More Focus – Page 145
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Have passport, will travel
A survey of built environment professionals reveals a surprising readiness to up sticks and move abroad for work
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Interview: Mike Putnam, Skanska
The Skanska UK boss on prompt payment, where he aims to take the firm and his work at the Green Construction Board
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Top 200 Consultants 2013: The only way is up
This year’s Top 200 Consultants survey is jam-packed with good news. But what’s driving this resurgence - and is it sustainable?
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Cost model: Convenience food stores
As increasing numbers of consumers adopt the little-and-often approach to food shopping, Dan Hunt and Geoff Coleman of Aecom explore the keys to success and typical costs of this competitive sector
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Christchurch: Rebooting the city
Arup’s Sensing City project in New Zealand’s Christchurch
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Ðǿմ«Ã½ & Ecobuild Tweet-up
Come and meet like-minded built environment professionals as well as the Ðǿմ«Ã½ and Ecobuild teams this October
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Should the government get rid of the Code for sustainable homes?
In his blog, Good riddance to the Code for sustainable homes, Neil May, managing director of Natural Ðǿմ«Ã½ Technologies, wrote: The world-leading, growth-fuelling, planet-saving, highly innovative sustainability programme for new build, launched by the last government as the Code for Sustainable Homes, was a disaster. Click here to read ...
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The timber trail
As the EU cracks down on illegally harvested timber, what are the industry’s responsibilities?
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Latest products to meet regulations
Whether it’s glazed partitioning, fire-resistant safety glass, or just plain old cladding, we look at some of the latest recommended options to help your project meet regulations
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Interview: Mark Reynolds, Mace
Mace’s new chief executive on how he plans to double the firm’s turnover by 2020
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Global Infrastructure: Light rail
Key issues and benchmark costs of the rapidly growing light railway market
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The Iceberg, Denmark: Jagged edge
The Iceberg - a residential scheme that owes its dramatic profile to the unceasing Scandinavian quest for light
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A clash of housing policies?
Just when it looked as if an institutionally funded private rented sector was about to take off, a resurgent market in new homes may be about to snuff it out again
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Politics and infrastructure
As the party conference season kicks off, Ðǿմ«Ã½ looks at what the political parties are saying on the key areas for construction
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Paul Lewis, Stanhope
Stanhope’s development manager on how the company is stepping outside its comfort zone
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The Cheesegrater: One for heavy metal fans
How the 224m-tall Leadenhall Ðǿմ«Ã½ was constructed in the City without disrupting the neighbours
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The wasted recession
Recovery may now be on the cards, but did we learn enough from the recession?
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Procurement update: Project controls
Clients are dusting off their investment plans, but scarce resources mean that assurance of planned outcomes will be vital. Here’s how project controls can help to give that assurance
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Are free schools too cheap by half?
Michael Gove may want free schools to succeed but his department won’t be throwing much money their way. So are these cut-price schools up to the job or doomed to become places for kids to fail in?