All Building articles in 2003 issue 35
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FeaturesWish you were up there?
Kicking off an occasional series on career development, Kate Allen explores how you can jump up to the next level by tackling your skills gaps. But, she asks, how do you choose the course that's right for you?
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News
A tasty titbit
As Taylor Woodrow puts in its order for Wilson Connolly, it gets a chance to see just what a plump prospect Wilcon makes
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Comment
Talking turf
Architects like to have the final say on the design, and we respect that. But we know more about roofs than they do, so how do they feel about that?
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Comment
Sunburn and stress
I noted with interest the article about the need to protect site workers from the sun (8 August, page 13).
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Features… and relax
It’s 15 months late, it’s doubled in cost and the project team has got into a big fight with itself – but all will be forgotten when the warm waters of Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners’ Bath Spa are soothing harrowed souls …
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News
Prescott weighs up second regeneration summit
Deputy prime minister John Prescott may host a second urban summit to assess regeneration policy, just two years after the first event.
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Features
Parting words
Employers can refuse to supply a reference, but they mustn't write an unfair one
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Features
The secret of our success
With the fastest-growing construction industry in Europe, Britain is the envy of its continental neighbours. And a revealing report shows that it's all down to the economy-transforming magic of the PFI.
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Features
Lead times
A slackening in demand has meant lead times have not been adversely affected by the summer shutdowns according to Mace.
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Comment
Keep on puffing
As a chartered QS, I read Nick Brooke's article (29 August, page 28) as so much hot air and piffle – does the guy honestly have any idea what it takes to manage a small QS practice in the UK in 2003? I think not.
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Comment
Hungary at knock-down prices
Our latest article on European legal systems deals with the tricky problem of being required to demolish your building after you've just finished building it
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CommentHow can you judge?
It's a good thing for dispute deciders to think out loud, but it's equally important not to give the impression they've made up their minds before the show's over
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News
Healthy results at Taywood
Taylor Woodrow this week reported that pre-tax operating profit had risen 15% from £108.1m to £130.1m in the six months to 30 June 2003.
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FeaturesGood morning, Vietnam
Welcome to joined-up 24-hour working, whereby consultants going to bed in the UK can hand over work to those waking up on the other side of the globe. But does outsourcing really open up a world of possibilities?
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Features
As good as it gets
Training and developing staff is not only essential if the construction industry is to be as good as the client demands, says the CITB's director of training strategy Sheila Hoile, but also if the industry is to fulfil its workers' career ambitions
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Comment
The information gap
In his interview, Nick Brooke, the RICS president gave no new information about the need to increase subscriptions (15 August, page 28).