All Features articles – Page 505
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FeaturesBest Safety Innovation from a Construction Consultant
This Knowledge Online-sponsored award put Bovis Lend Lease on the stage yet again …
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FeaturesBest Site Facilities Award
Bovis beat off six sites, including one of its own, to win this GF Partnership-sponsored award
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FeaturesIntegrated Project Safety Award
LABC Services sponsors this category, which was won by the DWP Jobcentre Plus team
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FeaturesOutstanding Achievement in Health and Safety Award
In this final, Bovis-sponsored award, UCATT's George Brumwell was justly applauded
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Cost update: June 2004
This quarter, Davis Langdon tots up what it costs to improve access to your building. And over the page, why the price of fuel has exploded, plus find out what the going rate is for a plumber or labourer …
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FeaturesThe verdict
After all the pride, all the speeches, all the tears, all the tragedy and all the investigations, Enric Miralles' Scottish parliament is emerging onto the national stage.
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FeaturesUnite and rule
Suffolk's county hall brings the bewilderingly complex world of local government together in a single building. And it looks beautiful and works superbly – which is odd, as it was designed for an American energy company.
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Project perfect
An introductory qualification is set to make managing projects a lot easier.
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FeaturesOutside: Now/Next
The big issue now and for the foreseeable future is getting more affordable housing built in the South. Off-site manufacture is the government's preferred solution, but the industry fears it is a high-cost route that is incompatible with low-cost housing. Who's got it right? To settle the argument, Homes asked ...
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FeaturesI'd like that one, please
With just two weeks until the European elections, We canvassed four candidates with fine construction pedigrees and ask them why anyone should care who their MEP is
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FeaturesHave you got the message?
Miller Homes is smoothing the homebuying process by texting its customers regular reports of how building work is going. It brings a whole new meaning to the term mobile home …
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FeaturesInside: Expert eye
As one of the housebuilding sector's best-known flooring brands, Amtico has to keep abreast of the twists and turns of consumer tastes. Kate Bliss, general manager of UK residential business at the company, spots a few trends and offers some useful tips
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FeaturesRemote control
Here's the tale of a struggling M&E firm that couldn't keep track of its nationwide force of mobile engineers and as a result found itself drowning in a sea of paper, none of which was legal tender. We found out how it solved its problems.
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New-build completions
Private sector completions are up again this month, but only just. Once again, the South-east is in the vanguard of build activity. Merseyside continues to lag behind in spite of Steve Morgan’s interest in Liverpool FC.
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FeaturesLet them eat cake
After some years surviving off crumbs of Housing Corporation grant, 71 housing associations are to sit down to a two-year feast as preferred partners with backing for a string of projects. Josephine Smit looks at the impact on development. Data collated and analysed by Irum Malik of Economic Strategies
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Buyer demand
SmartNewHomes reports that the number of buyers looking for apartments has decreased, whereas detached and semi-detached houses are growing in popularity. So much for the urban loft lifestyleMethodologyThe New Homes Demand Index is based on enquiries recorded on the SmartNewHomes.com website and records the price people are willing to pay ...
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Planning approvals
In the high-pressure South-east, approvals are holding steady, whereas London makes a big leap from 165 in March. Maybe the government's wish to increase housebuilding in the South can come true after all
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