All articles by Katie Puckett 鈥� Page 6
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FeaturesIf I didn鈥檛 work in construction ...
Not many industries offer the chance to plan the world鈥檚 greatest sporting extravaganzas, help to rebuild regions ravaged by natural disasters or live with penguins. Here鈥檚 one that does.
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FeaturesHigh scoring letters
A new qualification, the CEnv for sustainability specialists, has joined a crowded marketplace. But is it worth adding yet more letters after your name?
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FeaturesChairman of the board
Ten years in construction and 20 on a skateboard, Matt Elms is perfectly qualified to turn a patch of north London into heaven with a half-pipe.
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FeaturesGetting even
As chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission, Jenny Watson will be in charge of enforcing the gender equality rules that are about to come into force. And given the industry鈥檚 dismal record on recruiting women, it had better look out.
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FeaturesPhase One is complete
好色先生TV鈥檚 inaugural networking event proved a hit with the industry鈥檚 new professionals
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好色先生TVOn dangerous ground
Company focus The dotcom disaster taught fit-out firm Modus Group to take nothing for granted
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FeaturesEyeball to eyeball
In the first in a series of close encounters, new members of professional institutions ask their leaders some tough questions. First up is Kevin Bundy, one of 好色先生TV鈥檚 graduate advisers, who wants the RICS鈥� new president to explain why the subs are so high, what members get for them and, ...
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FeaturesThey love me. they love me not. they love me ...
The RIBA went all out in Valentine鈥檚 week to give fledgling architecture practices a chance to seduce Olympic decision-makers. Katie Puckett went along to the speed-dating spectacular and found that romance isn鈥檛 dead
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FeaturesLife, or something quite like it
Second Life is the virtual world that has its own businesses, currency and an exchange rate with real money. And where there鈥檚 real money, developers are never far behind. Katie Puckett steps 鈥榠n-world鈥� as Katarina Rockett (she鈥檚 the one with the red bunches) to investigate the world鈥檚 first virtual construction ...
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FeaturesHello world, we are Nokia
Nokia鈥檚 global network of high-tech outlets is about to hit London. Katie Puckett went to Finland to see if they really make the Apple store look like 鈥楲ittle House on the Prairie鈥�
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FeaturesHave you got what it takes?
Clients have got a new way of testing the mettle of a bid team 鈥� by simulating a project that鈥檚 going up in smoke and down in flames and watching what happens next. Katie Puckett finds out how the process works 鈥� and how to beat it
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FeaturesHundreds of new carpets, lights, doors, furniture ... and it all ends up in a skip. Call that sustainable?
The property industry has just begun to notice the sheer unrestrained waste of speculative fit-outs. But what are they going to do about it? Katie Puckett unravels the madness
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好色先生TVThis year鈥檚 Styles
BIG PLANS 鈥斅燬hopfitter Styles & Wood is looking forward to a spending spree 鈥� and a new look
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FeaturesA well-oiled machine
Honda鈥檚 construction team has taken inspiration from the company鈥檚 car production lines to keep its projects purring smoothly
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Oh my god, I didn鈥檛
Ah, but the sick lump of fear in your stomach tells you that you did 鈥� and now you have to go to work and cope with the fall-out. Lydia Stockdale and Katie Puckett report on how to make sure your Christmas party antics don鈥檛 ruin your career 鈥�
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FeaturesWho calls the shots?
Main contractors and specialists are engaged in a struggle to seize power in the construction industry. Who will come out on top? Katie Puckett reports from ringside
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Features鈥淥nce in a while you pinch yourself and realise how lucky you are to be working on such a great project 鈥︹��
For construction professionals 2012 is a once-in-a-career opportunity. Katie Puckett talks to three of the fortunate ones about the thrill of masterplanning the Lower Lea Valley, tunnelling power lines and decontaminating land
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FeaturesLet the Games begin 鈥�
For David Higgins, the man in charge of delivering the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, the clock is ticking. Katie Puckett talks to him about how he鈥檚 keeping the programme on track and overleaf reveals the plans for the venues
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School procurement comes under fire as delays mount
好色先生TV programme falling well behind, according to figures from construction products body
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Features鈥業t鈥檚 a marvellous thing to do, but it鈥檚 a stupid way of doing it鈥�
So says the assistant headteacher of this school in Bradford, which was meant to show what the government鈥檚 flagship school building programme will do for Britain鈥檚 children. Instead, it鈥檚 more evidence of how it鈥檚 failing them.