All Building articles in ProCure21 Supplement

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  • Features

    To sum up …

    2004-10-22T00:00:00Z

    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

  • The success of modular construction for the three-storey treatment centre (above) led to its use on a subsequent operating theatre scheme
    Features

    A precision operation

    2004-10-22T00:00:00Z

    The team at Birmingham’s Royal Orthopaedic Hospital was charged with creating a £15m state-of-the-art specialist treatment centre. So what made them choose modular construction – and was the operation a success?

  • Features

    How do you measure up?

    2004-10-22T00:00:00Z

    What’s the best way to benchmark the performance and value of your projects when the existing data isn’t exactly bang up to date? Get rewriting the rules, that’s how …

  • Vitruvius’ WOW factor
    Features

    Vitruvius’ WOW factor

    2004-10-22T00:00:00Z

    When people think of NHS architecture, they imagine grey monoliths with endless corridors and stark fluorescent lighting. but all that is changing in a drive to increase design impact – with a little help from ancient Rome …

  • Peter Woolliscroft
    Features

    “Now trusts are saying project teams are a dream to work with”

    2004-10-22T00:00:00Z

    … That said, Peter Woolliscroft, NHS Estates head of construction, thinks the year-old ProCure21 still has a long way to go. Here he talks about supply and demand, water meters and what the future holds

  • Features

    Innovation in delivering NHS facilities

    2004-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Nigel Griffiths, minister for construction, Talks about procure21

  • A cure for one-off-clientitis
    Features

    A cure for one-off-clientitis

    2004-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Does the idea of working with any one of 600 NHS trusts, all with varying levels of construction experience, make your heart stop? fret not – an antidote has been found …

  • Features

    The chance that paid off

    2004-10-22T00:00:00Z

    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 …

  • Features

    Care at the centre

    2004-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Any project that changes construction route halfway through is bound to hit rocky ground, surely? Here’s how procure21 meant Oldbury’s care centre avoided trouble – and avoided the need for adjudicators …

  • In April, the architect’s impression of the centre will become a reality, just 33 months after the arson attack
    Features

    Like Phoenix from the ashes

    2004-10-22T00:00:00Z

    The miraculous resurrection of Sandwell’s fire-ravaged A&E meant that this hospital was not a casualty for long – thanks to ProCure21 coming to the rescue

  • It’s all about trust
    Features

    It’s all about trust

    2004-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Okay, so “ProCure21” is a neat moniker for the government’s approach to healthcare construction – but setting aside all the jargon, what does it really mean? Here’s the truth

  • News

    ProCure21

    2004-10-22T00:00:00Z