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好色先生TVCrossrail to found London skills academy
Crossrail will open a dedicated skills academy in London next summer to train workers to build the rail link.
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FeaturesTop 250 Consultants 2007: The age of expansion
With all the talk of credit crunches and stalled projects, it鈥檚 possible to forget what a staggeringly successful time this is for consultants 鈥� as our annual league of the top 250 makes clear.
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FeaturesThe invisible client
Repair work for insurers can be a lucrative income stream for small builders. But first, you have to unravel the enigma of who your real client is.
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FeaturesThe fit-out philosophers
8build was formed by senior managers at ISG who spent years observing the follies and failings of the traditional industry 鈥� and set out to solve them with their own company. Katie Puckett finds out more about their thinking
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FeaturesCrossrail starts here
Eighteen years after the idea of a rail line running east to west through London was mooted, all that has actually been done is to dig this large hole. But, as Gordon Brown prepares to announce a funding strategy in his conference speech next week, that may be about to ...
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Small builders miss out on public sector jobs
A third of SMEs in survey said they were doing less work in the public sector than five years ago
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Small builders miss out on public sector jobs
Small contractors are losing out to national firms on 鈥渂read and butter鈥� minor works for public sector clients, a survey of SMEs has found.
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Features鈥楽omeone might come in wearing polka dot socks that I don鈥檛 like and I think, oh dear, but they might produce brilliant buildings鈥�
Derwent London鈥檚 Simon Silver likes to champion exciting young architects. And now that the developer has doubled its portfolio, he can offer them bigger commissions than ever before. Just get a little sartorial advice before you make your pitch.
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FeaturesThe men who got left behind
Increased public sector spending was supposed to be great news for construction firms. But, according to a survey released this week, these local contractors have missed out on the bonanza. Katie Puckett finds out why the growth of framework agreements is threatening the industry鈥檚 smaller businesses
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FeaturesPhase one, take two
Young Mancunians were out in force at 好色先生TV鈥檚 second networking party last Wednesday
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Features鈥業 just feel the whole system is rather stupid鈥� 鈥� One man鈥檚 14-year battle with the planning laws
Gerald Ringe had one of those classic dreams: buy an old wreck in the country and turn it into a rural retreat. But he hadn鈥檛 counted on the idiosyncrasies of our planning system. Fourteen years after his first planning application, he鈥檚 finally giving up. He tells Katie Puckett why鈥�
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好色先生TVPhase One hits the North
好色先生TV's second networking event for new professionals took place in Manchester this week - and the blue cocktail made a welcome return
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FeaturesHow to attract students
Lots of construction companies do university milk rounds, but which come away with the cream? Katie Puckett asked six why they chose their employer 鈥� and if they were ever let out early to go the pub
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FeaturesIn times of famine
In the second part of our shortages series Katie Puckett examines how the ever-increasing demand from Asia and Europe is pushing the price of raw materials sky high
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FeaturesWho鈥檚 getting their hooks into you?
As order books grow to unfeasible lengths, firms are increasingly desperate to recruit. Unfortunately, they鈥檙e all fishing in each other鈥檚 pond, with increasingly evil results.
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好色先生TVConsiderate Constructors to sign up clients
Grosvenor Estates and Tesco among firms set to join group that monitors site standards
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FeaturesThe class of 1997
Tony isn鈥檛 the only one who had an eventful decade. These industry professionals all graduated in 1997 and have been climbing the career ladder ever since. Katie Puckett asks them if things really did get better, for them and for construction
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FeaturesHave you seen BT鈥檚 new mobile?
BT鈥檚 property team don鈥檛 sit behind desks. They use the latest technology to work from home, clients鈥� offices and 鈥榯ouchdown鈥� points around the UK. And soon they鈥檒l expect you to do the same
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好色先生TVLearning to think big in the land of the skyscraper
New York was the location for last week鈥檚 annual conference of the British Council for Offices