More Focus – Page 390
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The chance that paid off
Or, how an NHS trust in ormskirk decided to twist, not stick, by embracing a procurement method it had never used before. And boy, did it win hands down …
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To sum up …
As recent high-profile projects have shown, it’s absolutely crucial to set the right budget – and stick to it. Here are Procure21’s ways and means
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Shepherd hits the top in September with £113m win
Five deals push Yorkshire firm into pole position, but Bovis Lend Lease still dominates the annual table
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Stop the traffic
Stuttgart has not so much lost a large hostile underpass as gained a stunning £48m gallery of modern art, in the form of Hascher Jehle’s perfect glass cube.
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The greatest buildings never built
A dome that would have covered half of Manhattan … a cathedral that would have towered over Liverpool … the National Gallery’s ‘monstrous carbuncle’ … Naomi Stungo looks back over the 10 finest projects that never made it past the concept stage
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Up and coming from down under
This is a good time to be in salary negotiations – especially if you’re a young professional from the antipodes. Victoria Madine analyses the 2004 Hays Montrose/ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø contractors’ salary guide, Brett Ryder provides the kangaroo
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Cost model: Off-site manufacture
The market for off-site manufacture is expanding rapidly, boosted as it is by public sector investment programmes. Davis Langdon looks at the cost benefits, barriers to innovation and procurement issues involved in OSM
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Local lowdown: Kent and Surrey
As town-centre regeneration creates job opportunities in Kent and Surrey, Robert Smith of Hays Montrose looks at some of the major projects in the region
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Whitbybird's 21st birthday fly-by
Whitbybird's birthday at the Science Museum attracted plenty of high-flyers including Terry Farrell.
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How to find the X-factor
John Cowell is a construction marketing consultant and brother of pop mogul Simon Cowell, which makes him well qualified to write a series of articles on self-promotion in the building industry.
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Move over Fangio
Davis Langdon's clients and staff scrape their way around a muddy Castle Combe to raise money for charity.
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South African township builds on Irish goodwill
Irish builders volunteer to build 50 houses in Cape Town.
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Shining examples
More, better, faster, cheaper: what the government is demanding from the housebuilding industry, especially homes with a pricetag of £60,000, looks beyond the realms of the possible. Yet, just look at the winners of this year's ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Homes Quality Awards, organised by ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø in association with the Housing Forum. In ...
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Best company-wide sustainability award
Housebuilders are broadening their definition of sustainability. For its all-round commitment, Countryside Properties was a clear winner in this category, sponsored by Energy Saving Trust
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Best approach to partnering and supply chain management
A large field of finalists lined up for this award, sponsored by Construction Industry Solutions. Haslam and Keegans were both frontrunners but Fusion 21, Merseyside’s best known partnership since Dalgleish and Rush, took the award
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Best training/people development award
The panel had a long line-up of contenders again for this category, sponsored by Technical Resourcing – and judges were particularly pleased to see these finalists making the link between training and profitability. In the end, London & Quadrant emerged victorious
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Best health and safety initiative
Our finalists in this category, which is sponsored by the Traditional Housing Bureau, demonstrated how they were going beyond the basics and innovating to improve safety standards. It was Bellwinch’s proactive approach that won it the overall prize