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FeaturesLead times July-Sept 2012
Lead times are frozen across the board, and with enquiry levels beginning to fall, there are unlikely to be many increases over the next six months. Brian Moone of Mace reports
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FeaturesSpotlight: M&E products
Many suppliers of M E and other factory-made components have reduced capacity, while more overseas players are entering the market. Brian Moone examines what this means for lead times
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FeaturesPassivhaus for dummies
An off-site Passivhaus solution has been developed that can, its maker claims, be put up by anyone able to hold a hammer. Thomas Lane reports
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FeaturesThe long wait for BAA
BAA鈥檚 major projects are waiting on the tarmac. What does this mean for construction and will the operator鈥檚 reputation as an innovative client survive the turbulence?
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FeaturesIan Baker interview: "It was a big call"
In November 2009 Linden Homes decided to embark on a radical growth strategy. Three years later, its profit is up 140%. MD Ian Baker explains how the company pulled it off
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FeaturesThe Tracker: A summer lull
The decline in construction activity slowed in August, and non-residential work even threatened to show a rise, according to Experian Economics
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Features黑洞社区 intelligence Q2 2012
Output levels continued to head south in the second quarter of 2012, with - perhaps surprisingly - the infrastructure sector recording the sharpest falls. Experian Economics reports
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FeaturesConsultants in the regions: Two-speed Britain
Can consultants afford to keep their regional offices open?
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FeaturesNational Football Centre: Here we go!
The 拢100m National Football Centre provides a world class training base in the hope that our boys will cover themselves in World Cup glory one day
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FeaturesMy Working Day: Charlotte Sankey of John Rowan
The sustainability consultant found her career path through internship initiative The Pledge
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FeaturesTrading places: Commercial to residential
Commercial developers are entering the market and giving their residential counterparts a run for their money
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FeaturesBIM: Just a glitch?
Specialist contractors are challenging the cost of BIM and the way it is being used. Iain Withers reports
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FeaturesSustainability: PV Costs
Adam Mactavish of Sweett Group looks at why the cost of residential photovoltaic systems has fallen, assesses their cost effectiveness and considers the potential for future cost reductions
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FeaturesEducation: Bent into shape
BDP鈥檚 priority at Bents Green school in Sheffield was to create a safe and supportive environment for autistic pupils. But it has also managed to preserve the site鈥檚 18th-century coach house. Ike Ijeh reports on a tricky balancing act
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FeaturesKevin Taylor and Phil Pringle: We like winning
Kevin Taylor and Phil Pringle, the two men who built McLaren, on how they created a 拢400m-turnover contractor in the teeth of an economic crisis 鈥� and why they鈥檝e got no plans to sell up
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FeaturesSurvival of the fittest
The new Energy Act will make it unlawful for landlords to let inefficient buildings by 2018. Andrew Brister looks at how the property industry is responding and how the M&E sector can come to its aid
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FeaturesThe human factor
With the rise of more intelligent building control systems, offices are beginning to know their occupants鈥� needs almost before they do
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FeaturesPost-Olympics: London's rolling
The Olympics may be over but the capital still has plenty of exciting projects to fill the void. Here are the main development sectors and key projects
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FeaturesTop 200 Consultants in 2012: Don't look now
There is little movement in this year鈥檚 Top 200 Consultants league tables, but don鈥檛 take that to mean the outlook is calm for the sector. On the contrary, the predictions are for more mergers, falling incomes and ever tighter margins
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FeaturesRestructuring contractors: adapt or die
Faced with the deepest recession in living memory, construction companies are having to restructure to survive. But what does this actually mean, will the restructuring work - and what are the human consequences?