Nov/Dec 2006

Meet ‘Williams the Conqueror’, the CIOB’s Construction Manager of the year 2006, and the other finalists in this year’s awards. Read our first term report on the fledgling Building Schools for the Future programme as the industry struggles to deliver the ‘transformational’ designs demanded by the government. And find out all about the evolving role of design manager. Learn about the trials and tribulations of building McDonalds in Russia, discover the movers and shakers in the hollowcore market in our flooring special report and see if you agree with our columnists who say value engineering is a sham and red tape is strangling the industry.