All Features articles – Page 537

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    Local lowdown

    2003-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Huge regeneration projects are turning Wales into a recruitment hotspot for professionals of all levels

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    No industry is an island

    2003-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Most construction laws are made in Europe, not Britain. FIEC vice-president Peter Andrews tells Ðǿմ«Ã½ how we need to learn effective lobbying from our EU neighbours

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    The graduate wasteland

    2003-05-16T00:00:00Z

    It is received wisdom that construction is struggling to attract graduates. So why are so many graduates struggling to find jobs? The answer, is that colleges and the industry are failing them

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    Words from the front

    2003-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Roofers have been faced with a grotesque rise in their insurance premiums over the past two years. Here's how they've been fighting back

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    The top down revolution

    2003-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Anyone who thinks of roofing subbies as simple, horny-handed sons of toil had better think again. The modern firm is a slick, high-tech, high IQ outfit

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    David Miliband

    2003-05-16T00:00:00Z

    The schools standards minister comes across as a sixth-form debating champion – but can he convince regional contractors to play a leading role in his plan to revamp the UK's secondary schools?

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    Site lines: Tips for metal roof cladding

    2003-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Ian Burns of Corus Colourcoat gives his five top tips for the trouble-free installation of pre-coated metal roof cladding

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    Check list

    2003-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Those tough new sound regulations apply to residential houses and flats, too. Alex Smith has 10 things you need to consider to comply with Part E

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    Meet the beetle

    2003-05-16T00:00:00Z

    It was Dutch practice Meyer en Van Schooten that came up with this astonishing insectoidal banking office in the heart of Amsterdam – possibly after spending the evening in one of the city’s many fine coffee houses...

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    They think it's all covered

    2003-05-16T00:00:00Z

    ...it is now! But what on earth has the world's largest timber gridshell roof got to do with England's chances of winning the 2006 World Cup?

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    New age classes

    2003-05-16T00:00:00Z

    The government wants school architecture to inspire and stimulate young minds. Ðǿմ«Ã½ looks at nine trailblazing projects that have tapped into children's imaginations and created very grown-up designs

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    Lifetime costs: Part M access

    2003-05-16T00:00:00Z

    What is the most cost-effective way to deal with disabled access for new or existing buildings? Peter Mayer of Ðǿմ«Ã½ Performance Group considers the whole-life costs of implementing the proposed Part M

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    Vodka modern

    2003-05-09T00:00:00Z

    Drinks giant Diageo has turned office space into outer space in a corporate fit-out so futuristic nobody else has got there yet. Must be all that Smirnoff …

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    Loads of trouble

    2003-05-09T00:00:00Z

    The developer wanted to take an office block over a road in central London and increase its floorspace by one-third. The catch was that the structure couldn't take any more weight. Here's how the engineer used a set of scales to solve the problem.

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    Help!

    2003-05-09T00:00:00Z

    Need somebody? Jessica Rolph, of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, explains how mentoring can ease the industry's skills shortage and advance your career

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    The guv'nors

    2003-05-09T00:00:00Z

    In three years, Sir Stuart Lipton and Jon Rouse turned CABE from an idea into a key British institution. Now that it's on the brink of another massive expansion, we find out where they're taking it now

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    Industry figures on industry figures

    2003-05-09T00:00:00Z

    13 experts give their views on public building costs

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    Dear John

    2003-05-09T00:00:00Z

    Prescott's extraordinary assault on the Construction Industry Training Board has incensed the industry and triggered a flood of letters to Ðǿմ«Ã½. We hear what you're saying

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    David Langdon & Everest's Rob Smith

    2003-05-09T00:00:00Z

    Davis Langdon & Everest’s new boss tells us about his plans for the QS in the chilly days to come. Nothing drastic – just a complete change of culture and business strategy …

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    Budget? Fudge it!

    2003-05-09T00:00:00Z

    Politicians, bureaucrats, voters and contractors all want to believe that ambitious public projects offer value for money – but the costs quoted in a shocking new book tell another story. Could PFI be the solution?