All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1355
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Where the sun always shines
Berkeley Homes' recent foray into TV advertising has caused quite a stir. Bryant Homes has just put its £5m advertising account with M&C Saatchi. Is this the start of something big?
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What's the verdict? The jury is out as 68 projects put Egan on trial
Process innovation, off-site fabrication and new technology are all being put to the test. The first 4700 homes resulting from Sir John Egan's Rethinking Construction report are taking shape on site. Over these 20 pages Building Homes sifts through the evidence in the biggest UK homebuilding trial ever.
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Pressure grows to relax RPI-only rises
The government is coming under increased pressure to relax its line on inflation-only rents
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Co-op's governance to be investigated
Another housing association has become the subject of another Housing Corporation inquiry - the second in two weeks after years without one
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Rents - the ever increasing burden
Social housing is going a period of unprecedented change. So how are housing associations bearing up? Housing Today asked them if they were ready for the challenges of the future
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Rents the biggest issue
Rent restructuring is the biggest challenge facing housing associations today, according to a survey by Housing Today
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Two asylum schemes to go
Some councils are set to abandon plans to accept asylum seekers under the government's dispersal programme
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A man for all reasons
He's his own man with plenty of views on the housing sector already. In his first interview as Housing Corporation Chief Executive, Norman Perry tells Housing Today what makes him tick.
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Unions may act over corporation shake-up
Unions are warning there may be industrial action over plans to restructure the Housing Corporation
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Who wants to be a millionaire?
Scaffolding contractor Mitie is at the cutting edge of management with MBAs and millionaires a plenty in its corridors. Andy Cook asks John Clifford "how?"
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Time to stop killing workers
When asteroids or airliners threaten to crash to earth, society takes notice. Michael Skapinker, management editor of the Financial Times, asks why shouldn’t the high levels of fatalities in construction get just as much attention?
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Will the web kill off merchants?
You can buy almost anything on the internet these days including your bricks and blocks, so are the days of builders merchants numbered? Jenny Hampton talks to Barry Jackson, executive chairman of his family's empire, Lincoln-based Jackson Building Centres
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It won't hurt to wait
Do not be in a rush to sign exclusive deals with any of the new construction industry dotcoms
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Studying the form
The first of a series of features analysing non-standard forms of contract. John Huxtable, chief executive of the Confederation of Construction Specialists looks at Mowlem's domestic subcontract
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How to encourage teamwork
Most people are promoted to management because they have achieved success using their technical skills. While this makes good sense, it does not follow that technical skills alone will help you manage the next step. You will need to employ a set of complementary skills that will bring projects in ...
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Smoothing over the cracks
Homeowners like render finishes, but housebuilders hate them. Traditional sand and cement finishes crack all too easily. That's why one top-10 housebuilder is turning to advanced plastic-based systems.
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Keeping out of court
In the second of our basic legal guides, Taylor Joynson Garrett partner Laurence Cobb takes a look at mediation
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On course for disaster?
The number of undergraduates studying construction management is down again this year. What can be done to stop a recruitment disaster? Jenny Hampton investigates
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Plant costs
In the first of a new series of features on plant, leading QS Capita has undertaken an exclusive survey of plant and other prelim costs around the country. Look out for an update in the December edition of Construction Manager Aegean stables. Getting people to join the industry is one ...
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Major contractors to launch online tendering
Contractors Wates and Carillion have teamed up with QS EC Harris and US internet giant Bidcom to launch an online tendering service.