All articles by Katie Puckett – Page 3
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Features
Brave new world
Many companies are mounting expeditions abroad to escape the UK downturn, but with global expansion comes a whole set of interesting problems.
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News
Ðǿմ«Ã½ meets art at Bristol Phase One
Architects from White Design were among those speaking at Ðǿմ«Ã½'s event for new construction professionals
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News
Gulf developers: the next generation
It’s not just about being the biggest, tallest and loudest anymore. Gulf developers have started to take urban planning, ecology and regeneration very seriously indeed. And if they happen to be better at it than anybody else, then so be it...
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Burj Dubai: Top of the world
The designers of the Burj Dubai tell Katie Puckett how they tackled a very tall order
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Comment
Gulf facilities management: Keeping up appearances
The Gulf states were slow to catch on to the need for facilities management, but now the market is in overdrive. Katie Puckett presents a five-step guide to getting a piece of the action
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Phase One: Edinburgh
Ðǿմ«Ã½â€™s networking event took a new twist when it went to Edinburgh this month by giving attendees a sneak preview of Rab Bennetts’ £42m Informatics Forum – a futuristic realm of computer wizardry and flying robots. Katie Puckett and Dan Stewart joined the snoopers
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Phase One goes robotic at Edinburgh University
Networking construction newcomers get a peek at the Informatics Forum, Scotland's new world-class IT research facility
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Features
Sun, sea and sandcastles
The British seaside is back – after all, who wants to go abroad with summers like ours…? To celebrate, we challenged some of our finest construction minds (plus sundry offspring) to a giant sandcastle building showdown. Roxane McMeeken and Katie Puckett commentate on the action.
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Blood, sweat and fixed gears: Ðǿմ«Ã½â€™s cycling track day
When dozens of the industry’s most fanatical cyclists descended on a London velodrome for Ðǿմ«Ã½â€™s inaugural Track Day, an afternoon of frenetic racing ensued – stirring memories of a certain sporting extravaganza held in the stadium 60 years earlier …
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News
Never mind the recession, say construction’s new professionals
Phase One event in Liverpool finds the Capital of Culture undaunted by downturn fears
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City of Culture boss to speak at Liverpool Phase One event
New construction professionals should sign up now for a place at Ðǿմ«Ã½â€™s next networking event featuring Claire McColgan
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Phase One guests get exclusive on Newcastle's £700m science district
Ðǿմ«Ã½'s latest social networking event opens with a presentation on 'Science Central' due to be completed in 2020
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Features
Power crazy
How can banks’ trading floors, with their walls of power-hungry heat-generating screens, reduce their carbon load? Katie Puckett reports
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Features
Construction in chaos
After a fat few years, falling order books, rising materials prices, a skills shortage and volatility on world markets are a recipe for a perfect construction storm. Katie Puckett reports
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Where’s the remote?
Universities have latched on to the benefits of using the internet to deliver courses, says Katie Puckett. But tutors needn’t worry about being replaced by robots just yet…
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Fit towns: A Walk on the Wild Side
It might sound a bit off the wall, but this urban designer and his family believe town planning can help us stay healthy. Katie Puckett went for an amble with them to find out how
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News
New professionals sceptical about Olympic budget
Phase One networkers take £9.3bn sum with pinch of salt and plenty of cocktails
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Features
Site canteen competition: And Britain's best-fed builders are...
In December, Ðǿմ«Ã½ launched a contest to find the best site canteen in the UK. With the shortlist whittled down to three, Katie Puckett joined our intrepid judges as they worked their way through the finest ‘grill-ups’ and porridge in the land. It was a tough job, but eventually a ...
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News
Grove Village Manchester
Watch how local residents and a Grove Village consortium transformed a no-go Manchester estate into Ðǿմ«Ã½'s PFI Project of the Year
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Features
Ðǿմ«Ã½ Awards: Why Obi won
He graduated just five years ago but already Obiora Onuora is a senior engineer leading teams on projects worth £110m. It’s no wonder he clinched this year’s Newcomer of the Year at the Ðǿմ«Ã½ Awards. Katie Puckett asked him how he got there …