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NewsAukett loss leads to boardroom reshuffle
Aukett Europe, the UK's only listed architect, has reshuffled its senior management after revealing losses of £1.64m for the six months to 31 March.
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FeaturesElizabeth Whatmore
After all the shake-ups, reshuffles and departures, the Construction Directorate's new multi-tasked minder is determined to take the industry forward – by encouraging it to stand on its own two feet.
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Comment
Skills scheming
Registration of skilled workers could be a boost for the industry – if the information was not being used for less worthy purposes such as poaching
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FeaturesThe glass oasis
One of the IRA's unsolicited gifts to Manchester was a bombed out, wind-scoured, traffic-ridden wasteland. Martin Spring finds out how the architect turned it into Britain's dearest block of flats outside London.
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FeaturesChina in our hands?
Early gold could be on offer at Beijing 2008 – if the team from the British construction industry manages to bring home juicy contracts. Matthew Richards assesses its chances
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Meet the gang
Clients are people too. Get to know them better and save yourself a lot of hassle
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Five tips on creating a greener office
Cut down waste paper Use both sides of the paper when photocopying. Offices waste tonnes of paper every day, so send emails whenever possible and use scrap paper for notes. Reuse envelopes – don't be proud!Charity begins in the office Give surplus old furniture and equipment to charity. Old monitors, ...
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Loosening the apron strings
Is adjudication now old enough to make its own way in the world or will it be forever under the watchful eye of the courts?
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FeaturesRushed to hospital
It's the biggest PFI hospital so far – 872 beds in 4500 rooms, costing a grand total of £180m. And it had to be built fast, or the contractor would be hit by massive penalties. No wonder the project director's watching his figures.
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There's been a mix-up
In this month's tracker, Construction Forecasting and Research reports good and bad results, wpith the civil engineering sector providing much of the positive impetus to the market
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Local lowdown
In the first of a regular regional series, Robert Smith of Hays Montrose takes a look at the state of the job market in the M3/M4 corridor
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FeaturesAppointments
ConsultantsAndrew Tee has joined property consultant Watts and Partners as head of its building engineering and technology group. David Fearon (left), vice-chairman of the South Yorkshire Chartered Institute of Building, has been promoted to partner in law firm DLA.Chartered surveyor and construction consultant John Rowan & Partners has made ...
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Jarvis: the Potters Bar fallout
After the tragic crash at Potters Bar, can the rail contractor responsible for maintaining the track regain its reputation in the City – even if exonerated by the HSE?
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FeaturesNatural selection
At the Natural History Museum's new Darwin Centre, 22 million zoological specimens have to be kept at optimum temperature levels – but a rather snug site and strict height restrictions meant that the services specifiers and installers had to be equally scientific.
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Air-conditioning and environmental control
When specifying an air-conditioning system, careful selection of components to meet the particular needs of the client is critical. Keith Carter of Mott Green and Wall describes the key decisions when specifying a system
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FeaturesLifetime costs: environmental control
John Armstrong, an independent consultant and chairman of the CIBSE maintenance task group, outlines the whole-life costs of a range of evironmental control systems and examines the expense-creating problems often associated with such installations
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Blowing hot and cold
Last month's revisions to Part L of the Building Regulations – for both dwellings and non-dwellings – will have a profound effect on heating and air-conditioning specification. The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers outlines the key changes