More Focus – Page 145

  • BIM2
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    Tune in to BIM FM

    2013-06-14T00:00:00Z

    What can BIM offer facilities managment and will it have a transformative impact on building operation?

  • NA
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    Where's the money?

    2013-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Ahead of the spending review later this month, ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø looks at the prospects for investment in construction

  • Vince Cable
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    Vince Cable delivers message to construction industry

    2013-06-13T13:50:00Z

    The government recognises how vital construction is and is taking measures to boost it, says Vince Cable

  • ratings
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    It's a regulations jungle out there

    2013-06-13T06:00:00Z

    Can green certification schemes around the world ever be consolidated to avoid all the confusion?

  • costmodel2
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    Cost model: Primary schools

    2013-06-13T06:00:00Z

    Now that we might be building primary schools again, what are the costs?

  • trafford4
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    New Trafford

    2013-06-12T06:00:00Z

    Architect 5plus breathes new life into Trafford Town Hall

  • McCarthy & Stone
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    Interview: Gary Day, McCarthy & Stone

    2013-06-12T06:00:00Z

    McCarthy Stone works in the retirement home market but its land planning director is anything but retiring

  • solarpanels
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    Eco policy: No sense of direction

    2013-06-07T00:00:00Z

    ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø’s latest White Paper suggests that public and private sector clients are as frustrated as the rest of the industry with government eco policy

  • TRACKER
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    The tracker: April 2013

    2013-06-06T06:00:00Z

    Construction activity increased in April as did orders, employment and tender prices. However, Experian Economics reports that financial constraints remain a drag on growth

  • salary survey
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    International Salary Survey 2013

    2013-06-06T06:00:00Z

    Many UK professionals are looking abroad to sell their skills. ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø consults Hays’ International Salary Survey 2013 to pick out promising destinations

  • GCS
    Features

    The industry has had its say ...

    2013-06-05T13:42:00Z

    Five hundred people responded to our questionnaire in the run-up to the Government Construction Summit next month. Here’s a flavour of what they said …

  • Index
    Features

    Captains of industry

    2013-06-05T14:02:00Z

    This year construction is higher up the political agenda than ever, with calls for fresh investment. The government has responded and is shortly expected to unveil its Industrial Strategy for Construction

  • Serpentine Pavilion
    Features

    Serpentine Pavilion: A snake in the grass

    2013-06-04T14:39:00Z

    Sou Fujimoto’s Serpentine Pavilion is a geometric structure, but also organic and cloud-like. It’s an impressive deception. So how did the team pull it off?

  • GHA
    Features

    Interview: Glenn Howells

    2013-06-04T06:00:00Z

    Glenn Howells tells ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø why we need to abandon our fifties sense of order and totally rethink how we use the built environment

  • BCO
    Features

    What London's new office clients want

    2013-05-31T06:00:00Z

    Future tenants of the City’s major office buildings are increasingly likely to hail from the Far East - and their requirements may come as a bit of a surprise

  • blacklisting
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    Blacklisting: Human impact

    2013-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Many of the people allegedly involved in the blacklisting scandal still work in construction. Should we be worried?

  • cost update
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    Cost update Q1 2013

    2013-05-30T06:00:00Z

    ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø costs rose in the first quarter, but consumer inflation is falling, metal prices are sliding and manufactured goods are slowing down. Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company reports

  • The Mary Rose museum
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    The Mary Rose museum

    2013-05-30T05:58:00Z

    Portsmouth now has an ingenious modern building that pays fitting tribute to an archaeological treasure

  • Sainsbury's
    Features

    Interview with Dean Clegg, Sainsbury's

    2013-05-29T09:20:00Z

    The development director for Sainsbury’s on why there’s still a future in building big supermarkets

  • advert2
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    How advertising has changed ...

    2013-05-24T07:00:00Z

    Two adverts from the 1970s of a type you definitely wouldn’t see in ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø’s pages today