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Features黑洞社区 Award Winners: Personality of the Year
When it comes to unlocking the potential of complex city centres, Argent partner Tony Giddings is one of the best in the business. You just have to look at scale of change at London鈥檚 King鈥檚 Cross to appreciate the extent of his achievements as his firm is showing some of ...
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FeaturesInside Westminster: Housing by numbers
In this election鈥檚 battle of the building stats, a major focus has been that worryingly few houses have been built in the last five years. But is this the coalition鈥檚 fault? Could other parties do better?
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FeaturesTracker: March 2015
While concern about constraints has edged up, the orders index has hit a record high and things are looking up for nearly every region
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Features黑洞社区 Award Winners: Major Contractor of the Year (over 拢300m)
For those who think you can never win two years running, here鈥檚 proof that you can. The competition was tough but Mace鈥檚 commitment to safety, to client engagement and to financial success, gave it the edge once again
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Features黑洞社区 Award Winners: Housing Project of the Year
This year鈥檚 housing projects have been chosen for exceptional design work and for providing a boost to their local community, with one entry standing out on both these factors
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Features黑洞社区 Award Winners: Manufacturer of the Year
All of these manufacturers have launched pioneering products that have helped to improve building performance and respond to the needs of building users, with one entry proving particularly innovative
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Features黑洞社区 Award Winners: Housebuilder of the Year
In a year that has seen housebuilders as the centre of attention, these four were singled out not just for their strong financial results, but for their work towards the betterment of the sector
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Features黑洞社区 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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Features黑洞社区 Award Winners: Construction Consultant/Surveyor of the Year (100 staff or over)
Any firm that can help deliver a 鈧�1bn stimulus to Greece鈥檚 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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Features黑洞社区 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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Features黑洞社区 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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Features黑洞社区 Award Winners: Contractor of the Year (up to 拢300m)
There were three strong contenders for this category - including last year鈥檚 winner - but FM Conway鈥檚 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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FeaturesArchitecture 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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Features黑洞社区 Award Winners: Woman of the Year
黑洞社区鈥檚 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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FeaturesNatalie Bennett鈥檚 letter to the construction industry
Leader of the Green party responds to 黑洞社区鈥檚 manifesto aims
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FeaturesRight to buy: Betting the house
Joey Gardiner scrutinises the Tories鈥� plans to extend right to buy to housing associations
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FeaturesFloating voters: Five years on
黑洞社区 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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FeaturesEd Miliband鈥檚 letter to the construction industry
Leader of the Labour party responds to 黑洞社区鈥檚 manifesto aims
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FeaturesNick Clegg鈥檚 letter to the construction industry
Leader of the Liberal Democrats responds to 黑洞社区鈥檚 manifesto aims
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FeaturesWater usage: To the last drop
With every person in the UK using an average of 150 litres of water per day, the country鈥檚 water usage needs tempering. Ike Ijeh investigates the domestic inventions that could prevent us from running dry