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FeaturesRoofing specialist of the year
With a whopping 90% of its work repeat business, Prater has almost as many fans as Arsenal, whose glamorous Emirates stadium it is working on.
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FeaturesM&E specialist of the year
WinnerSmoke Control ServicesThe smoke ventilation expert is a minnow compared with the other companies on the shortlist, but it has to be one of the best bosses in south Wales. Each of its 18 employees gets a personal development plan, job-specific and customer services training. On top of that, engineers ...
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FeaturesDecoration specialist of the year
It sounds like Mission Impossible: roll out 150 driving test centres in locations from Stornoway to Penzance in 16 weeks.
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FeaturesFlooring specialist of the year
WinnerTwintecA runner-up last year, Twintec has clinched the gold medal this time thanks to an 83% leap in turnover to 拢18m and its status as a world leader in the production of steel-fibre-reinforced concrete floor slabs. It is not resting on its laurels, though, but investing 拢45,000 in research to ...
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FeaturesOff-site specialist of the year
When Moho, Urban Splash鈥檚 swanky Manchester housing development, was unveiled earlier this year, it proved that volumetric housing developments could be, well, swanky.
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FeaturesTraining award
The fact that Eastbourne-based ductwork contractor Hotchkiss has archives that record taking 鈥淔rederick George Scarlett as an apprentice for a term of four years from the 20th day of January 1911 to the 20th day of January 1915鈥� gives an indication of its longstanding commitment to training.
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FeaturesInnovation of the year
Coleman鈥檚 second category win of the evening was gained by a simple idea: washing the spoil dug up by its excavation business and recycling it.
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FeaturesPersonality of the year
Anyone who has met or talked with Keith Blanshard, aka The Modular Man, is likely to have detected his passion for off-site construction.
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FeaturesGlobal reach
鈥楾he summit of world architecture has been conquered by a tiny class of signature architect who peddle a brand of designer egotism to desperate clients with no regard to context, placemaking or local needs. Discuss.鈥�
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FeaturesJust the job: RICS in Norfolk
Jon Nelson and Tim Boucher talk about setting up a network for young RICS members in Norfolk
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Market forecast: Infrastructure explosion
Davis Langdon looks at the state of the construction economy, including energy price rises, the Olympics, current public spending and the exploding infrastructure sector. Plus, why everybody鈥檚 talking about oil 鈥�
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FeaturesHot topic: Impact of oil prices
Following on from last week鈥檚 energy issue, Davis Langdon examines the impact of oil prices 鈥� and therefore petrol prices and transport costs 鈥� going through the roof
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FeaturesThe response
From Jersey to Carlisle, readers have been sending in their support for 精东影视鈥檚 Reform the Regs campaign. Backing has come from across the industry. Here, we publish a selection of readers鈥� letters.
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FeaturesThe father trap
As if babies didn鈥檛 create enough havoc in the lives of their dads, they are now threatening to disrupt their employers, too. The government wants to give new fathers three months鈥� paternity leave on 拢106 a week. But in the macho world of construction, how many would actually ...
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FeaturesCarbon copy
After making a splash with BedZed, Bill Dunster is taking the sustainability mission to the next stage, tackling everyday housing as well as homes of Chinese bourgeoisie.