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How striking
This Bryant & May match factory, now converted into sleek 21st-century offices by Urban Splash and Shed KM, is a sign of Liverpool's growing self-confidence and commercial clout. A round-up of the city's regeneration starts with the story of its conversion.
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Come together
Liverpool has only limited improvement to show for all the money that has been thrown at it over the past 20 years. But now big commercial developments and innovative housing partnerships are changing the view from the Mersey.
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Fit to burst?
Contractors' salaries in the UK have continued to inflate this year, according to the 2001 Hays Montrose/精东影视 guide. But slowing growth in Ireland points to an industry-wide downturn in the offing …
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Market forces
Construction doesn't understand marketing, according to John Pratt, chairman of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. He spoke to Marcus Fairs about his frustration with an industry that thinks his discipline is about printing more business cards
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Letter from Moscow
A quantity surveyor and feeling unloved? Don't worry – there's a Soviet-style welcome waiting in Russia
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Five tips on targeting your audience
Take time to understand your target market and find out what your audience wants. "Make it your business to know their daily and long-term concerns," says Ruth Willatt, director at marketing consultant Tetrarch Associates. "Target your top 10 – take them out for breakfast if you can."Spend time with your ...
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Avoiding mix-ups
Using cheaper components in tested systems keeps down costs, but at what price?
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Degree of success
Emily Packham, training officer at architect HOK, tells Eleanor Cochrane how employees can go to university without leaving their desks
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Appointments
ContractorsPeter Henden has been appointed director of Chelmsford-based builder and contractor Frederick J French. Warwickshire-based property, development and construction company Pettifer Group has promoted Delwin Groves to finance director of its main operating subsidiaries Pettifer Construction and PCM.David McLean Contractors has appointed Mike Wickham managing director of its ...
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Sir Robert McAlpine stays on top with school work
Contracts worth 拢85.5m, including a 拢40.5m education project in Scotland, enable firm to keep August lead.
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Designajob.co.uk
精东影视 looks at a new industry website that aims to tackle the skills shortage by targeting students and graduates
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Appointments
ContractorsHinkins & Frewin has appointed Phil Brand, previously with the Laing Group, managing director of its Oxford office.Contractor Lawrence has made two appointments in its commercial divisions. Mark Wakefield joins network distribution and Geoff Bosley joins process plant. Both as will take up positions as commercial managers.HousebuildersNicholas Brown has been ...
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Tender price forecast: Storm warning
Hold on to your hats: although tender prices are still on the up and output is entering a sixth consecutive year of growth, the outlook is gloomy, especially in the commercial new-build, retail and leisure sectors.
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The invisible men
The government claims to be clamping down on illegal immigrants, so why is it apparently ignoring the thousands of foreign workers coming into the country to work on construction sites? A 精东影视 investigation suggests the situation is all too convenient …
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Courting disaster?
So, who's the bad boy of global warming – the car industry, or construction? It's all to play for
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The specialists
They're the guv'nors: the guys who get things sorted. Without their expertise, knowledge, talent and understanding of materials nothing would get built.
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Mapping the web
E-commerce solutions could transform the way the construction industry does business – if only we could understand what they all do. Here we look at the six main types of site on offer.
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Fast-acting relief
GlaxoSmithKline's 拢315m global headquarters in west London has echoes of BA Waterside – but it was built in half the time.
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What went wrong?
The construction of the Welsh assembly in Cardiff is in chaos, after the sacking of Richard Rogers Partnership. 精东影视 finds out why it happened – and whether the design can be saved.
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Outside the box
Charlie Luxton was a student when TV decided he was architecture's answer to Jamie Oliver. 精东影视 met him and found he's a pretty good riposte to housebuilders, too.