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FeaturesJust landed: Jon Emery moves to Dubai
Jon Emery spent 19 years at Hammerson before announcing a shock departure this summer to join the board of major UAE shopping mall developer Majid Al Futtaim. He landed in Dubai in October鈥�
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FeaturesThe work starts here
On-site trailblazers such as Skanska, lend lease and Hammerson have already made strides towards reducing construction waste, through a variety of different approaches. Graham Ridout reports
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FeaturesSoft option: free technology tools to help firms with the waste management task at hand
By joining the drive to halve waste sent to landfill, construction companies have committed themselves to improving their waste management. here are two free software tools that can help firms get to grips with the challenge
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FeaturesBank with a plan: Lessons to be learnt from HSBC's experience of waste management
It is still early days for site waste management plans 鈥� swmps 鈥� but efforts by banking giant HSBC are providing some valuable lessons
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FeaturesTime to go Dutch?
The UK鈥檚 performance on construction waste compares poorly with countries such as the Netherlands, where sending site waste to landfill has been outlawed by Michael Willoughby
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FeaturesCounter pressure: How some big name retailers are driving waste management measures
Charging for carrier bags is by no means the only contribution retailers are making to waste reduction. As major clients to the construction industry, they are helping drive improvements in waste management too
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FeaturesBattle lines: The Ministry of Defence is a somewhat surprising waste management champion...
Defence Estates, the MoD鈥檚 property arm, is so far ahead of the waste management game that its main concern in meeting government targets to halve site waste is knowing where more can be cut, by Penny Barratt
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FeaturesDrawing out waste: Architects have a special role to play in managing waste
Architects have been brainstorming with cost consultants to design out waste on live projects 鈥� and that鈥檚 been drumming up new ideas that could transform the industry by will Jones
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About WRAP
WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) helps individuals, businesses and local authorities to reduce waste and recycle more, making better use of resources and helping to tackle climate change. This helps to minimise landfill, reduce carbon emissions and improve our environment.
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FeaturesThe right way to go
Minister for construction ian pearson throws his support behind the halving waste to landfill effort
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FeaturesCountry focus: Czech Republic
With the strengthening of the Czech koruna and increased expenditure on the part of high-income groups, will foreign investment come at a price? Miroslav Vasko of EC Harris, Prague reports
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FeaturesGloomwatch - 好色先生TV's industry panel assesses the downturn
In the past few months, the construction industry has become an anxious and uncertain place. To help us make sense of it, we鈥檝e asked a student, a subcontractor, a small builder, an architect, an entrepreneur, a forecaster and a consultant to form a panel.
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FeaturesHow bad can it be? The nineties recession vs the noughties crunch
Remember 1991? For those now starting their careers, it may have been a time of cartoon turtles and spinning hedgehogs, but for older workers it was all about a recession that left the industry on its knees. Emily Wright spoke to both old and young to find out how they鈥檙e ...
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FeaturesWhere it hurts 鈥� where is the downturn doing most damage?
Emily Wright and Muireann Bolger assess the pain region by region 鈥� with only the city of Durham showing any signs of good health
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Features10 ways the downturn is changing the construction industry
The days when clients competed to build the tallest, bendiest and greenest architecture are now over. But how will the new era of scrimping, saving and surviving change the industry, and therefore the built environment? 好色先生TV makes 10 predictions.
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The tracker: Plumbing new depths
The slowdown continues to eat into firms鈥� workloads and order books, with the activity index for September falling to an all-time low, according to Experian Business Strategies
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FeaturesRiding it out 鈥� sectors thriving in the crunch
The world will always need GPs鈥� surgeries, colleges and, it seems, luxury hotels. Muireann Bolger looks at three sectors that might provide shelter from the storm
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FeaturesBoris Johnson鈥檚 redistribution of London infrastructure cash
The glad tidings are that Boris Johnson has just given Crossrail a fiscal injection. Unfortunately 拢3.5bn worth of other transport projects around the capital have been sacrificed to do so. Olivia Boyd looks at where that leaves the industry 鈥�
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FeaturesFirst impressions: Projects by Libeskind and Sheppard Robson
Another 鈥橣irst Impression鈥� panellist, this time Michelle Sweeney, graduate from the School of Architecture at the University of Manchester, comments on six new projects
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FeaturesNo nimbys here: will Tory councils accept their party's housing policy?
The Conservatives want to give local councils more power to plan development for their areas. But given that so many Tories 鈥� especially in the South 鈥� are fighting proposed housing schemes, why should housebuilders believe their plans will work? By Muireann Bolger