All Features articles – Page 8
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Features5 minutes with … Dan Hyde at MEPC, NOMA
The development director on the NOMA scheme in Manchester discusses the switch from his career as a professional rugby player, his love of the Sydney Opera House and roast lamb on a Sunday
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FeaturesRemember when we had a chief construction adviser? Paul Morrell reflects on his time in the role
In the second part of our interview, veteran industry heavyweight Paul Morrell describes his time in Whitehall and considers whether we need a similar role again.
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FeaturesBuilding bridges: how Paul Morrell would fix our broken products testing system
Industry veteran Paul Morrell has written a seminal review on overhauling products testing. The man himself explains his thinking in the first of a two-part interview
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Features‘Our global spread helps us weather local challenges’ – why Grimshaw is unfazed by HS2’s Euston delay
The firm’s chairman Andrew Whalley says its three-year growth strategy “needed an edit” after the decision to mothball its biggest UK project
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FeaturesWhat went wrong for Ilke Homes?
Following the collapse of the Knaresborough-based business lauded as a pioneer of modular construction, Matilda Battersby asks the experts what happened and how other businesses in the space can avoid a similar fate
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FeaturesDigital construction: are we nearly there yet?
Many industries are using data to gain new market insights and become more responsive, efficient and provide better service. What will it take for construction to catch up?
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FeaturesSheerness Dockyard Church: from fire damaged ruin to thriving community hub
Historic grade II* listed building reborn in £9.5m project as a multi-purpose facility for local residents
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Features‘I love developing, contracting, designing’ – Gary Neville on his journey from pitch to property
With his £400m St Michael’s scheme finally underway, the former Manchester United star sits down with Daniel Gayne to discuss his real estate career
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FeaturesMighty oaks: inside Royal Marsden’s new state-of-the-art research centre
The Oak Cancer Centre at the Royal Marsden’s Sutton site is a state-of-the-art research and treatment facility. Thomas Lane finds out more
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FeaturesFrom the archives: London’s first air raids, 1918
London wakes up to the threat of aerial bombing as total war grips the country, and the construction industry
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FeaturesAddressing net zero in the North-east
The challenges and opportunities presented by the quest for net zero took centre stage as our Building the Future Commission’s regional roundtable tour headed to Newcastle
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Features‘It’s great, I admit it’ – Populous’s Chris Lee (and Arsenal fan) on Tottenham’s stadium and keeping the firm’s strategy simple
The boss of the go-to sports and entertainment architect speaks to Dave Rogers about why business has never been better and what makes a good stadium.
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Features5 minutes with … Mark Swetman at LS Estates
The firm’s chief executive on the importance of good communication, his dislike of laziness and his admiration for innovation
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FeaturesBSBG submits Section 73 amendment for Royal Mint Street phase 2 scheme
Brewer Smith Brewer Group (BSBG) has submitted a Section 73 planning application for the Royal Mint Street Phase 2 development, with a number of amendments and revisions to the consented scheme primarily targeted at improving operational activity between residential and hotel uses, enhancing internal efficiency and creating ...
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Why tender prices are likely to continue rising despite cost inflation easing
The ongoing economic backdrop of elevated interest rates is increasingly impacting construction
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FeaturesHas the National Portrait Gallery refurbishment been a success?
Britain’s most establishment art gallery has reinvented itself as a palace of inclusion. Tom Lowe looks at whether the project, designed by Jamie Fobert Architects and Purcell, has worked.
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FeaturesBuilding the Future Commission: review of June
A quick guide to the Building the Future Commission’s activity over the past month
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FeaturesLord Kerslake: our 2008 interview with Britain’s busiest man
We are republishing this interview after the news of Bob Kerslake’s death. The interview took place as he was taking the helm of the Homes and Communities Agency in 2008.
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Features‘I came back from maternity leave and didn’t have a desk’ How one CEO is using her experiences to help others
The boss of M&E consultant FHP believes opportunities for women are, finally, looking up – just don’t make them wear a pink hard hat
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FeaturesSeven key takeaways from this year’s CIH conference
With new social housing regulations and a gloomy economic outlook, attendees at the Chartered Institute of Housing’s annual conference were not short of things to talk about. Daniel Gayne and Carl Brown report on the hot topics in Manchester this week