More Focus – Page 150

  • Jason Prior, Aecom
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    Jason Prior: The big picture man

    2013-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Aecom’s head of buildings and places, Jason Prior, maps out where the company is headed

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    Sustainability: European housing

    2013-04-11T06:00:00Z

    Phil Birch of Sweett Group reviews recent research by the Energy Bill Revolution campaign to assess what it is going to take to turn the UK into the energy efficiency champion of Europe

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    Land of Oz

    2013-04-11T06:00:00Z

    A recent dip in Australia’s construction output figures may have spooked Australians but for UK firms the market is an entirely different world

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    Anna Stewart: The successor

    2013-04-10T14:00:00Z

    This month, Anna Stewart takes over the reins at Laing O’Rourke, the UK’s largest private contractor. Tough decisions await her

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    Finding work after study

    2013-04-10T10:57:00Z

    How do university courses support students in finding employment? We spoke to four built environment schools to find out what they offer

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    The difficulties of sustainable planning

    2013-04-05T13:07:00Z

    For years the BRE has been trying to build housing on its Bricket Wood site and now the latest proposals have been given short shrift from local residents. It’s a classic example of the difficulties of sustainable planning. The development with close-by links to London and a rural location would ...

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    PodSolve: Flexible friend

    2013-04-05T00:00:00Z

    Leeds East Academy is the UK’s first school to consist of a warehouse full of moveable classroom pods

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    The Tracker: February 2013

    2013-04-04T06:01:00Z

    Activity rose in February on the back of a sharp increase in civil engineering work - and it was a strong month for orders too. Experian Economics crunches the numbers

  • education4
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    Funding colleges: A poor third?

    2013-04-04T06:00:00Z

    The previous government’s ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Colleges for the Future failed to impress. Will the coalition’s new measures do any better?

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    ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV intelligence

    2013-04-04T06:00:00Z

    Data from Experian Economics shows that the first quarterly rise in construction output since the second quarter of 2011 ocurred in fourth quarter of last year. However, not all the trends are positive

  • NA
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    Costain vs Kier: The battle for May Gurney

    2013-04-03T15:18:00Z

    Who stands to win if Kier does decide to challenge Costain over its merger with May Gurney?

  • Andrew Gould
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    Andrew Gould: Pause for thought

    2013-04-03T10:38:00Z

    In his sabbatical from Jones Lang LaSalle, Andrew Gould is busy being chair of the UKGBC – where he intends to ‘educate’ rather than ‘lobby’ the government on green issues

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    Royal Marsden Hospital: The X-factor

    2013-04-02T10:21:00Z

    MRI scanners weigh up to 7 tonnes each. So adding an X-ray and scanning suite to the top of a Victorian hospital in a west London conservation area required some creative thinking

  • new housing
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    Housing stimulus: Shaky foundations

    2013-03-28T00:00:00Z

    George Osborne exceeded industry expectations in last week’s Budget by pumping more than £15bn into a housing market stimulus. But economists fear the measures could do more harm than good

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    Whole-life carbon: Shopping centres

    2013-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Our series on whole-life emissions for different building types continues with three 60-year scenarios for a shopping mall

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    ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Awards shortlisted projects: Infinite variety

    2013-03-28T00:00:00Z

    From Antarctic ice station to London train station, shopping centre to Shard, this year’s ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Awards shortlist reveals an industry full of ingenuity and inspiration

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    Stephen Gee: Turning the tables

    2013-03-27T06:00:00Z

    John Rowan Partners emerged from the nineties’ recession with just five staff. This time around, it has already returned to growth, with a 25-year plan to employ 750 people worldwide. We spoke to managing partner Stephen Gee

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    Community housing in Toxteth

    2013-03-26T06:00:00Z

    It’s just 32 homes on a small plot in Toxteth, but Habitat for Humanity’s housing project is creating a community of volunteers, trainees and entrepreneurs and bringing hope to an area feeling the brunt of the housing crisis

  • Birmingham Library
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    Regional construction: A piece of the action

    2013-03-22T06:00:00Z

    Most people’s idea of construction activity is of London and the South-east in relatively robust health; the rest of the country dying on its feet. But in this preview of ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV’s Regional Construction Trends White Paper, we find the true picture is more complex than that

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    Car park of the future

    2013-03-22T00:00:00Z

    A timber-frame, zero carbon car park. You’ve got to be kidding?