All Building articles in Building Specifier February 2004
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Playing by the rules
The Princess Royal Sports Arena in Boston, Lincolnshire, is a wooden wonder. Constructed entirely from timber, the sports centre looks like an ark awaiting a flood on its site at the edge of the North Sea. One of the most remarkable things about the arena is that architect BGP McGonaghy ...
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Benchmark costs
How much you spend on a school sports hall naturally depends on the project and its specification. Paul Moore of multidisciplinary consultant EC Harris breaks down the benchmark costs of 10 recent schemes to give you a guide
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It's wood all the way
Finding a way to protect Boston's athletes from the bitter Lincolnshire winds created a hurdle for the team building a sports arena. But local supplier Finnforest had a natural solution, as Alex Smith discovered