All Building articles in 2001 issue 18 – Page 2
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Gilded youth
Youth wins the day in this year's Hays Montrose/Building Consultants' Salary Guide, with the industry throwing money at graduates in an attempt to attract the best people.
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Get a whole-life
Richard Allard - If you think cheap means cost-effective, you need whole-life performance
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Safe flight
Glenn Howells Architects has designed this vehicle security point at Birmingham International Airport.
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Five travel websites
www.travelonline.comThis content-led site is great for help on planning trips and for its range of facilities. It offers free access to guidebooks published by Rough Guides and Lonely Planet as well as online editions of Traveller magazine, the "Traveller's Handbook". www.go-fly.co.ukA direct booking site from the pioneers of cheap, no-frills ...
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Winners and losers on stock exchange
The City's interest in the wild and wonderful world of construction continues. As housebuilders wait eagerly for news of another interest rate cut, investors are quietly buying up shares. More companies finished off the week higher than they started.It seems the suits are starting to realise that companies such as ...
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Image is everything
If your flagship project goes horribly wrong and the press are baying for blood, don't just stop answering the phone. You need a PR who can spin your company from disaster to triumph.
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Pipe dreams
Ralph Carpenter has a habit he wants others to share: building sustainable homes out of hemp. But will he be able to convince those who think the idea is, ahem, a bit potty?
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Metronet and Tubelines win Tube PPP deals
LONDON UNDERGROUND this week named Metronet, a team including Balfour Beatty and WS Atkins, as preferred bidder to run the Bakerloo, Central and Victoria lines.
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Contracts
Interserve to build fire stationsA consortium led by Interserve has won a £40m PFI contract for 31 fire stations in Cornwall. The project involves the replacement of 10 fire stations, the rebuilding of two and the refurbishment and management of 19 for 27 years.Amec wins Waterloo refurbAmec has landed a ...
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Coming off the tools
John Mead - There's nothing wrong with tradesmen becoming managers, but they need training
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Wembley design team stops work as funding collapses
£660m national stadium scheme grinds to a halt as Football Association refuses to act as underwriter.
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Client of the year
Despite strong competition from the likes of Wessex Water and rival Asda Wal-Mart, Tesco emerged as the readers' favourite in this Schüco International-sponsored award
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'Son of CIB' must improve performance and safety
Michael Latham says the Construction Industry Board's achievements must not be allowed to wither away, but any successor must tackle best practice as well as safety
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Raynsford drafts in Egan to head CIB replacement
New body will cover the Rethinking Construction agenda, recruitment, safety and partnering.
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Tenants call on EH to list London estate
Tenants of the landmark Pepys Estate in south-west London are asking English Heritage to list it to prevent a £3.7m partial redevelopment.
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Cost study: Oldham bus station
At-a-glance guide Oldham Bus Station, Greater Manchester Project:New central bus station incorporating travel shop and public toilets Client:Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council in conjunction with Greater Manchester Transport Executive Architectural features: Eye-catching bus station serves as a gateway to a town centre under regeneration Clear-glazed lightweight structure combines passenger ...
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St George to outsource building
Berkeley subsidiary St George is set to hive off up to 50% of its £100m-plus development programme to construction managers.
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The complete guide to building with lime
Lime was a popular building material for thousands of years, until faster-setting and stronger Portland cement began to usurp it in the middle of the 19th century. It can be used to bind aggregates to make bedding mortars for brick and block, and for plaster, renders and even paint, in ...
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National and local builders merchant
Outstanding customer service has contributed to an impressive level of growth for all of the firms shortlisted for this award, sponsored by Barbour Index
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British project manager lands General Electric deal
Precept Project Management to design and procure internet centres for expansion of GE's digital subsidiary.
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