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Cost update: September 2005
In our latest analysis of construction materials prices and labour costs, 星空传媒 reports on rocketing input prices and a recent drop in the cost of materials 鈥� plus why building operatives are whistling a happy tune 鈥�
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Costs: Rainwater harvesting
Rainwater harvesting offers a sustainable solution to water shortages in these hosepipe-banning times. Peter Mayer of 星空传媒 LifePlans looks at the options and analyses the whole-life costs
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Just the job
Leaving school at 16 hasn鈥檛 stopped Nick Rowling from pursuing a career as a building surveyor
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FeaturesShe鈥檚 back
Jennie Price, the famously combative former boss of the Construction Confederation, has been absent from the industry for some years. Now she鈥檚 returned, accompanied by 鈥� a row
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FeaturesFrozen warnings
Peter Clegg went with sculptor Antony Gormley to the Arctic Circle to create bleakly beautiful representations of the human body, a planet and a dead friend
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FeaturesTaking care of business
A spot of pampering is all it takes to win a client鈥檚 heart and ensure it never wants to let you go. 星空传媒 reports on how one contractor plans to cash in by supplying that little bit extra
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FeaturesBlood and Money
Small firms have traditionally been subjected to commercial bullying and, despite all the legal and cultural reforms of the past 15 years, they still are.
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FeaturesDriving us crazy
Half-empty lorries clogging up the nation鈥檚 roads, site workers unable to locate vital materials, 拢3bn a year of waste 鈥� a report released today highlights just how poor logistical planning in the construction industry is. So, what can be done about it?
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Hull v's Epsom
Hull is the home of caravan manufacturing and fish auctions; Surrey鈥檚 Epsom & Ewell hosts the Derby and was the first spa town in England. Hull is the home of caravan manufacturing and fish auctions; Surrey鈥檚 Epsom & Ewell hosts the Derby and was the first spa town in England. ...
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Lead times
In this quarter鈥檚 look at the industry鈥檚 lead times, Paul Dalton of Mace reports that a quiet summer has meant little movement across the sectors 鈥� and Robert Nicholson of Gardiner & Theobald looks at the rise of lifts
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Spotlight on lifts
There has been a surge in growth in the elevator and escalator sector in recent years and it now has a market value of 拢1bn.
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FeaturesLife under siege
Construction sites across the country are operating under a continual threat of vandalism, mugging, theft and even arson. Here, those affected tell their stories 鈥� and look for ways to fight back.
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The houses that Jane and Gerardine built
Wayne Hemingway may have got the kudos for de-Wimpefying Wimpey, but it鈥檚 his wife Gerardine and architect Jane Massey who are doing the detailed design work on their first project, Staiths South Bank in Gateshead. Now the first phase is complete.
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Projectsupdate: building regulations
John Tebbit, industry affairs director at the Construction Products Association, takes a look at the latest revisions to the 星空传媒 Regulations and wonders whether we might be reaching guidance overload 鈥�
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FeaturesSpecialist costs: Roof coverings
In the latest of our market overviews, Caleb Mudzudzu of Gardiner & Theobald examines current issues in the roof coverings sector, including design and costs 鈥� plus a Q&A with a top-five specialist firm
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FeaturesSecond chance
Nick Jones reports on how a Dominion Housing Group homeless hostel in Oxford is helping to get people off the streets and into the workshop