More Focus – Page 139
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Interview with Munish Datta, M&S
Fresh from the success of the flagship Cheshire Oaks eco store, Munish Datta, the head of M S’ sustainability strategy, is thinking smaller…
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Market forecast: A confidence shift
Leading indicators highlight renewed optimism. But don’t break open the champagne just yet …
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Cladding products
Our round-up of the latest solutions includes curtain walling for guide dogs, a flagship regeneration project in suburban Surrey and a cover-up at the Scottish Crime Campus…
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'The Treasury still have a completely outdated view of sustainability'
How should the government kick-start its stuttering sustainability policy? ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV, Ecobuild and the UKGBC held three roundtables at three party conferences - and three common themes emerged
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Good Employer Guide 2013: Seeds of contentment
Despite the financial drought, many businesses have still found a way to nurture their best talent. We look at what the best companies are doing, and how
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Good Employer Guide 2013: Small in size, big on ideas
SMEs may not offer the fullest range of employee benefits and they certainly can’t sustain huge HR departments, but these restrictions can in fact make them very attractive employers
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Foreign investment in housing
With London house prices rising 10% this month and alarm that more people than ever are being priced out of home ownership, pressure is growing to clamp down on foreign investors
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Cladding at Birmingham New Street
Birmingham New Street station is being transformed by a curving steel cladding system, but attaching such an instantly iconic facade to an existing frame has thrown up a variety of structural challenges
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Lead times: July - September 2013
Most works packages continue to be unmoved, but increased activity means that some rises are expected in the months ahead. Brian Moone of Mace Business School summarises the data
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Interview: Andrew Ridley-Barker, Vinci
Vinci’s construction boss on why the firm is putting airports at the centre of its growth strategy
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Danish Maritime Museum: Method in the Madness
Bjarke Ingels Group Architects’ £34m Danish Maritime Museum has been built entirely underground - in a former dock in Elsinore. The challenge was building underneath the water level without Hamlet’s old castle sinking into oblivion
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The commercial sector: Ready, steady …
Optimism that the private commercial sector is bouncing back is growing - all we need now are some projects
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From the archive: The Crystal Palace
As London prepares for the Crystal Palace to rise again, we take a look back into our archive at how the project was received first time around
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Modern methods of construction: Material change?
Will the surge in demand lead to a permanent shift towards modern methods of construction?
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Six stadiums that tell the story of English football
The Football Association is 150 years old this week and, to celebrate, ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV picks out some of the architectural highpoints of English stadiums
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Country focus: Brazil
With a World Cup, an Olympics, and recently discovered oil fields, it’s all happening in Brazil. Jair Carlos Roxo of ARCADIS Logos and Magda Skalska-Burgess of EC Harris examine the data
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Interview: Jeff Adams, United House
The United House boss on how the firm morphed from a social housing contractor into a developer with a £600m pipeline
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Qatar's migrant construction workers: what can be done?
Pressure is on the Qatari authorities to do something about the working conditions of those building the World Cup 2022 infrastructure and venues, so what are the risks UK companies working there could face?
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Construction 2025: A world away
In the first of a new series looking at the government’s vision set out in the Construction 2025 report, ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV asks if the opportunities it highlights for global growth really exist
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Sustainable housing products
We appraise the best products for building energy-efficient homes, from insulated steel lintels to external wall insulation that’s fit for seaside locations