All Archive Titles articles – Page 1039
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From tiny acorns
From tiny acorns: Sentinel Housing Group and ROK Llewellyn have submitted plans for the third and fourth phases of their Oakridge Village development in Basingstoke. The £5m project will provide 304 homes, 50% of which will be social housing. Work is expected to start on site in August and the ...
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LGA wants housing ‘ambassadors’ to boost profile
Council housing staff are being encouraged to become “ambassadors for local democracy” in a campaign to boost the profile of local government.
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Archive Titles‘in’ is in
I was interested to see that the National Housing Federation has settled on using “iN” for its new image (“Social animal”, 4 April, page 19). The Hyde Group also chose to use IN to brand our new division, INplace, which is responsible for key-worker, shared-ownership, market rent and outright sale ...
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Don't pay boardS – sell them
Mark Soundie offers an alternative to payment that could attract and retain board members
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Archive TitlesSunderland to develop 4000 homes
Sunderland Housing Group, one of the country's largest transfer associations, has launched a £250m programme to develop 4000 homes.
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Archive TitlesKent sets £4.2bn price tag on Communities Plan
Bulding the infrastructure for new communities in two of the Communities Plan's housing growth areas will cost Kent £4.2bn, the council has calculated.
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2nd opinion: Trust me – I'm a bishop
Bishop David Walker on faith groups' role in regeneration
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Oldham transfer delay set to cost ALMO £1.4m
Postponed tenant ballot could mean lower HRA subsidy for First Choice Homes
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£80,000 survey to investigate staff retention
Anglia Housing Group and Northern Counties Housing Association are to carry out an £80,000 study into retaining staff.
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Ventilation solutions
Vent-Axia has provided ventilation solutions since it was founded by Joe Akester in 1936. The company now operates in the commercial, residential and industrial sectors.
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Up in smoke
Rav Dhanjal discusses smoke venting and means of escape options within common lobbies in high-rise residential buildings.
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Secrets of success
We wanted to find out exactly how partnering can work in real businesses. Key speakers and workshop debates at the BSj conference identified the steps you need to take to get started.
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Archive TitlesRoyal standard
Paul Haddlesey reports on the refurbishment of the Queen’s gallery and the Royal kitchens at Buckingham Palace, quadrupling space for the 450 works of art.
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Vision to reform
Construction industry thinking is cyclical and predictable. So now we don't need academic studies for construction managers. Consider the motives of a commercial sector where cost is everything. What's the minimum the client will accept?How can we do the job cheaper? Unqualified staff are cheaper, so let's carry on handing ...
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Problems ... and solutions
In the March 2003 issue of Construction Manager, the 'Death of a Degree' and the fact that the 'Hard Hat and Mortar Board' are apparently as incompatible as oil and water, made depressing reading about UK construction management education. This is a serious situation but as the Construction Industry ...
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Archive TitlesNo picnic for the sandwich
it's great on paper, but for the last 60 years the concrete sandwich has failed to appetise the market. Has corus finally got it right?
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Power of perception
We’ve always suspected it but now we have an accurate measure of what the public feels about construction – and it isn’t flattering. They’d much rather work in farms and high street shops because sites are exhausting, dirty and dangerous (see pages 16 and 17). It’s important to acknowledge that ...
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We think as one
It’s fascinating observing a group of people think about the problems of the construction industry, and how to solve them. The gripping part is watching them move towards solutions slowly, step-by-step, overcoming ingrained prejudice and old ways of thinking.In this issue we’re covering two major events in which members of ...
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Archive TitlesWhy it pays to be nice
A new report card style bonus system is keeping Walter Thompson's workforce happy. great progress, but could still do better says Kristina Smith