All Features articles – Page 541
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FeaturesArchitectural Practice of the Year
One practice stood out this year for its dedication to sustainable design and its sure touch in sending clients away happy, and that was Feilden Clegg Bradley
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FeaturesAgainst the grain
Tucked away in a Lincolnshire village, Gordon Cowley has been quietly revolutionising the world of timber design. Thomas Lane reports on his experimental approach to complex projects – and his very own product inventions
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FeaturesYoung Achiever of the Year
The future of the industry is in safe hands, judging by the determination and forward-thinking shown by the five finalists for this award, sponsored by the Construction Industry Training Board
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FeaturesInternational Achievement Award
Mott MacDonald pulled off an incredible engineering feat in Boston that involved creating the world's largest man-made iceberg – making it a clear winner in this category
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An 80s revival
You remember the 1980s: big hair, De Lorean cars, awful music and the free-fire enterprise zones that gave us London Docklands. Now Labour is going to bring back at least one of the above, with its idea for creating areas where the usual planning process is suspended. But will they ...
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£1000 Building Essay prize
This year, Building will be celebrating its 160th birthday. To mark the occasion we will be publishing a special supplement, Building160, that will look at how the construction industry is likely to fare over the next 30 years.
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Thames Gateway chief poached by Cornish regeneration agency
Tim Williams leaves east London scheme after six years to tackle renewal project in West Country conurbation.
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CITB plans 10,000-worker training blitz
The Construction Industry Training Board has launched a trial scheme with the Learning and Skills Council to give extra training to 10,000 construction workers.The trial project, which will cost £9m, is funded by the learning council. It is being run in 10 areas and will end in July next year.If ...
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Just the job
Ian Strathdee talks to James Hughes about setting up Mackenzie Partnership's contract consultancy
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FeaturesSafesurfers
Too many professionals don't have CSCS cards because they lack safety nous. Gary Redman of NOW Recruitment explains why you shouldn't be one of them
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FeaturesDo you know this man?
The enigmatic John McDonough has given his first interview since taking over at Carillion two years ago, and in it he tells Tom Broughton how he's turned the contractor into a lean, PFI-powered speedboat.
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What Gordon's going to do
Helen Demuth outlines how Wednesday's Budget is likely affect VAT, National Insurance, stamp duty and corporation tax
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FeaturesA designer rampage
London's trendiest new celeb eaterie was dreamed up by 80 (yes, 80) mostly French designers as a heady mix of retro-baroque and ultra-kitsch
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FeaturesA little less conversation …
Government bodies. Initiatives. Events. Programmes. The industry is crammed with ways of discussing sustainable construction – but a recent report is claiming that hardly anybody is actually doing it. A little more action, please, says Thomas Lane.
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FeaturesCapping the tip of the gherkin
Cladding specialist Schmidlin is responsible for the facade of insurance company Swiss Re's tower in the City of London – but only up to level 38. For the top two floors, it hands over to Austrian steelwork specialist Waagner Biro; this firm has the job of building the frame for ...
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FeaturesBricks or mortars
With the government committing billions to a prolonged war in Iraq, the construction industry is becoming alarmed about the financial health of its biggest client. Roya Nikkhah reports on how the conflict is affecting the home front
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What goes around …
… comes around, as discovered by those graduates who've had their pockets stuffed with cash by paranoid employers, some of whom have given themselves pay cuts … Matthew Richards reports on the 2003 Building/Hays Montrose consultants' salary guide.
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DTI: Construction wage inflation set to soar
Annual report on industry says that skills shortage will lead to huge wage hikes, leading to increased project costs and prices.