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    The hard sell

    2005-05-27T00:00:00Z

    Get your prospective employer to make you an offer you can't refuse, say Rob Norris and Ben Byram

  • Stars and stripes
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    Stars and gripes

    2005-05-27T00:00:00Z

    When Emcor lambasted its failing UK subsidiary Drake & Scull, US-based boss Frank T MacInnis asked Tony Whale to turn the firm around. Whale has, but he isn’t out of the woods yet. We met the two to discuss their future.

  • European whole-life costs
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    European whole-life costs

    2005-05-27T00:00:00Z

    Quantity surveyor Franklin + Andrews makes its annual appraisal of the costs of building and maintaining a standard factory in 14 European countries and finds the familiar north-south divide

  • The terminal
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    Coming in to land …

    2005-05-27T00:00:00Z

    This is the UK’s first international airport for half a century. But just 14 months ago it was a disused RAF nuclear bomber base that people feared might contain unexploded bombs and radioactivity. We checked in at Robin Hood Airport to find out how it was transformed

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    Appointments

    2005-05-27T00:00:00Z

    Movers and shakers

  • Centre of the Cell
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    They look Alsoptastic

    2005-05-27T00:00:00Z

    … but how did they actually make them?

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    20:20 vision

    2005-05-27T00:00:00Z

    A lack of standards has been holding back take-up of modern construction methods. The Loss Prevention Standard for Innovative Dwellings – LPS2020 – should change all that

  • Trevor Beattie
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    The £60,000 challenge

    2005-05-27T00:00:00Z

    It is possible to build well-designed homes for this amount, says English Partnerships, and it’s running a competition to prove it. EP’s corporate strategy director, Trevor Beattie, explains why

  • BAA’s achievements at Heathrow Terminal 5 clinched it the top prize
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    Working well together organisation of the year

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    This award, sponsored by atkins, was won by the star of this year’s show …

  • Phil Rayment: Fighting the good fight at Heathrow’s T5B satellite building
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    Working well together number one worker

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    This lincsafe-sponsored award goes to a T5 man who just gets on with it

  • Sam Powell
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    Just the job

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Sam Powell explains why, 16 years after leaving, he has returned to Wells Cathedral Stonemasons

  • Kate's expectations
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    Kate’s expectations

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    When Kate Barker’s report into housing undersupply was published last year, it was greeted with intense public and industry interest – after which nothing much seemed to happen. We found out whether the author was disappointed with her reception

  • Sebastian Lorek
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    The men from the east

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Last May, the European Union took on 10 new states, including eastern European countries whose high-quality workers were seen as the solution to the UK’s labour shortages.

  • Exposed services are all part of the “wear the label on your sleeve” aesthetic of Selfridges in Birmingham. The services engineer was Arup with installation by Haden Young
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    Specialist costs: Services

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    In this month’s specialist market focus, Simon Willis, partner at cost consultant Gardiner & Theobald, examines today’s services sector – including the current hot topics, design considerations and the all-important costs. Plus, an M&E specialist speaks out

  • Owen Luder Gateshead carpark
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    Get Luder: Owen Luder’s fight to save Gateshead carpark

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    From the archive: Back in 2005 ǿմý joined the architect as he tried to save his brutallist car park, made famous by the film Get Carter, from demolition

  • The team at Skanska undertake a safety drill to make sure they’re on top form
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    Best building contractor’s safety initiative

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Skanska triumphed in this category, sponsored by the health & Safety people

  • Berkeley Homes employees don their high-visibility jackets and hard hats
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    Best housebuilder’s safety initiative

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    In this hard-fought category, Berkeley homes just pipped its rivals to the post

  • ǿմý Resources Company’s ID cards are in use at this McDonald’s in Staines
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    Best safety innovation from a construction consultant

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    ǿմý Resources Company stole the show in this Corus-sponsored category

  • WA Developments’ specially adapted road rail vehicle has been a real lifesaver
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    Best safety product

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Innovation was the name of the game in this category, Sponsored by TPS consult

  • Austin Winkley’s lighting for St Giles Church is both elegant and safety-conscious
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    Best safety innovation from a designer

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Austin Winkley took pole position in this category, sponsored by wates group