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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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Barratt grossly undervalued by City, say analysts
Share price languishes at fraction of true value despite the announcement of record profit.
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Aukett profit slashed by US slowdown
The US slowdown claimed its first UK victim this week when consultant Aukett warned that profit for the year would be 50% below market expectations.
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Gleeson bets on the executive homes market
Gleeson aims to continue a drive to increase the average price of its houses and has set itself a target of £180,000 in the next six months.
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Galliford Try buys two firms
Galliford Try this week announced the purchase of two small companies, and also revealed that it had won construction contracts worth £160m.
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Trading fuels Swan Hill rumours
Speculation over housebuilder Swan Hill continued to mount this week after millions more of its shares were traded.
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McAlpine edges towards services sector
Alfred McAlpine's purchase of utilities company Kennedy has raised doubts in the City over the future of the group's housebuilding business.
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Amey frontrunner for £360m PFI plan
Amey has been named preferred bidder for a large PFI project in Edinburgh.
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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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Meeting opposition
Tanya Ross - "Meeting fatigue", a frightening condition afflicting many in construction, is brought on by people spending more time talking about their job than actually doing it
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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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An invitation to sue
Rudi Klein - Warranties are onerous, costly and dangerous. And since they're not a requirement, the least those who provide them should expect is something in return
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We love you
Tony Bingham - Once upon a time, relations between banks and small and medium-sized construction firms was awful. Now all that has changed, say the banks. Oh yeah?