All Features articles – Page 490
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FeaturesThe paradox twins
George Hay talks to Bob Allies and Graham Morrison, the men behind the ‘unfashionable’ architectural practice that’s all the rage with Britain’s biggest clients.
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FeaturesA precision operation
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?
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FeaturesLocal lowdown: Kent and Surrey
As town-centre regeneration creates job opportunities in Kent and Surrey, Robert Smith of Hays Montrose looks at some of the major projects in the region
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How do you measure up?
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 …
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FeaturesVitruvius’ WOW factor
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 …
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Features“Now trusts are saying project teams are a dream to work with”
… 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
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Innovation in delivering NHS facilities
Nigel Griffiths, minister for construction, Talks about procure21
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FeaturesA cure for one-off-clientitis
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 …
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FeaturesCost model: Off-site manufacture
The market for off-site manufacture is expanding rapidly, boosted as it is by public sector investment programmes. Davis Langdon looks at the cost benefits, barriers to innovation and procurement issues involved in OSM
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FeaturesUp and coming from down under
This is a good time to be in salary negotiations – especially if you’re a young professional from the antipodes. Victoria Madine analyses the 2004 Hays Montrose/Building contractors’ salary guide, Brett Ryder provides the kangaroo
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FeaturesThe chance that paid off
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 …
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FeaturesCare at the centre
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 …
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FeaturesThe greatest buildings never built
A dome that would have covered half of Manhattan … a cathedral that would have towered over Liverpool … the National Gallery’s ‘monstrous carbuncle’ … Naomi Stungo looks back over the 10 finest projects that never made it past the concept stage
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FeaturesLike Phoenix from the ashes
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
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FeaturesIt’s all about trust
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
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Shepherd hits the top in September with £113m win
Five deals push Yorkshire firm into pole position, but Bovis Lend Lease still dominates the annual table
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FeaturesWhitbybird's 21st birthday fly-by
Whitbybird's birthday at the Science Museum attracted plenty of high-flyers including Terry Farrell.
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FeaturesHow to find the X-factor
John Cowell is a construction marketing consultant and brother of pop mogul Simon Cowell, which makes him well qualified to write a series of articles on self-promotion in the building industry.
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FeaturesMove over Fangio
Davis Langdon's clients and staff scrape their way around a muddy Castle Combe to raise money for charity.