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FeaturesAppointments
ContractorsHochtief has announced the appointment of Stephen Ives as managing director of Hochtief (UK) Construction. He takes over from Leslie Forrest.Gleeson's rail subsidiary, Gleeson MCL, has promoted Danny Duggan to deputy managing director. He joined the company in 1984 as a site agent.HousebuildersEdward Ware Homes has created an in-house architecture ...
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FeaturesA man with a plan
The London Plan, which explains how the capital will cope with a population growth of 10% in 15 years, is Ken Livingstone's big chance to make a difference. But, asks Martin Spring, can he overcome five fundamental barriers to making the vision a reality?
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FeaturesDavid Fison
Just when you thought you'd never hear another good word about the PFI, along comes the new chief of Skanska UK, and he's barely able to contain his enthusiasm for it. Marcus Fairs went to meet him
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Local lowdown
In this month's regional forecast, Robert Smith of Hays Montrose takes a look at the state of the job market in the south-west of England
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FeaturesAppointments
ConsultantsInternational property adviser GVA Grimley has appointed Lance Taylor partner in its project management team.Stephen Buckley has joined Hoare Lee Fire Engineering, a specialist division of Hoare Lea Consulting Engineers, as fire safety engineer. He will be based in the firm's Manchester office.Nick Lloyd has joined multidisciplinary consultant Douglas Wallace ...
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FeaturesMaking life a brise
Cladding an entire office block with motorised louvres to make it comply with the tough new Building Regulation posed a fiendish puzzle to the specifiers – especially as it had never been done before. Alex Smith discovered how the riddle was answered.
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Faith in pod
Prefabrication is being held up as the answer to any number of housing problems, but are housebuilders ready to embrace the technical changes necessary to make it happen?
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FeaturesA life more ordinary
One year after resident Debbie Norris moved into her factory-built semi – a scheme dreamt up by Wimpey, the Guinness Trust and Britspace to prove that modular was a good way to build a new home – she had a few bones to pick with representatives from the alliance. But ...
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Curtain walling and cladding
There are seven key points that need to be taken into careful consideration when specifying a curtain walling/cladding system, says Peter Claridge of Davis Langdon Schumann Smith. Here's what to watch out for …
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FeaturesModels of efficiency
The scions of The Peabody Trust might have been doing some head-scratching after approving the designs for its most recent modular housing scheme at Raines Dairy in Stoke Newington.
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FeaturesTapping in to timber
Factory build doesn't mean homes have to look standard and samey, as Sunley Homes and Environ Country Homes are proving.
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Lifetimes costs: wall claddings
The range of wall claddings available is huge, and in deciding which to specify you must take into account their varying durability and whole-life costs. Peter Mayer of the Building Performance Group examines softwood, plastics and high-pressure laminates
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Storm warning
Clients are increasingly refusing to accept that extreme weather is an excuse for handing over a building late. At the same time, the weather is, as you may have noticed, becoming more extreme. Matthew Richards reports on a troubled outlook for Britain's contractors
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FeaturesWindows 2002
In the age of the supercomputer, architects are looking back nearly 2000 years for inspiration. Thomas Lane examines two dramatic glazing projects that have used ancient materials to create an undeniably 21st-century effect
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Seeing the light
With clients demanding aesthetic style and building regs requiring superb performance, it's time for the fenestration industry to rethink its philosophy
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There may be trouble ahead
In this month's tracker, Construction Forecasting and Research reports a slight improvement in April – but unfortunately the good news is marred by a rather less optimistic outlook
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Focus on the regions
How are the activity levels and order books changing around the UK? THe figures give the balance of firms reporting an increase compared with those reporting a decrease