Eloise Seddon

  • Features

    Just the job

    2001-10-05T00:00:00

    Building talks to Guy Russell of BDG McColl about how he's happiest when he's busy, but can always make time for his family

  • Features

    Just the job

    2001-08-10T00:00:00

    Sam Kimmins tells Building about creating environmentally sound buildings and how Buddhism helps him to relax

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    Meet our man in London, Paris, New York ...

    2001-03-23T00:00:00

    Multinational clients are clamouring for global solutions to their building needs. Here's how firms such as HOK, Amec, Arup, Bovis Lend Lease and Mott MacDonald are responding to their demands.

  • Features

    G'day I'm here to save your company

    2001-03-16T00:00:00

    Antipodean graduates venturing to the UK used to be stuck with pulling pints. Now, relaxed visa rules designed to alleviate skills shortages mean they are being welcomed with open arms by the construction professions.

  • Features

    Is this the best boss in construction?

    2001-03-09T00:00:00

    Ken Dalton runs Oscar Faber, a successful, if unglamorous, engineering company that has just been voted the best employer in the whole of UK construction. Eloise Seddon finds out what makes its staff such happy bunnies.

  • Features

    I can make your QS more interesting

    2001-03-02T00:00:00

    This woman is a life coach, part of the latest management craze to be imported from across the Atlantic. But can wearing a coloured baseball cap really improve your construction project?

  • Features

    Our lives in your hands

    2001-02-02T00:00:00

    Construction is on alert as the site death toll rises and John Prescott's safety summit on 27 February approaches. In the first of a four-part series on the safety crisis, Building asks workers about their experiences on site.

  • Features

    China awakes

    2001-01-26T00:00:00

    41 new airports 230 new cities 5000 new townshipsWith a mind-boggling construction spree under way, China offers rich rewards – and potential risks – for British firms.

  • News

    DETR to lead China trade mission

    2001-01-19T00:00:00

    Companies are being recruited for March trip to help UK win part of £610bn public investment programme.

  • News

    UK engineer to build 30 000 prefab terraces in China

    2001-01-12T00:00:00

    Battle McCarthy links up with Chinese government and universities to trial sustainable modular system.