All Features articles – Page 533
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FeaturesEmpty promises?
Prescott's plan to build the homes that southern England so desperately needs is not going to work without a huge increase in funding. So far, there is little sign that he has the money or the political support to make it happen.
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Easing off the gas
In this month's survey, Experian Business Strategies reports that growth in construction activity continued to lose momentum in April and that it is expected to maintain its slightly cautious pace until July
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FeaturesDermot Gleeson
The chairman of MJ Gleeson may look like he's sitting pretty as he takes over the hot seat at the Major Contractors Group. But the question everybody's asking is, can he stop its members from leaving?
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FeaturesThe dealer
Chief executive of Harvest Housing Group Ian Perry has spent three years slogging to pull off the first housing PFI pathfinder project. It's entailed some pretty deft diplomacy and some hard bargaining, but it's finally paid off. Josephine Smit tell the inside story.
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FeaturesThe dark side of construction
Every two days, a construction worker commits suicide – which is higher figure than any other professional sector. We explore what lies behind this disturbing statistic.
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New-build completions
Although planning consents were down dramatically in May, housebuilders were maintaining their build rates and the number of completions in May was over the 12,000 mark. Housing association completions, however, remained at very low levels.
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FeaturesBravo to zero
The Peabody Trust's BedZED carbon-neutral scheme has been hailed as a triumph of sustainable community design (take a bow, Bill Dunster). But what is it like actually living there? Thomas Lane met two of the residents – and took their niggles to the innovator himself …
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Need an energy boost?
As the tired old commercial sector flags, a bright and bouyant industry sneaks up from behind and overtakes it. We jog alongside
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Planning approvals
May was a quiet month for planning approvals with fewer than 2000 consents granted, well down on last month's 3500. Essex-based Wickford Developments tops the private housebuilder table.
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In the altogether
What does a building really cost? You'll only find out if you consider life-cycle costing, says Stan Bruin, director at Monk Dunstone Associates
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FeaturesTower records
It took just 15 years to create this commercial district and fill it with stunning architecture. Here are the contractors and consultants who built Manhattan-on-Thames, and a few answers to the question: 'What's your favourite building at Canary Wharf?'
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FeaturesReach for the sky
George Iacobescu has been working on Canary Wharf since 1987. Now chief executive of its developer, he explains how the company created a place – plus, overleaf, we tell the estate's story
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Next in line
Canary Wharf just keeps growing. The latest piece in the jigsaw is Heron Quays – home to even more high-quality offices, retail and green space
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Lead times
The general market slowdown in the second quarter has meant most firms are keeping their lead times on an even keel.
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FeaturesWho's the new kid?
There's another tower taking shape near One Canada Square. It's a headquarters for Barclays and, for the construction team behind all the buildings on the estate, another chance to hone their skills
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FeaturesKey players
In the first of a new series, we provide an inside look into the management structure of leading construction firms, starting with QS Turner & Townsend.
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FeaturesHey good looking
Architecture isn’t the only thing bringing tourists to Canary Wharf. Find out about art on site, and meet the woman who commissions it