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At the top of the slope
This month, Experian Business Strategies reports that May was a bumper period for construction activity. However, labour shortages are proving irksome, and growth is set to wind down over the next quarter 鈥�
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FeaturesKeith Hill
Only a month into the job and the housing minister has absorbed the government's line about having a 'vision' for urban regeneration. But when it comes to expounding the finer policy points, he seems less sure of himself.
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FeaturesT5 - satisfying hell hounds, wrestling with serpents
At least, that's how the Heathrow team describe their battle to make a 15-year-old design work for a rapidly evolving industry.
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FeaturesThe saga of T5's roof design
Because the roof was such a prominent feature, designing it so that it could be built in a cost-effective way was fundamental to the project's success.
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FeaturesThe IT strategy at T5
People will look back on the new Heathrow Terminal 5 as a landmark in smart design
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FeaturesScourge of the skyline
Pirate broadcasters are thugs with links to drug gangs who hijack the airwaves with illegal antennas on high-rise roofs. We report on the violent struggle between them and the contractors hired to take them off the air
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FeaturesTop 100 Contractors and Housebuilders 2003
Directors justify their salaries by pointing to market forces. But the spectacle of poorly performing bosses skipping away from their disasters encumbered by sackfuls of cash has hardened opinion against those whose remuneration exceeds their talent.
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FeaturesGoodbye, Mr Chips
Has Britain's culinary revolution really reached the site canteen? In the final part of our health series, we examine whether the worker's staple of carbohydrates fried in grease is under threat and discovers that firms are increasingly treating diet as a health and safety issue. He also tests Bovis' model ...
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The Collaborators
We're told that online procurement and project management is essential to running an efficient job. But is it? And if so, which is the best provider? Luckily, we found a company willing to spill the beans 鈥�
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Local lowdown
Yorkshire's job hotspot is Hull, where developments are on the increase and a skills shortage is pushing pay upwards.
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Morgan Sindall storms to top with work worth 拢124m
Contractor ends quiet spell by winning most work in June; Laing was hard on its heels with jobs worth 拢116m.
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FeaturesSeaside rocks
Britain's seedy seaside towns are about to get tons and tons of regeneration cash, a dozen or so world-class architects and some schemes that will knock your socks off.
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FeaturesCost study: Chemistry building, Queen Mary University
The design of a laboratory is an exercise in technical virtuosity married to an understanding of the social dynamics of a community of undergraduates and researchers. Architect Sheppard Robson, QS Turner & Townsend and contractor Geoffrey Osborne tackled one such demanding brief at Queen Mary University in London 鈥� here鈥檚 ...
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FeaturesEat to your heart's content
Ruth Rogers, founder of The River Cafe, works on the principle that fresh, healthy ingredients make for delicious meals. Here are her suggestions for the industry, and six tips for a happy heart
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The well-tempered construction worker
A case of wine goes to Gerald Cole for his very funny account of the future site worker
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FeaturesIt makes you sick...
鈥� to discover that many firms are turning a blind eye to the serious long-term health risks that their workers are being exposed to. We diagnose the problems.
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FeaturesDavid Ridley
He's almost 60 and he's spent 30 years turning Faithful & Gould from a local into a global firm, so you might think he'd be ready to take on something really difficult. And you'd not be wrong 鈥�
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FeaturesWhy are architects so sexist?
Architects stand accused of a 'disgusting' degree of sexism 鈥� not least by their own institute. We find out why the RIBA's blown the whistle 鈥� and how it plans to tackle the problem