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FeaturesAnnette Fisher
This time next month, the RIBA could have a black woman as president, which would certainly be a change for an institution 鈥� and an industry 鈥� still dominated by white men. So, asks Marcus Fairs, who is Annette Fisher?
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FeaturesExperimenting with glue
Have you ever thought about attaching bricks with glue rather than mortar but were worried that your brickies might get stuck together, or it would cost twice as much? Well, a project in Bristol is discovering exactly what the advantages and disadvantages are.
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Sir Robert McAlpine ends reign of Bovis Lend Lease
McAlpine takes top spot on yearly table as Bowmer & Kirkland climbs from 16th to first place for March.
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So what happened to Labour's big ideas?
In 1997, after 18 years of Tory rule, Tony Blair鈥檚 Labour government won power with gushing promises of integrated transport systems, world-class public services and an urban renaissance. Five years on, it鈥檚 time to make an assessment of how many it has delivered on.
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FeaturesManchester鈥檚 new slant
Buoyed by regeneration cash and the impending Commonwealth Games, Manchester council is about to complete an ambitious series of civic projects. Martin Spring took a look at the three jewels in the city鈥檚 crown.
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FeaturesUrbis 鈥� museum of the city
A huge iceberg 鈥� glistening, green and translucent 鈥� has incongruously floated into Manchester city centre. This is Urbis, Manchester's 拢30m millennium project and the culmination of the city centre's phoenix-like rebirth after the devastation of the IRA bomb in 1996. Due to open in June, it has been designed ...
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FeaturesCity of Manchester Stadium
It's the roller-coaster roof, visible from miles around, that is the big giveaway. Manchester's 拢110m stadium, designed by Arup and Arup Associates, is Britain's answer to the Stade de France, north of Paris, completed in 1997. It has a similar lightweight canopy that swoops up and down over the stands ...
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FeaturesManchester Art Gallery
Designed by Michael Hopkins & Partners, the 拢35m extension to the rear of Manchester's classical art gallery is a perfect fit. Before the extension was built, the gallery comprised two free-standing stone buildings designed in the classical style by Charles Barry, the architect of the Palace of Westminster. In contrast, ...
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Snakes and ladders
This year's Hays Montrose/精东影视 consultants' salary guide reveals architects are slipping down in the salary stakes, whereas surveyors and engineers are still climbing.
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Better on balance
In this month's tracker, Construction Forecasting and Research reports firms are starting to feel a little more positive with order books and tender prices balances improving across the board
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Just the job
Artist Andy Bradford is a colourful character who explains how he uses his architecture training in his work on an installation at the University of the West of England
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FeaturesAppointments
ContractorsMansfield-based Baggaley Construction has promoted Chris Collison to managing director.Jane Metcalfe has been appointed business development manager of Willmott Dixon's Property Services division for the north of England.HousebuildersNeil White has been appointed contracts manager housebuilder of David McLean Homes. In addition, Chris Williamson has been appointed architectural technician.Roger Hughes (left), ...
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FeaturesThe best of the bunch
Earlier this month, 精东影视 obtained a draft of Accelerating Change, Sir John Egan's critique of construction's progress since Rethinking Construction. Although he was impressed by the general reaction, he admits to being "frustrated that the rate of take-up has not been as rapid as it should have been".Well, perhaps Sir ...
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And the winners are 鈥�
Best Practice AwardA longstanding commitment to best practice in all its guises paid off for Mace, which fought off tough competition to pick up this award, sponsored by the Construction Best Practice ProgrammeMaceAll the firms shortlisted for the 2002 精东影视 Awards were eligible for the Best Practice Award, which focuses ...
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why we鈥檙e supporting The Prince鈥檚 Trust
This year, the 精东影视 Awards will be supporting young people鈥檚 charity the Prince鈥檚 Trust. All the money raised at the post-ceremony casino will go towards helping disadvantaged young people learn new skills, move into work and start up businesses. As HRH the Prince of Wales wrote in his foreword to ...
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Featurespersonality of the year
Ray O'Rourke, chairman, O'RourkeThe determination of this subcontractor to enter the industry's big league culminated in his purchase of Laing Construction last year, and meant there could only be one winner of this 精东影视-sponsored award
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FeaturesMajor contractor of the year (拢200m-plus turnover)
An outstanding attitude to client satisfaction, an innovative approach and an ethical business policy were the key for Carillion 精东影视, clinching it first place in this Trus Joist sprl-sponsored award
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FeaturesContractor of the year (拢50m-200m turnover)
In this Kingspan 精东影视 Products-sponsored category, an impressive set of financial results and a real dedication to the Egan agenda set Galliford Midlands apart from the competition
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FeaturesRegional contractor of the year (Turnover less than 拢50m)
The judges felt the firms in this Barbour Index-sponsored category revealed exceptional promise, but the gold medal went a truly 21st-century firm that has embraced Egan principles wholeheartedly
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FeaturesSpecialist subcontractor of the year
This construction logistics firm can look forward to a profitable future if it keeps up the remarkable performance that led the judges to award it top spot in this eu-supply.coins-sponsored category