantilevering 15 floors of offices out over the pavement by a breathtaking 11 metres
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FeaturesPlanes, trains and automobiles
George Osborne is famously a fan of infrastructure - but is he putting his money where his mouth is?
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FeaturesMarket review: Holding steady
A month on from the Budget, the construction sector remains in reasonable health despite monthy fluctuations
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FeaturesLead times: Jan - Mar 2016
After a period of increase due to heavier workloads, lead times seem to be levelling off. But fit-out and finishing trades are still in hot demand
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FeaturesBattersea crane tragedy: After the fall
Ten years after the Battersea crane tragedy, Joey Gardiner talks to the mother of one of the two men killed in the accident and asks if tower cranes are any safer now than they were a decade ago
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FeaturesTesting our metal
The steel rollercoaster of the last few weeks seems to have ended well, with Greybull’s purchase of Tata’s construction division. But is this, and the government’s call to ‘buy British’, enough to save UK steel?
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Water products
This week’s products include an indoor terrazzo fountain designed for an Italian restaurant in London, and Westminster City council installs a shower pump in an apartment block designed for the elderly and less able
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FeaturesWater features: Making a splash
Technological advances mean we can now enjoy the spectacle of water without any of the misgivings about waste
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FeaturesWhole-life carbon: Structural systems
The embodied carbon of a non-domestic development can be altered to a significant degree depending on the choice of materials used in its structural system
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FeaturesGender pay gap: Levelling the field
New legislation will mean firms have to publish how much both male and female employees are paid. Will this be the end of the gender pay gap?
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FeaturesA tale of two mayors
With Londoners headed to the polls on 5 May to decide the city’s next mayor, we look at the impact frontrunners Zac Goldsmith and Sadiq Khan would have on the major construction issues facing the capital
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FeaturesNightmare on Nine Elms street?
The UK’s biggest construction site in west London looks on paper like a dream development in a market desperate for new housing. But amid scare stories of fleeing investors and slashed prices
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FeaturesBoris: For better or worse?
As the eight-year tenure of the mayor of London draws to a close, many Londoners have mixed feelings about the changes he has wrought on their city
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FeaturesCost model: Retail distribution centres
A growing urban population with complex buying behaviours will require a dynamic and agile logistics network from UK retailers keen to make the most of this fast-moving market
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FeaturesBalfour Beatty: ‘Not short of stellar’
When Leo Quinn took over at a troubled Balfour Beatty, he launched a two-year strategy to revive the fortunes of the UK’s largest builder