All Features articles – Page 497
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FeaturesWalking in Lucinda’s wonderland
Come with us on a journey past the 6 ft high green rabbit and the shrine to Prickle, Hops and Florence to this couch, where we will sit by Rastus and Roy Rogers while we discuss English heritage with the sublime Lucinda Lambton – part broadcaster, part eccentric and part ...
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FeaturesLet us pay your way
We take a look at construction degree course sponsorship – one of the best ways of avoiding a mountainous student debt
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Lead times
Now here’s a rarity in the fast moving, everchanging world of construction economics: a quarter of relative calm in the supply chain
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Galliford and Headcrown storm July league tables
Old hand and newcomer take top two spots in monthly chart – but Bovis Lend Lease hangs on to annual title
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FeaturesCarole Souter’s plans for the past
As fears grow that the Heritage Lottery Fund is spreading itself too thinly, we talk to its director about her plans to help with John Prescott’s Communities Plan.
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Back to school
Returning to university to study for an MBA is one of the best ways to increase your earning potential. We look at the options available
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Appointments
ContractorEssex-based City & Country Construction has promoted Peter Heath (right) to construction director. He replaces Tom Higgins, who has retired after 11 years in the position.HousebuildersCala Homes (Yorkshire) has appointed Claire Daniel materials buyer.Paul Owen has been made technical manager of Warwickshire-based Chase Homes.Cambridgeshire-based Twigden Homeshas appointed Olga Hagan sales ...
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It’s all water under the (rock steady) bridge
Chris Wise, the man who put the wobble in our walk on the Millennium Bridge, has designed another. But don’t worry, he’s sure that this time you’ll be able to jump up and down to your heart’s content.
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If we built Holyrood again …
As those involved in the misconstruction of the Scottish parliament building anxiously await the findings of the Fraser Inquiry, Paul Morrell of Davis Langdon, the QS on the £431m job, investigates what lessons we’ve learned from the whole sorry episode – and which old ones we should never have forgotten
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Boatspotting
Edinburgh’s reinvention as a waterfront city is just one indication that the Scottish capital, with its booming economy and population, is set for a dramatic overhaul. We look ahead at the opportunities for consultants and contractors
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FeaturesIs construction going soft?
Cuddly toys from Rok and Geberit Terrain are compromising Building’s hard-man image.
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Is construction going soft?
Cuddly toys from Rok and Geberit Terrain are compromising construction’s hard-man image.
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FeaturesAedas man wins despite bump start
Aedas driver Jonathon Kennard wins the latest round of the Formula Palmer Audi Championship despite early race prang.
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FeaturesRiders in the sky
To be a cyclist in London today requires the kind of spirit usually shown by those piloting experimental aircraft and one-man submarines. But with a little help from prefabrication and cutting-edge plastics, tomorrow might just be different …
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Keep on trucking
This month’s market snapshot from Experian’s Business Strategies division shows that firms in most sectors are bowling along – and expect the good times to roll for the next three months
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FeaturesThe industry that time forgot
In the third of five monthly articles in association with ConstructionSkills, Building looks at how construction recruitment and training is being dragged into the 21st century.
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Local lowdown: South coast
The south coast continues to attract people looking for a dose of the good life. Robert Smith of Hays Montrose reports on some of the projects in the pipeline
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FeaturesDear Chris, we wish you were here...
Chris Eubank is charming, eccentric and unpredictable. He is also part of City Partnership, the consortium mounting a last-ditch bid to save Brighton’s grade I-listed West Pier from demolition. We went to discover what the story was – and was just a little surprised at what he found
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FeaturesFive great architects … you’ve never heard of
Jonathan Meades on the works of Douglas Stephen, Georgie Wolton, Frederick Pilkington, Sextus Dyball and Gino Coppedè … Why they’re so good – and so neglected