All Costs articles – Page 7

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    Football Stadia - Cost model, July 1995

    1998-12-31T00:00:00Z

    Davis Langdon & Everest examines football stadia and considers how an expansion of associated facilities is fast becoming a necessity for Britain’s soccer clubs.

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    Leisure Centres - Cost model, May 1995

    1998-12-31T00:00:00Z

    Sports and leisure centres schemes are being dusted off as the prospect of National Lottery money is regenerating interest in this sector. In the 13th of this continuing series of cost models, QS Davis Langdon & Everest examine multi-use wet/dry leisure centres.

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    Nursing Homes - Cost model, September 1995

    1998-12-31T00:00:00Z

    The average age of Britain’s population is rising. To cope with this demographic shift, new private nursing homes are being built. In the latest in the series of cost models, QS Davis Langdon & Everest examines a £1.5m nursing home in Surrey.

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    City of London office blocks - Cost model, October 1994

    1998-12-31T00:00:00Z

    Believe it or not, prime office space in the City of London is in short supply. This, combined with improved business confidence, means developers are dusting off schemes they shelved at the start of the recession. Davis Langdon and Everest examines a typical city centre office block.

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    Day Surgery Units - Cost model, June 1994

    1998-12-31T00:00:00Z

    In future, up to half of all surgical operations will be carried out in day-surgery units, the fastest-growing sector of the health care business. Davis Langdon & Everest sets out typical building costs for an NHS trust day-surgery unit, based on £1m live project in East Anglia.

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    Distribution Centres - Cost model, August 1994

    1998-12-31T00:00:00Z

    Continuing advances in stock control and supply patterns are radically changing the UK warehousing and distribution industry - and its buildings. Davis Langdon & Everest

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    Schools - Cost model, April 1994

    1998-12-31T00:00:00Z

    The Education Reform Act of 1988 heralded the start of a dramatic overhaul of the financing and management of schools in England. Its Local Management of Schools provisions forced local education authorities to devolve many aspects of financial management to individual schools. The act also included provisions for schools to ...

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    Car Parks - Cost model, December 1993

    1998-12-31T00:00:00Z

    Increasing car ownership and a dramatic rise in thefts and muggings in car parks, together with the recognition that car parks need not be ugly monstrosities, have all contributed to a major rethink of design standards over the past decade.