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FeaturesConstruction: no place for women!
You鈥檇 think the industry would have moved into the 21st century by now, but when it comes to recruiting women it seems more like a 1950s Harry Enfield spoof. So does the industry not want women or is it they who aren鈥檛 interested?
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FeaturesComing soon in 3D
In the world of 3D computing, architects and engineers have benefited from having their own software, whereas contractors have gone without 鈥� until now. We take a look at Virtual Construction and asks how likely the people it鈥檚 aimed at are to use it
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Losing momentum
Construction output and prices will continue to rise in the coming months, but the forward momentum is set to slow, according to the latest research from Experian Business Strategies
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FeaturesJust the job
John Montague exchanged life at a billion-pound turnover contractor for a career in charitably funded 鈥榮ocial enterprise鈥�.
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Appointments
ContractorGeoffrey Osborne has appointed Rod Peck operations manager for its South Midlands homes division.HousebuildersAffordable housing provider Lovell has recruited Si芒n Byrne as business development manager for Wales.Warren O鈥機allaghan has been appointed part exchange manager at Fairclough Homes鈥� northern home counties division based at St Albans, Hertfordshire.Gary Belcher has joined Northampton-based ...
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Cost update: June 2005
In this quarter鈥檚 analysis of construction materials and labour prices, Davis Langdon reports on the inflationary effect of steel costs (which may have peaked) and wage increases (which continue unabated)
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FeaturesDoing good by stealth
The new chief executive of the Prince鈥檚 Foundation is a quiet American. But Hank Dittmar鈥檚 lack of showiness is well suited to a charity that is aiming to slowly and subtly transform urban England.
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FeaturesThe client strikes back
It could spark a civil war of intergalactic proportions: the British Property Federation has drawn up a contract for consultants鈥� appointments, and it鈥檚 turning into a struggle of light versus dark. But which side is captained by Darth Vader and which by Luke Skywalker?
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FeaturesEmission impossible
The government鈥檚 decision on whether to introduce mandatory pressure testing of homes is going to upset some people 鈥� but will it be those who oppose the measure, or those who back it?
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Specifier Products
Nifty ways to transform roofs with lights and hand-crafted tiles plus an award-winning recycling sytem that cleanses grey water from household sinks using the roots of plants
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Costs: Single-ply membranes for flat roofs
Choosing the right single-ply membrane is not simple, especially as the options are often difficult to compare. Peter Mayer of 精东影视 LifePlans looks at some of the more common choices
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FeaturesThe 拢60,000 challenge
It is possible to build well-designed homes for this amount, says English Partnerships, and it鈥檚 running a competition to prove it. EP鈥檚 corporate strategy director, Trevor Beattie, explains why
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Features20:20 vision
A lack of standards has been holding back take-up of modern construction methods. The Loss Prevention Standard for Innovative Dwellings 鈥� LPS2020 鈥� should change all that
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Showpieces
Full scale exhibits of MMC building systems will be showcased at OFFSITE2005 including three demonstration homes in BRE鈥檚 new Innovation Park
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Smart thinking
Faced with a target of building 89,000 new homes by 2021, Cambridgeshire has set up the SmartLIFE project to learn how innovative construction methods can make up the shortfall