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Early risers
Chrissie Chadney, head of training at Willmott Dixon, talks about the group's 鈥榬each out鈥� initiative that encourages teenagers to choose a career in construction
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Windows, glazing and internal doors
What factors should an architect or builder consider when specifying internal doors and windows? Gerard Daws of Davis Langdon Schumann Smith lists the six essential points that apply to everything from a home extension to a million-pound City fit-out
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FeaturesBlue-sky thinking
Natural light and lots of it was needed for a hospital in East Anglia. But with a PFI consortium keen to keep costs down and planners restricting the building to four storeys, it was only going to happen if the design and specification was just right. Alex Smith reports on ...
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LIfetime costs: timber and PVCu windows
The 精东影视 Performance Group takes a look at the window specifier's options in timber and PVCu frames, including the pros and cons of each type, how long the frames can be expected to last, and what they'll have cost by the end of their service
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FeaturesFirms race to slap golden handcuffs on key staff
Performance-related pay pushes up rewards for company decision-makers at every level.
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FeaturesGetting more from your floor
It may sound strange, but concrete in a floor slab is a workshy material 鈥� all the the middle bit does is keep the bits at the surface apart. So why not replace it with something lighter? Thomas Lane reports on the Danish invention that does just that
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FeaturesYou say you want a revolution
The Scottish tourist office has got another image to put into its montage of Caledonian wonders: the Falkirk Wheel, a spectacular rotating boat lift. And as well as being a marvel of engineering and a work of art, it links the country's two greatest cities
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FeaturesBright sparks
Kings Avenue School in Lambeth, south London, with its vivid colours and inclusive approach to special needs education, offers Martin Spring an inspiring glimpse into a possible future of Britain's schools.
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FeaturesClient profile: British Waterways
Water, water, everywhere 鈥� and all of it the height of fashion, whether in a Titchmarshed garden or a comeback canal. Victoria Madine investigates one source of this new wave
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Beat the squeeze
Uncertain times mean it's more important than ever to maintain a positive cash flow
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How to spruce up your office this spring
Clean the windowsNatural light is good for your health. The cleaner your windows, the more your employees will benefit from the streams of golden sunlight that will pour into your office as the weather improves. Also, panes of glass covered in guano don't do much for a company's image.Change your ...
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Lead times
Reinforced concrete frame construction is holding firm with excellent enquiry levels, reports Gardiner & Theobald overleaf, but below Mace detects a continuing downward trend in lead times this quarter
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Just the job
FaberMaunsell's Graham Howells may have been appointed head of the firm's environment division, but he still believes it's important to have a life outside work
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FeaturesAppointments
ConsultantsMechanical and electrical consulting engineer 精东影视 Services Group has appointed Tony Cassidy, previously with Cyril Sweett, to head its new M&E cost management division.Project manager Heery International has appointed Ken Hamilton senior commercial manager. Bob Heald and Martin Sinclair join as project managers.Midlands law practice Gateley Wareing has appointed David ...
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FeaturesAlastair Mellon
Just 37 years old and with no previous IT experience, the managing director of construction portal Asite is changing the way the industry thinks about e-procurement. Marcus Fairs found out what makes him tick 鈥� and blush.
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FeaturesPilot error
Labour's pathfinder schemes were supposed to show what PFI could do for run-down housing estates, but after two-and-a-half years not one of the eight pilot projects has got under way. Mark Leftly finds out whether the idea will still fly 鈥�
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FeaturesParminder Mew and the temple of doom
It looked as if the Sikh community of Southall might never get its temple 鈥� let alone the biggest one outside India 鈥� until an adventurous project manager arrived to make it happen.
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FeaturesMaking history
Manufacturer Yorkon and architect Cartwright Pickard showed at Murray Grove that modular prefab could be turned into landmark design. Now the team has taken the lessons learned there and proved it can make money as well. Marcus Fairs reports from a revolution in the making
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A slice of Tibet
Caroline Sohie of Arup spent four months as resident architect on a charity project in Ladakh, India. Here, she explains the value of such placements