All articles by Emily Wright 鈥� Page 4
-
FeaturesTop European contractors and housebuilders 2012: The multimillion euro question
黑洞社区 introduces this year鈥檚 Top European contractors and housebuilders league tables by finding out why even the most successful firms need to be preparing for the worst
-
CommentOlympic venue spotlight: Balfour Beatty's Olympic feat
The chief operating officer of the main contractor on the aquatics centre talks legacy and LOCOG
-
NewsFears of euro collapse spark overhaul of EU contracts
Concerns have emerged that euro鈥檚 fall would render many contracts null and void
-
FeaturesStanton Williams: The Attraction of Opposites
Architect Stanton Williams is a company that likes to be different - so when its profit plunged by 90% at the start of the financial crisis it didn鈥檛 do what so many other architects are doing and look abroad for work. It decided to stick with what it knows best: ...
-
CommentOlympic venue spotlight: Eton Manor
With three 50m pools and 13 tennis courts, this venue will be used in different ways throughout the Games, Paralympic Games and beyond
-
FeaturesA guide to the Olympic venues: Greener, faster, smarter
Finally, after six years of work and waiting, we have entered London鈥檚 Olympic year. 黑洞社区 kicks off our 2012 campaign with a guide to the main venues and what makes them greener, faster and smarter
-
FeaturesDelivering the Olympics: Six months to go 鈥�
So far the construction industry鈥檚 Olympic record has been excellent. Cue big pat on the back. The question is, with a new, inexperienced client taking over and just six months to go, can it finish the job? 黑洞社区 reports
-
News黑洞社区 kicks off 2012 with special Olympics coverage
Campaign celebrating UK construction鈥檚 achievements will be across print, online and social media
-
FeaturesThe oven gloves are off: The Great 黑洞社区 Bake Off
Take four industry teams, add gingerbread, cake mix, icing and an awful lot of chocolate, mix well, set the timer for an hour-and-a half, and stop when you smell burning 鈥� Emily Wright and Iain Withers invite you to sample the Great 黑洞社区 Bake Off. Images by Astrid Kogler
-
FeaturesHigh drama: Review of 2011
It鈥檚 been a year of break-ups, make-ups and dramatic exits against the backdrop of a bleak economy and widening gap between the rich and poor. 黑洞社区 looks back at the plot and its main players
-
NewsIndustry clients address 黑洞社区's CEO summit
Speakers include Urban Splash鈥檚 Tom Bloxham and EDF鈥檚 Alan Cumming - view the video
-
FeaturesMichael Dyke, Lend Lease: 'It's business as usual'
When Lend Lease dropped the Bovis name, it said goodbye to one of UK contracting鈥檚 oldest and best-known brands. 黑洞社区 talks to Michael Dyke, the construction arm鈥檚 new boss, about where the division will go next. Portrait David Levene
-
FeaturesNow boarding: The aviation sector
George Osborne鈥檚 autumn statement hinted at support for airport projects, including the 拢50bn Thames Estuary hub - but haven鈥檛 the best seats already been nabbed by a few framework contractors and consultants? 黑洞社区 finds out how to fight your way to the front of the queue
-
FeaturesPCKO interview: The new country
Thirty years ago PCKO Architects broke into what was a tough UK market. Now they鈥檙e hitting China. So what鈥檚 their secret? Andrew Ogorzalek and Peter Chlapowski talk to Emily Wright about luck 鈥� and vodka
-
FeaturesThe health care sector: Anyone know how this works?
The government is bent on a major shake-up of NHS estate procurement, yet it鈥檚 been almost silent on how the new system will work. Should the construction industry simply be working it out for themselves? 黑洞社区 asks the experts
-
FeaturesAsia markets: 鈥楢nyone who is not looking at Asia should be鈥�
UK firms have known about the boom in Asia for some time, but now it鈥檚 become a region they simply cannot afford to ignore. Emily Wright reports on a part of the world that will spend $440bn a year on infrastructure
-
NewsTurner & Townsend pledges to remain independent
Global chief executive and UK managing director say avoiding consolidation will help firm win work
-
FeaturesRetail market report: the impact of online shopping
Forget shopping trolleys. You鈥檒l soon be able to buy something by pointing your mobile phone at it. But what impact is this, and the inexorable rise of online shopping, going to have on retail construction? 黑洞社区 looks at this fast-changing sector
-
FeaturesTurner & Townsend interview: Vince Clancy and Steve McGuckin
As more UK consultancies are snapped up by international giants, 黑洞社区 hears from global boss Vince Clancy and UK MD Steve McGuckin about why Turner & Townsend isn鈥檛 budging on its independence
-
FeaturesThe Tom Bloxham interview
For 20 years, renowned regeneration company Urban Splash grew and grew. Then in 2008 the bottom fell out of the market and soon after the firm found itself on the 鈥榖rink of collapse鈥�. Its founder tells Emily Wright how it changed everything - and nothing