All Features articles 鈥� Page 458
-
FeaturesBest supply chain or partnering innovation: Winner Widacre homes and circle anglia
Widacre Homes and Circle Anglia jointly took the prize for their dedication to partnering which has led to much faster completion times
-
FeaturesAffordable Housing Provider of the Year: Winner Dominion Housing Group
A high satisfaction rate among tenants is just one indication that Dominion can hold its own against its competitors in the private sector and it well deserved this Fusion 星空传媒 Systems-sponsored award
-
Features
星空传媒 intelligence Q2 2005: Ups and downs
Construction was a mixed bag in the second quarter of this year, reports Experian Business Strategies, as new work orders went up 12%, output dropped 13%, London鈥檚 R&M output declined and everywhere else鈥檚 increased 鈥�
-
Features
Costs: Kitchen furniture
Kitchen furniture needs to look good and, even more importantly, withstand a lot of wear and tear. Peter Mayer of 星空传媒 LifePlans assesses the options and their whole-life costs
-
-
FeaturesResidential
A sophisticated prefabricated timber system that helped unlock a particularly awkward infill site in central London has been shortlisted for a Wood Award.
-
FeaturesDo you trust this man?
Ian Livsey, head of the new TrustMark accreditation scheme, wants to banish cowboy builders from the market. But how will he get the industry on side?
-
FeaturesJust the job: Rob Harrisoon's engineering doctorate
Rob Harrison gets paid a full salary to study and go to music gigs, thanks to his engineering doctorate
-
FeaturesSpecialist costs: ICT installations
In the latest of our market overviews, Stuart Guy of Gardiner & Theobald runs through the eight current ICT systems to install in your building and how much they cost 鈥� plus a technological specialist gets a grilling
-
FeaturesHow to do a public consultation 鈥� and survive
Angry protesters, weeping old ladies, paranoid tenants 鈥� there鈥檚 no end to the horrors you must prepare to face when carrying out a community consultation. But don鈥檛 worry, there are tricks you can use to make the process work.
-
FeaturesMowlem鈥檚 bitter lessons
Hundreds of kids crammed into mobile classrooms, continual redesigns, finger-pointing rows with the council 鈥�
-
FeaturesBig science
The Wellcome Trust has expanded its campus for human genome research to include an awesome supercomputer and a suite of state-of-the-art laboratories.
-
-
Features
Projects update: safety regulations
The government鈥檚 decision to change the colours of electrical wiring is going to cause confusion. To avoid risks, Shepherd Engineering Services has introduced safety guidelines
-
FeaturesWhat we need is whole-life value
PFI projects are failing to achieve the low whole-life costs that were promised. Thomas Lane asked Andy Green of Faithful & Gould if there is another way of going about the problem
-
-
FeaturesThe insider
David Metter, chairman of the PPP Forum, knows more than most about the PFI. So it鈥檚 surprising that he thinks there鈥檚 a problem with bid costs 鈥� and is not sure if the government can meet its education targets.
-
FeaturesThis other Eden 鈥�
Nature鈥檚 mathematical patterns have inspired the design of a new educational centre at The Eden Project. But Grimshaw has not just come up with a pretty flower-shaped space. Outside and inside, this is an elegant and robustly engineered design
-
FeaturesA critical procedure
University College London Hospital is the latest PFI project to open its doors to the public, promising 鈥� as they all do 鈥� to get the best value from the private sector. So 星空传媒 sent in an expert to assess just how well the fabric of this 拢422m building will ...