All Features articles – Page 330
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FeaturesRight man for the job: Mats Williamson of Skanska
After last week’s interview with former Skanska boss David Fison, his successor Mats Williamson tells Tom Bill how he was flown in to drag the contractor back into the black – in just 12 months
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FeaturesCountry focus: Hong Kong
Despite government investment in public sector projects, the construction industry has been badly damaged by the slowdown in China and Macau
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FeaturesUttlesford: the council trialling consequential improvements
L is for … The government has twice shied away from including consequential improvements in reforms to Part L. Now one small council in Essex has shown that not only can it be done, but it can even be popular. In the second in our series on the Part L ...
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FeaturesGreen cement: reforming the carbon criminals
Examining the latest attempts to find greener formulas for one of the world’s biggest carbon criminals – cement
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FeaturesTop 150 Contractors and Housebuilders 2009
Welcome to the 2009 Top 150 contractors and housebuilders, ranked by everything from turnover to average pay. This year’s results reflect the calm that prevailed before the storm broke over contractors. But, come next year, which of them will be catching their deaths – and which will be singing in ...
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FeaturesEducation project of the month: North Road primary school, Darlington
Its sloping green roof makes this innovative new building seem to be emerging from the earth
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FeaturesFirst impressions: Snøhetta's Oslo national opera
Students from Nottingham Trent University comment on Norwegian architect Snøhetta’s national opera and ballet centre in Oslo
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Market forecast: A history lesson
Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon presents the latest news of the blues, and an illuminating comparison between this recession and the previous three
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FeaturesPart L: forcing historic buildings to be energy-efficient
In the first of a three-part series on the government’s consultation on Part L, will forcing historic buildings to adopt energy efficiency improvements, such as double glazing, do more harm than good?
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FeaturesNo more Mr Nice Guy: cracking down on bogus self-employment
The taxman has been moaning about bogus self-employment for decades. Well, he’s not moaning anymore: he’s getting his money, or else
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FeaturesParty Tricks: Ash Sakula's Luton Carnival Arts Centre
Ash Sakula’s Carnival Arts Centre is Luton’s answer to Notting Hill – buzzing with life and invention and a haven for stiltwalkers and other forms of streetlife
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FeaturesLife after Skanska: David Fison on downsizing
After being on the ropes at one of the world’s biggest contractors, David Fison moved to a small family firm. Here he tells Roxane McMeeken what happened, and how it changed his life
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FeaturesWorking life: finding 3,000 people to tunnel for Crossrail
Crossrail needs 3,000 human moles to construct 42km of tunnels and the woman over there on the right is on the look-out for them. Not easy, as the nearest academy is presently in Switzerland...
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FeaturesDurkan to build £17m green flats for London key workers
Development of 145 apartments for Network Housing Group will meet level four of the Code for Sustainable Homes
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FeaturesWinners revealed at 61st Housing Design Awards
Top prize goes to Totnes scheme built by Galliford Try subsidiary in collaboration with the council and a community group
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Wireless switches
MK Electric has expanded its Echo range of “self powered” wireless and battery-free switches with a variety of decorative and industrial finishes
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Surface-mounted luminaires
Cooper Lighting has expanded its Crompton Cercla range of surface-mounted luminaires and is now offering them in two sizes and four lamp options along with a wide choice of emergency versions
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FeaturesOffice lighting
More than 5,000 lighting fittings from Zumtobel have been used on the Colmore Plaza office development in Birmingham