All Features articles – Page 269

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    Cost update Q3 2011

    2011-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Never a dull moment: average earnings have improved but inflation is still at a 15-year high, and industrial relations remain tense. Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, reports

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    McLaren factory: Driving force

    2011-11-23T13:46:00Z

    White, pristine and streamlined – McLaren’s sports car production centre is like no factory you’ve ever seen. Ike Ijeh goes for a spin at the Foster-designed facility  

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    Stone unturned: Crest Nicholson interview

    2011-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Two years ago Crest Nicholson almost came a cropper under a deluge of debt. Chief executive Stephen Stone tells ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV how its buy-out, and some sheer nerve, has enabled it to stay around

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    Survival of the fittest: Courses to improve your CV

    2011-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Is your CV as good as it could be? With 2012 looking tough, now’s the time to upskill and gain knowledge to win the race for jobs and further your career. Here are three courses that could put you in the fast lane

  • George Osborne
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    Public sector cuts: Client feedback

    2011-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Public sector clients slashed projects in response to the chancellor’s swingeing cuts. But as the results of the Constructionline ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Index show, the pain is by no means over

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    Country focus: China

    2011-11-18T00:00:00Z

    China’s GDP outstrips almost everyone else’s, but, says Philip Darby from EC Harris, there are concerns about inflation, bank lending, house prices and construction safety

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    Arts-led regeneration projects: Join the culture club

    2011-11-18T00:00:00Z

    These days museums, art galleries and concert halls are built not for their own sake but in the hope they can transform deprived urban wastelands into vibrant communities. Ike Ijeh looks at the resounding successes - and some abject failures

  • genie
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    Top Specialists 2011

    2011-11-18T00:00:00Z

    What could help specialist contractors out of the fix they’re in? Iain Withers applies a bit of elbow grease and works up a wishlist

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    Q&A with the RICS: The new qualification

    2011-11-11T00:00:00Z

    The RICS’ new AssocRICS qualification has been met with scepticism and accusations of devaluing the profession. ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV talks to executive director Mark Walley about why a creating a new path into the institution is a good thing for everyone

  • Retail
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    Retail market report: the impact of online shopping

    2011-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Forget shopping trolleys. You’ll soon be able to buy something by pointing your mobile phone at it. But what impact is this, and the inexorable rise of online shopping, going to have on retail construction? ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV looks at this fast-changing sector

  • Floating House
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    Flood-proof house: Home and dry

    2011-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Would you build a house on the Norfolk Broads, one of the most flood-prone areas of the UK? LSI Architects did and its sophisticated design meant getting the project through planning was plain sailing.

  • Turner and Townsend
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    Turner & Townsend interview: Vince Clancy and Steve McGuckin

    2011-11-11T00:00:00Z

    As more UK consultancies are snapped up by international giants, ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV hears from global boss Vince Clancy and UK MD Steve McGuckin about why Turner & Townsend isn’t budging on its independence

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    The tracker: Autumn wipe out

    2011-11-11T00:00:00Z

    September offered little cause for cheer as activity declined across all three sectors: residential, non-residential and civil engineering. Experian Economics reveals the extent of the bad news

  • Specifier
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    Q&A with a roofing specialist: To top it all

    2011-11-11T00:00:00Z

    How has roofing design been affected by the pressure to reduce costs while providing environmentally-friendly solutions? Brent Tyrrell, business development manager at Lakesmere, talks about the latest developments in the sector

  • ArcelorMittal Orbit
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    First Impressions: Kapoor's ArcelorMittal Orbit

    2011-11-10T14:54:00Z

    The student panel is not too impressed with Anish Kapoor’s controversial spiralling Olympic ArcelorMittal Orbit

  • Into the Vortex graphic
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    Are we experiencing the second great depression? Into the vortex

    2011-11-04T00:00:00Z

    Reports out this week warn of five more years of economic decline, soaring unemployment and the threat of widespread social unrest. Could we be experiencing a second Great Depression? ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV travels back in time to predict construction’s future

  • Costmodel
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    Cost model: Small projects

    2011-11-04T00:00:00Z

    With low availability of space and pressure to reduce costs, more small projects are being built - especially with high demand for affordable housing, care homes and office fit-out. Peter Fordham, Simon Hughes and Paul Donlen of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, cost it up

  • ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV analysis
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    The consultancy sector: Little and large

    2011-11-04T00:00:00Z

    Consolidation is now the name of the consultancy sector game - except some clients still like a more individual touch. Joey Gardiner asks if uneasiness over the new giants is spawning small startups

  • Bloxham
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    The Tom Bloxham interview

    2011-11-04T00:00:00Z

    For 20 years, renowned regeneration company Urban Splash grew and grew. Then in 2008 the bottom fell out of the market and soon after the firm found itself on the ‘brink of collapse’. Its founder tells Emily Wright how it changed everything - and nothing

  • BIM
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    The rise of the BIM consultant

    2011-11-04T00:00:00Z

    With its clear government backing and success stories in the press, construction firms realise that BIM is a Very Important Thing. The question is, how to do it? Thomas Lane meets the new wave of BIM consultants who may have the answer