All Features articles – Page 626
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Top 25 housebuilders by housing operating margins
Last year was a good time to be a housebuilder. And it was the country's two remaining volume housebuilders – Barratt and Wimpey – that dominated in terms of turnover and profit. However, when it comes to margins, they trailed the pack in 16th and 24th place respectively. Smaller rivals, ...
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The top 100
Welcome to Building's largest-ever assessment of the top contractors and housebuilders in the UK. This year, we have made a few key changes to our usual format.
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Top 100 contractors and housebuilders by turnover
UK construction had a boom year in 1999, with the top 100 companies turning over more than £43bn. Total pre-tax profit was almost £2.2bn and the average margin was 4.9%. The top 50 companies – which account for 85% of turnover and pre-tax profit in the top 100 – enjoyed ...
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Just the job
Phil Clark asks the managing director of fit-out firm Newco Interiors what s happening indoors.
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Treasure islands
The Caribbean is the place to work, according to Hays Montrose s guide to salaries worldwide. But if it s not your idea of paradise, the guide also lists pay and perks in nine other locations.
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Home shopping
Berkeley Homes has brought housebuying into the Internet age with a slick advertising campaign and a shiny new web site. But does it actually help house-hunters?
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Michael Dickson
The Construction Industry Council's new chairman is diffident about his achievements, but his years with Buro Happold and his infectious enthusiasm for the industry make him the right man to lead the umbrella group's focus on design and urban renaissance.
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Certifiable consultants
If you get the job of independent certifier on a PFI project (and the liabilities can be scary enough to put consultants off) how much checking do you actually have to do?
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Hands up if you want to be a builder
How do you attract the pupils of a 97% Asian school in Birmingham into construction? In the second of our recruitment specials, industry figures face the challenge of recruiting ethnic minorities.
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Where the buck stops now
A recent Court of Appeal decision seemed to relieve designers of a great deal of responsibility for safety. The HSE responded by changing the regulations to reimpose that duty. What do the new rules say?
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Balancing the books
Your company s had a profitable year, but you re stretching the overdraft and can t pay the directors bonuses. Sound familiar? Your problem is cash flow here s how to deal with it.
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Careful what you ask for
When the Lowry Centre tried to escape the clutches of the Construction Act by backdating the contract, the adjudicator refused to go away. One party cannot rob another of its statutory right to adjudication.
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Appointments
Contractors Sterof has appointed Steve Cottrell commercial manager and Mike Hogg management surveyor. Ian Falshaw has joined Harrison Developments of Malton, North Yorkshire, as associate director of developments. Weaver Construction, which is based in Mexborough, South Yorkshire, has appointed Julian Kawecki managing director. Housebuilders Lovell has appointed Bob ...
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Support act
From rock-and-roll extravaganzas to awesome military displays in Horse Guards Parade, ESS modular stage system has toured the world and mingled with the stars.
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Shed Zeppelin
The blimp is back. A German firm has plans to revive the airship in the form of a fleet of huge cargo carriers. And, of course, colossal gasbags need an even bigger hangar to be built in. The problems were, well, vast.
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The Lord's test
It's a far cry from the leather-and-willow image of cricket, but Future Systems' media centre has already become part of the Lord's scenery. The question is, do Aggers, Blowers et al like it?
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The lying game
Angela Baron of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development on how to spot CVs that are full of porkies.
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WAP to the future
Mobile phones are as ubiquitous as hard hats and muddy boots these days. But a new generation using WAP technology is set to extend their role and introduce the m-commerce era.
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Tender price forecast
Tender prices continue to be driven up by labour costs, although prices are not seeing the steep increases of the previous two quarters. Margins throughout the supply chain have improved.