More Focus – Page 508
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Changing the record
One year ago, the government ordered councils to abandon "lowest price wins" procurement and start buying buildings on best value. Now bolder councils have taken on the challenge
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Why I want women
Paul Hodgkinson wants 50% of Simons Group employees to be female by 2011. Here's why
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Five London party venues
The Science MuseumExhibition Road, SW7The museum provides eight galleries as well as the Wellcome Wing for parties. The Wellcome Wing has a simulated space ride, eight floors of interactive exhibits, a 420-seat Imax cinema, and dining areas for up to 700 people. It costs £6500-10,000 to hire and is available ...
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Top floor for site huts, hard hats and dirty floors
Sloane Square emporium Peter Jones has definitely seen better days. But up on the roof, a Bovis-led team is running a four-year revamp that will transform the store into a 21st-century shoppers' paradise.
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A light touch
Paul Traynor - Lighting designers often have their concepts ruined by engineers. How can this be avoided?
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Cost model: Procuring social housing
The Housing Corporation is pushing housing associations into adopting the partnering and prefabrication ethos of the Egan agenda. Davis Langdon & Everest looks at how they are responding to the challenges of smart procurement, with case studies from two pathfinding schemes
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Just the job
Jaz Vilkhu, of building materials manufacturer Marshalls, tells Melanie Delargy how his company's innovative sales approach saves its clients a great deal of money
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Appointments
ContractorsDavid McLean Contractors has appointed Gareth Davies information systems director.Janice McCann (right) has joined Balfour Beatty subsidiary Balfour Kilpatrick as safety and environmental manager.Alan Fox has been promoted to managing director of ceilings and decorative finishes contractor Clark & Fenn, part of Skanska.Commercial landscape contractor Severn Vale Contracts has appointed ...
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Under £1m - Working from home
After a decade of wrangling with council planners, an imaginative live–work building by Studio E Architects occupies a derelict site in London's Barnes conservation area.
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Is the party over?
Record output, rising prices and full employment are threatening to overheat construction, but plunging stock markets may herald a big chill. Is it time to panic?
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What's it worth?
Kath Knight, human resources director at multidisciplinary practice WSP, explains how to get the pay rise you know you deserve
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Appointments
HousebuildersBill Wilcox (right) has joined Swan Hill's Sussex office as land executive.Redrow Homes has appointed Peter Hurst, formerly of Berkeley, special projects manager in South Wales.ConsultantsRichard Murphy Architects has promoted Bill Black to senior associate. Guido Maclellan, Matthew Bremner and James Mason have also been made associates.Consulting engineer Roger Preston ...
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The nonconformist
Fighting talk is on the agenda as John Weir of Wilcon Homes prepares to take up one of the hottest seats in housebuilding: president of the House Builders Federation. Martin Spring finds out how he plans to change the system from within…
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Phoenix of the North
In a gargantuan leap of the imagination, Wilkinson Eyre Architects has created Magna, a dynamic adventure in science that rises from the hulk of a decaying Northern steelworks.
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How would you like your stake?
From October, employers will have to offer all staff stakeholder pensions. Chris Pomroy explains how the schemes will work and how companies should choose between them.
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Five top management books
Marketing: An Introductory Testby Martin Christopher and Malcolm McDonald Palgrave, £17.50This easy-to-read paperback covers the basics of marketing and introduces some useful jargon.Success Strategies for Design Professionalsby Weld Coxe, Nina Hartung, Hugh Hochberg, Brian Lewis, David Maister, Robert Mattox and Peter PivenKrieger Publishing, £34This book is a great analysis of ...
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The human element
Sir Frank Lampl - After the industrial and technological revolutions, the next great step froward for commerce will be one of attitude. And employees will lead the way
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Lifting the lid
When Farahmand Jahanpour was told that nobody had ever designed a commercially viable retractable stadium roof, it was all the incentive he needed. Three weeks later he came up with Skylid.
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Driving force
Huw Jones kicks off a new series on what construction can learn from the motor industry