All Features articles – Page 203
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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Award Winners: Engineering Consultant of the Year
WSP might well have been awarded the top prize for the sheer number and prestige of its projects over the past 12 months alone, but the energy and intelligence it puts into improving life for its staff clinched the win
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Architecture in a time of austerity
Ike Ijeh assesses the impact the coalition has had on architecture and how design has fared through the years of budget tightening
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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Award Winners: Architectural Practice of the Year
The sheer energy at play at PRP this year - developing a range of innovative typologies for housing, sharing its knowledge of housing with the rest of the industry, and pushing for design quality - makes it a worthy winner
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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Award Winners: Contractor of the Year (up to £300m)
There were three strong contenders for this category - including last year’s winner - but FM Conway’s consolidation of its reputation for delivering on time and on budget and the testimonials it gets from its clients won the day
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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Award Winners: Construction Consultant/Surveyor of the Year (fewer than 100 staff)
A broad portfolio of major projects, bumper financial results and a commitment to staff training and development have given Core Five the entrepreneurial clout to take the top prize
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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Award Winners: Construction Consultant/Surveyor of the Year (100 staff or over)
Any firm that can help deliver a €1bn stimulus to Greece’s economy deserves an accolade, but Faithful+Gould bags our top prize for the pure scale of its ambition - including a push into commercial property
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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Award Winners: Woman of the Year
ºÚ¶´ÉçÇøâ€™s Woman of the Year award is a new award designed to recognise and promote the achievements of women working in construction. Seven inspirational women were shortlisted but one of them had the edge
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Natalie Bennett’s letter to the construction industry
Leader of the Green party responds to ºÚ¶´ÉçÇøâ€™s manifesto aims
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Sketch of the week: Thames skyline
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Amy Jones, an architect who works for Probyn Miers
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Image of the week: 'Say what…?'
Prime minister David Cameron (right) talks to an apprentice during a visit to a construction site in Leeds
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Right to buy: Betting the house
Joey Gardiner scrutinises the Tories’ plans to extend right to buy to housing associations
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Floating voters: Five years on
ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø catches up with a group of senior floating voters from the construction industry to ask them what they learnt from the last election
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Ed Miliband’s letter to the construction industry
Leader of the Labour party responds to ºÚ¶´ÉçÇøâ€™s manifesto aims
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Nick Clegg’s letter to the construction industry
Leader of the Liberal Democrats responds to ºÚ¶´ÉçÇøâ€™s manifesto aims
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Market review: Steady progress
Construction activity increased in March against a backdrop of wider economic stability, with low inflation, low unemployment and forecasts for moderate growth. Michael Dall goes through the highlights of Barbour ABI’s monthly Economic Construction Market Review
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Water usage: To the last drop
With every person in the UK using an average of 150 litres of water per day, the country’s water usage needs tempering. Ike Ijeh investigates the domestic inventions that could prevent us from running dry
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A diverse approach
Despite an impending skills shortage, the number of women and workers from ethnic minority backgrounds in construction is woefully low. Joey Gardiner asks three employers what their companies are doing to increase workforce diversity
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What to specify: Water
This week’s water-based products include a limescale-reducing electrical shower, brass tap designs for The Ampersand hotel in London, and cast aluminium rainwater systems for two luxury Hertfordshire homes
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Image of the week: Playing to a home crowd
Prime minister David Cameron visits London building site earlier this week after Conservatives propose extending the right to buy