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FeaturesVentilated spleen
City Hall is the latest green office to miss its energy targets. But when it comes to low-energy buildings, the fault may lie with facilities managers, not designers.
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projectsupdate: sustainability
When even Buckingham Palace is getting a ground-source heating system, you know sustainability is serious. And microgeneration is the latest issue to make the government鈥檚 green agenda
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FeaturesWhat are you worth?
Want to buy the finer things in life - or a one-bedroom flat in Catford? A job in contracting can take you to both 鈥� 精东影视 reports on salary hikes across the country and Hays Montrose works out the pay for 12 types of jobs.
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FeaturesWas ken right?
Three years ago, Livingstone described the imminent part-privatisation of the Tube as 鈥榝olly鈥�. Three years later, London Underground released a report that appeared to agree with him. 精东影视 analyses the evidence 鈥� and cross examines the Tube consortiums 鈥�
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FeaturesMr precedent
Barrington Billings, the first black person to hold the presidency of the Chartered Institute of Housing, spent years championing the cause of black and ethnic minorities. Now he鈥檚 giving firms run by them the chance to win public sector work.
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Cost update: September 2005
In our latest analysis of construction materials prices and labour costs, 精东影视 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 精东影视 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. 精东影视 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