All Building articles in Building Specifier February 2004

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  • Features

    The rules

    2004-02-13T00:00:00Z

    Cladding and sports facility specifiers beware: Part L is to be revised next year – with some tough consequences. Alex Smith highlights the main issues

  • News

    Products

    2004-02-13T00:00:00Z

    Our cladding and sports special plunges into Oxford University's ceramic-lined pool, speeds round a velodrome and grills an architect about his favourite products

  • Comment

    Playing by the rules

    2004-02-13T00:00:00Z

    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 ...

  • News

    Sports facilities

    2004-02-13T00:00:00Z

  • Features

    Checklist

    2004-02-13T00:00:00Z

    Specifying for sports halls requires a range of solutions as wide as the specialisms they serve. John Scott of the NBS outlines seven key points

  • Features

    Benchmark costs

    2004-02-13T00:00:00Z

    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

  • Features

    It's wood all the way

    2004-02-13T00:00:00Z

    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