All Features articles – Page 487
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FeaturesDesperately seeking surveyors
With the shortage of talented QSs now at its most acute, practices are turning to more and more imaginative methods of recruitment.
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FeaturesDealing with libya
The moment when Tony Blair shook hands with Muammar Gadaffi, bygones were officially bygones and an entire country was opened up for British firms to exploit. But what are the realities of doing business in Libya? We visited the former pariah state to find out
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FeaturesCost effective
oanne Knightley is combining work and study with a distance learning BSc in quantity surveying. Here she tells us how she gets it to add up …
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FeaturesSpecialist Brickwork Contractor
PLF’s portfolio is a tribute to the art and craft of bricklaying
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FeaturesSo you think it’s boring, huh?
Quantity surveyors get to say ‘I was part of that’ about some of the world’s most high-profile construction projects. And that’s not all that makes the job interesting, as three QSs told us
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The bigger picture
Before you read about how well our shortlisted firms have been doing their jobs, consider what they’re up against …
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Best of the best
There are a number of things in common between the Specialist Contractors Awards and the Oscars in Los Angeles: both use an extremely large number of judges to determine, as objectively as possible, the opinions of their respective industries.
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FeaturesSupreme Winner and Best Public Building
If Joseph had been an architect, he would have designed this building
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FeaturesBest Single House
The judges admired the crisp detailing and the contrast with the oversailing upper floor
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FeaturesBest Private Housing Development
The building uses brickwork to exude a sense of strength, solidity and reassurance
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FeaturesBest Public Housing Development
Brick constitutes the heart of this colourful, vibrant, bold and contemporary scheme
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FeaturesBest Refurbishment Project
This little gem of a project has created a viable local attraction