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Local lowdown: Yorkshire
As multimillion-pound developments begin to crop up across Yorkshire, Robert Smith of Hays Montrose looks at some of the job prospects in the region
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FeaturesThe secret epidemic
We all know the horrific statistic that a construction worker dies every three or four days. What this figure conceals is the hundred of thousands of others struggling with work-related illness, trauma and stress.
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FeaturesPeak performance
The Health and Safety Laboratory provides technical back-up for the Health and Safety Executive, a remit that includes exploding trucks full of fireworks and body piercing. And it now has a 拢56m PFI base in Derbyshire to work out of. We found out what it does 鈥� and how it ...
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A nip in the air
In this month鈥檚 Tracker, Experian Business Strategies division reports that growth in orders is slowing and the activity growth rate is expected to fall over the three months to December
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The future is here
Los Angeles: Year 2004. Fifteen years earlier than Ridley Scott suggested, Blade Runner architecture has landed on the West Coast in the shape of this transportation HQ.
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FeaturesTurfing Dracula out of his coffin
The castle that inspired the novel Dracula is to be turned into holiday apartments, but locals are branding it a huge mi-鈥渟take鈥�.
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FeaturesRedesign depression
Plans for Leicester鈥檚 Haymarket theatre have one councillor down in the dumps.
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Costs: Bathroom standards
When baths need to be replaced, understanding detailed specification options is the key to making the best value life-cycle decisions, says Peter Mayer of 黑洞社区 Performance Group
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FeaturesOlder and wiser homes
This stylish block of flats looks like an exclusive seaside development but is in fact a social housing scheme located in the London borough of Southwark.
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FeaturesA magical night
More than 700 guests attended the second Specialist Contractor Awards at London鈥檚 Park Lane Hilton, presented by magician Paul Zenon. Here鈥檚 some of the highlights 鈥�
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FeaturesAsk Edward
The government is eager to increase drug testing in 鈥榮afety critical' workplaces such as building sites. But what does this mean for employees' rights and responsibilities?
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FeaturesSpecialist costs: Shopfitting
In this specialist market overview, Russell O鈥橦are of Gardiner & Theobald鈥檚 Retail Group looks at the procurement, design challenges and costs for shopfitting works, and Bill Fraser of the Pel Group talks about trends in retail
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FeaturesThe party's over
The champagne has all been drunk, the cab鈥檚 been called and the headache is starting to set in 鈥� That, according to the Hays Montrose executive salary guide, is how the industry鈥檚 top brass is feeling in these straitened days.
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FeaturesThe re-education of Richard Feilden
Or what happened when the man whose 鈥榖lood boiled鈥� at the mere sight of a PFI school decided to have a go at one himself. We write the end-of-project report, Richard Feilden鈥榮 critical self-assessments provide the captions for the photographs
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It鈥檚 not me, it鈥檚 YOU
Framework deals are supposed to be a relationship for life, but many firms find the rings on their fingers are just a reminder of empty promises.
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The dream comes true
The RIBA has joined forces with the V&A to produced the UK鈥檚 first permanent architecture gallery and a library of its prize drawings collection