All articles by Elaine Knutt – Page 4
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Diplomatic coup
One Site: British Embassy, Moscow Security is tight and the Russian weather is no picnic, but when Taywood and Skanska's British Embassy in Moscow is complete, the Russian capital will have an important new landmark.
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Coming in from the cold
The rouble fell off a cliff and took the Russian economy with it last year. This year, there are faint signs of life, and those UK firms that stayed may be rewarded. Meanwhile, Taywood and Skanska are on site at the UK's new Moscow embassy
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Lottery projects out of control
The Arts Council has allocated millions of pounds, but has it kept a close eye on its investment? Not according to a National Audit Office report, which says schemes are late and over budget.
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Outlaw cowboys, say homeowners
A national registration scheme, an ombudsman and a law banning unqualified builders. According to an NOP poll, that's how the public would deal with cowboys.
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Off the waiting list
Staff at Britain's biggest PFI-funded NHS hospital have reason to be excited. The brand new building in East Anglia will house long-overdue, cutting-edge medical facilities, and a close-knit project team is ensuring its smooth operation.
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Chris Smith
The minister who has to juggle culture, media and sport is bidding to delegate responsibility for architecture to a new champion. Probably just as well, as his portfolio doesn't give him much time to keep up with new buildings.
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Sun, sea and service stations
British consultants are moving in on the Spanish leisure facilities construction market, currently as hot as the Mediterranean sun.
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Peter Mason
City opinion formers say he is a candidate for best chief executive in UK contracting, and the Square Mile has backed his Euro ambitions by tripling his firm's share price. So Amec's boss must be a happy man, mustn't he?
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Jonathon Porritt takes construction's side
The green campaigner is to speak at next Monday's Construction Confederation conference on eco-aware building and what he will say may come as a surprise.
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What's going on inside the dome?
Designers are changing, the budget is tight and the decision-making process is best described as "fluid". But there's no moving this deadline. So, will the 14 Millennium Dome zones come together on time?
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Inside jobs
Construction employers have teamed up with a young offenders institute to train and recruit apprentices. So far, it's proved a learning experience for all.
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How was IT for you?
The results of Building's IT survey show an industry in which management and staff see eye-to-eye on spending and lack of training but part company over laptops and voice-recognition software.
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PIMS number one
Schal's paperless project information management system has been such a hit at the Royal Opera House that the whole project team is now on-line.
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Just the job
The Harris brothers tell Elaine Knutt about their contract advisory business and the pleasures of working with your identical twin.
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Risky business
Lucrative contracts overseas are a draw for UK firms. But, as the recent kidnappings in Yemen show, staff security can be threatened when a work spot becomes a trouble spot.
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The man on the tube
QS Rafudin Bacchus played a feckless loafer in Channel 4's post-pub sitcom Tottenham 2, but now he's back on the job with London Underground. So, where does his heart really belong?
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Daniel Libeskind
His virtuoso designs for the Jewish Museum in Berlin and the Victoria & Albert Museum's Spiral extension have catapulted him into the architectural superleague, but the man behind them is both shy and approachable. Portrait by Julian Anderson
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What the euro means for construction
Does the birth of the European single currency mean that UK firms will be just as at home in Leipzig as Leicester? Well, no but that doesn't mean its impact will not be both complicated and profound.
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At the wheel
Although Gleeds' new senior partner Richard Steer has followed in his father's footsteps, he intends to take the cost consultant in a new direction.
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Euro-vision
Britain may not be part of the single currency yet, but that doesn't mean its introduction won't affect your business. Will your computer systems cope?