All Features articles – Page 268
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2012 Integrated Supply Chain of the year: Yorkshire Water's Asset Delivery Unit
The breadth and scale of the collaboration between Turner & Townsend and Yorkshire Water wowed the judges, with the supply chain bringing together 550 people from 12 organisations
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2012 Housing Project of the year: Officers Field, Weymouth
The winning scheme this year will house the Olympic sailors this summer. ZeroC, HTA and Acheson’s Officers Field project was praised by judges for its sustainable credentials
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2012 Housebuilder of the Year: Linden Homes
A stellar 2011 put ‘incredibly focused’ housebuilder on track to prove sceptics wrong
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2012 Engineering Consultant of the year: Expedition
It was Expedition that impressed the judges the most this year with its flat management structure and healthy growth. The firm has boosted profit by 31.5% and entered new markets
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2012 Cut the Carbon: The Alumet Group
Refurbishing old buildings and developing a mounting system for solar panels were just two of the environmentally-friendly actions that helped the Alumet Group top the table this year
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2012 Contractor of the year (up to £300m): Thomas Vale Construction
Despite some astounding financial results from runners-up in this category Thomas Vale was unanimously voted the winner, with excellent company values and high customer care levels
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2012 Major Contractor of the year (over £300m): Sir Robert McAlpine
In the Olympic year, Sir Robert McAlpine takes the gong in this category in recognition of its outstanding ability to deliver projects - the best example being the 2012 stadium which came in under budget and two months early
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2012 Construction Consultant/Surveyor of the year (fewer than 100 staff): Prosurv Consult
Prosurv Consult scooped this award by wowing the judges with its ability to deliver growth in turnover, profit and staff in a year that has challenged the hardiest of consultants
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2012 Construction Consultant/Surveyor of the year (100 staff or over): Faithful + Gould
Faithful+Gould comes out on top for this category this year thanks to its ability to produce impressive financials at home and abroad while also winning repeat business
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2012 Construction Client of the year: Crossrail
When money is tight, experienced clients are like gold dust and here we have some of the very best - but this year the accolade goes to Crossrail for the sheer scale of its ambitions
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2012 Chief Executive of the year: Pete Redern
Taylor Wimpey’s Peter Redfern has navigated his firm through lean times, succeeding in his drive to return the housebuilder to a robust state of health
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2012 Building Magazine Project of the year: AirW1, London
It was Crown Estate’s renewal of Regent Street that turned the judges’ heads this year, with its contemporary neo-baroque design of AirW1
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2012 Architectural Practice of the Year: Astudio
Practice expands fivefold in as many years, making it one to watch
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FeaturesHelping the Bamboo Village grow
Visitors to this year’s Ecobuild team up with Ken Shuttleworth
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FeaturesWhitehall on building and construction
The government talks about building and its renewed commitment to infrastructure and investment
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FeaturesPaul Morrell: Building bridges
The government construction advisor outlines the major aims of his communications strategy
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FeaturesInsights from the top
Policy makers and industry leaders on the key issues facing construction this year
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GCS conference programme
Find out the highlights at the Government Construction Summit organised by Building
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FeaturesKen Shuttleworth on the Bamboo Village
Architect tells how Building writer inspired Lego project
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FeaturesFeature: Colombia is open for business
Poor, dangerous and corrupt is the image many of us have of Colombia, so why would anyone want to go and work there? Because the country is changing fast and needs UK firms as badly as UK firms need the work it can offer.