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Cost update: September 2006
In this quarterly update on industry materials and labour, Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon reports on the impact of commodity prices 鈥� plus, how copper is becoming a precious metal and the going rates for heating and ventilation workers
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Features10 things to do with your unused paperclips
鈥� or what to do when your company launches a 鈥榩aper amnesty鈥� and spends 拢26,000 attempting to create the much-vaunted paperless office. Caroline Stocks, armed with reporters鈥� notepad, had a look around at one fit-out contractor that has done just that
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FeaturesIs this the man to break up Amec?
When Samir Brikho comes on board, few doubt that the group will be demerged
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FeaturesRun for it!
The success of the Olympics will rest on what Ray O鈥橰ourke and the CLM consortium does in the next 90 days. Mark Leftly considers the race ahead, and how it will be tackled
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FeaturesWhat does it take to get your loyalty?
Our annual salary guide shows that firms are offering ever more perks to attract and retain staff, says Mark Leftly. To the right are the three most and the three least popular of these 鈥� see if you can guess which is which (answers below)
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FeaturesDBK Back strides forwards
SME focus 鈥� Engineering and property consultant predicts 拢6.5m turnover, one year after buyout
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FeaturesOn top at 30
Meet JM, Ed, Matt and Karen. They鈥檝e made it to the top of their professions at a ludicrously young age, thanks to talent, ambition, luck and smart clothing. But what route did they take? And what has it cost them? Vikki Miller and Sarah Richardson found out
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FeaturesThats The Way
Martin Spring reports from The Way, Lovell鈥檚 vast, highly sustainable and distinctly eye-catching panellised housing project for New East Manchester
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FeaturesWhat to specify: flooring
Specifiers hunting for flooring systems that improve the acoustic performance of buildings,insulation systems that don鈥檛 require purlins and environmentally-friendly timber homes need look no further
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FeaturesWhat to remember: 拢60,000 homes
A new government report has examined the lessons learned so far from the 拢60,000 housing competition. Peter Caplehorn of Scott Brownrigg considers the implications for specifiers
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FeaturesH+H Celcon: Not so set in their ways
Danish-born, Kent-based H+H Celcon is a 拢70m-turnover concrete manufacturer that specialises in aircrete blocks but has now launched a structural housing system.
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FeaturesAll together now
Penoyre & Prasad鈥檚 Holywood Arches primary health centre in Belfast has enough of the boutique hotel about it to cheer visitors and patients alike. But it鈥檚 the inspired mix of health and social services that is its real triumph
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FeaturesThe accidental Dubliner
Simon Kaye was a London boy until 2001. Then EC Harris offered him work in the Irish capital. Now, five years on, Mark Leftly finds him running the Ireland office, working on major civils projects and able to find time to enjoy a pint of the black stuff 鈥�
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FeaturesObjective: London
Irish contractors who鈥檝e outgrown their domestic economy are being forced to look for work in international markets. Guess which is top of their list 鈥�
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FeaturesEIC鈥檚 new strategy pays off
SME focus 鈥� The M&E contractor that has made a bold leap into the education and leisure sectors
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FeaturesLife after la corrida
Barcelona鈥檚 disused Las Arenas bullring is being transformed from a crumbling wreck into Richard Rogers鈥� vision for a leisure and entertainment venue, topped out with a UFO-style roof.
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FeaturesU2鈥檚 Dublin tower hits bum note
The 100 m building is turning heads but the group鈥檚 commitment is in question
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FeaturesAnd fireland was ablaze
As an appetiser for our focus on the Irish economy, here鈥檚 a digital picture of the Republic. And as this view over O鈥機onnell Bridge in Dublin illustrates, Ireland has gone from a poor, rural country best known for things that don鈥檛 really exist (leprechauns, Blarney stones) into an economic powerhouse. ...
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FeaturesWarming to it
Geothermal energy 鈥� With the construction industry on the lookout for sustainable energy sources, geothermal energy is increasingly becoming the preferred option on projects