All articles by Katie Puckett – Page 4
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FeaturesWhat women want
Being female in a male-dominated industry like construction can be frustrating and difficult. But fear not, Katie Puckett reports on a secret that could help you get ahead
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CommentWeb watch - Jury service
Manchester’s Civil Justice Centre may have found favour with Building’s eminent panel of judges, but the verdict went in favour of Kingsdale School in our web poll, reports Katie Puckett
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Building Awards: 'This is the most fantastic industry'
… With lines like that, no wonder Nick Raynsford was a popular choice as Personality of the Year at the Building Awards 2008 last Tuesday. Katie Puckett reports on all the night’s winners
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FeaturesThe Middle East green building challenge
Special report: Now that the ruler of Dubai wants the city to be at the forefront of sustainable design, how will developers respond? Katie Puckett went to the United Arab Emirates to find out if the region really can have it all. With sustainable case studies.
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CommentPhase One goes to Birmingham
Over a hundred of Birmingham's bright young things came to the latest Phase One networking party hosted by Building
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FeaturesI regard it as a badge of honour when people say I’m over the top about nuclear power
INTERVIEW: Margaret Thatcher’s former press secretary, Sir Bernard Ingham, has spent much of the past 10 years lambasting the ‘mad mullahs’ of the anti-nuclear lobby and subjecting their arguments to an unrelenting barrage of ridicule. And don’t think the government’s decision to build a lot of nuclear stations is going ...
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FeaturesAbsolutely Fabio
Fabio Capello picks his first England team on Wednesday, and although he wouldn’t share his thoughts on selection with Building, there’s an Irish bricklayer who looks just like him – and he was happy to tell Katie Puckett what he thinks of Frank Lampard …
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NewsHousebuilders scramble to tackle credit crunch crisis
Bellway and Barratt demand cuts in cost from suppliers; Persimmon closes three offices
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FeaturesThe path to power
News analysis: The government has willed the creation of the first nuclear reactors since 1995, but to get them it needs to erect a new planning system, overcome opposition from a host of enemies – some within the construction industry – and work out a way to store toxic waste ...
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NewsHousebuilders scramble to tackle credit crunch crisis
Bellway and Barratt demand cuts in cost from suppliers n Persimmon closes three offices
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Assessment of prolonged cruelty
To become a chartered surveyor you must undertake an assault course than can take years to complete. Success depends on guts, fighting instinct and the tough love of a good employer. In Building’s first APC survey, Katie Puckett finds out what help the top firms offer their raw recruits
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Introduction
Retail has never been a sector for the fainthearted. For construction firms, it means slashing your prices so your client can keep slashing theirs, working round the clock, and around milling customers with absolutely no impact on sales, or pulling off a flawless finish against an immovable deadline.
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FeaturesAdded interest
HSBC is trying to make going to the bank as fun as going shopping, with an in-house radio station, executive lounges and armies of helpers to greet its customers. Oh, and with £250m a year to spend, it’s prepared to get its chequebook out …
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FeaturesCan Ken untangle the tube?
Transport for London’s bid to take over the demoralised Metronet consortium is virtually a done deal. But what happens then? Katie Puckett and Stuart Macdonald report on the task awaiting the London mayor and his team
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NewsHow to be good
At Building's launch of the Good Employers Guide recent recruits provided some insights into what they want from work, and it's not just a generous pay-packet ...
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FeaturesThe way we work now
Ten years ago, UK construction companies resembled the French foreign legion in their treatment of workers. But the harder they’ve fought to recruit staff, the more they’ve developed their soft skills.
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Features‘There is no question of cost overruns on this job’
After 18 years, the £16bn Crossrail project has finally got the go-ahead. Now chairman Doug Oakervee, in his first interview, explains how he will fulfil his promise not to go a penny over budget.