All articles by Kate Allen – Page 2

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    Beginning of a beautiful friendship?

    2004-02-06T00:00:00Z

    What's this? Surely it can't be true? The private and public sectors working harmoniously side by side on construction projects? We report on what John Prescott's regeneration cash is doing for workers on both sides of the fence

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    Just the job

    2004-01-30T00:00:00Z

    After completing his science degree, Matt Tanner decided to work in construction. We find out if being a project manager is all he hoped it would be …

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    Just the job

    2004-01-09T00:00:00Z

    Chimwemwe Lungu tells us why she left Malawi to study and work in British construction

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    Just the job

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Colin James tells us how he used his construction background to found his own IT consultancy

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    Hot stuff: Top 10 industry issues

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    We run down the juiciest topics of conversation in the industry this year

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    Minority report

    2003-12-12T00:00:00Z

    We examine the implications of new laws introduced to tackle religious and sexual discrimination in the workplace

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    The great escape

    2003-11-28T00:00:00Z

    This year's Building/Hays Montrose careers survey finds a workforce eager to escape the shackles of nine-to-five employment to find a more flexible lifestyle.

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    'There were times when I was really scared …'

    2003-11-14T00:00:00Z

    You'd think the construction industry would be desperate to find bright young students. In fact, it seems to go out of its way to put them off. We went back to college for some hard lessons.

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    Confusion reigns

    2003-10-24T00:00:00Z

    In the first of a monthly series of articles on urban regeneration, we look at the mess that the government has made of its part of the process, and suggests how it might start to clear it up.

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    Just the job

    2003-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Roger Knowles has spent 30 years running construction and engineering consultant JR Knowles, but still has new ideas and the energy to trot the globe.

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    Return of the eco-warrior

    2003-09-12T00:00:00Z

    A decade after Swampy, environmental protesters are set to make a comeback. This time, their target is not the bypass but the runway, in a bid to scupper government plans for air travel expansion. We look at how contractors can avoid getting caught in the crossfire

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    Why are we so fascinating?

    2003-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Prime time slots are crowded with foppish designers, avuncular engineers, opinionated architects and diabolical builders. We find out what the attraction is, what the programmes are like, how they've changed the perception of building – and how you, too, can get your phizog on the box.

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    It'll end in tiers…

    2003-07-18T00:00:00Z

    The government is considering giving its social housing development grant to private housebuilders. Cue howls of fury from the associations and bitter complaints that it will lead to a housing lottery.

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    Good for nothing?

    2003-07-04T00:00:00Z

    George Ferguson is right about tackling architecture at its training roots. Currently, UK students undergo a course that is so unrealistic, many practices won't hire them

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    Dermot Gleeson

    2003-06-27T00:00:00Z

    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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    Hey good looking

    2003-06-20T00:00:00Z

    Architecture isn’t the only thing bringing tourists to Canary Wharf. Find out about art on site, and meet the woman who commissions it

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    Gleeson revamps MCG in an attempt to woo back firms

    2003-06-20T00:00:00Z

    New chairman of Major Contractors Group unveils radical agenda as he tries to lure deserters back to the fold.

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    Senseless acts of beauty Ltd

    2003-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Britain's plazas are littered with bad public art commissioned by bureaucrats. Now, artists are collaborating with architects and developers right from a project's concept stage, and afterthoughts are being replaced by grand visions

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    Party animal

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Dawn Gibbins' blend of knife-throwing, feng shui, democracy and belly dancing certainly makes a new contribution to modern management theory. But how did it win her businesswoman of the year?

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    Vodka modern

    2003-05-09T00:00:00Z

    Drinks giant Diageo has turned office space into outer space in a corporate fit-out so futuristic nobody else has got there yet. Must be all that Smirnoff …