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FeaturesGreen Haus
The headquarters of the Norddeutsche Landesbank in Hanover is a startling building in a boring city. But, says Marcus Fairs, the one thing it isn't shouting about – its green technology – is its most impressive feature.
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FeaturesA special relationship
Reebok was so set on making its flagship UK sports club the mirror image of its US chain that it insisted its fit-out contractor use American workers and materials. Cue much head scratching, jargon translation and getting used to strange building practices – like no tea breaks … Thomas Lane ...
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Brushing up
David Hill, managing director of building services engineer Hills Electrical & Mechanical, takes Building through his experience of gaining a CSCS card
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FeaturesCost model: 21st-century university building
The government wants 50% of 18-30-year-olds to be educated to degree level by 2010, and expects universities to compete in international research markets. So what buildings are required to help meet these objectives? In its latest cost model, Davis Langdon & Everest examines the 21st-century university building
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FeaturesGood, bad and just plain ugly
At next week's urban summit, deputy prime minister John Prescott will be called to account for his regeneration policy. To show the kind of problems he faces, Mark Leftly examines three exemplary schemes that met very different fates
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FeaturesWhere did Atkins go so wrong?
After five years of extraordinary growth, consultant Atkins had become so big that nobody really understood the whole business. So in a bid to create a coherent structure, its new chief executive introduced a centralised accounting program – and a year later its shares were almost worthless. The question is, ...
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FeaturesYoung man in a hurry
The dynamic new head of English Heritage is out to blow the dust off the conservation quango. Martin Spring meets charismatic super-curator Simon Thurley.
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FeaturesOh well played
Bryant Priest Newman has replaced our hallowed tradition of lumpen sports design with an elegant, stylish and surprisingly cheap structure.
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FeaturesUp and walking
Opened three years ago in north-west London, the Ambulatory Care and Diagnostic Centre was hailed as a revolutionary healthcare concept: a walk-through day hospital run like a production line. Martin Spring returned and found the stunning building easily adapting to rapid changes in medical practice. Shame it's only working at ...
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Running to stand still
In last year's Hays Montrose/Building contractors salaries guide, we predicted an industry-wide downturn – and our 2002 survey shows this is exactly what happened. Now, professionals' pay rises are often cancelled out by inflation so salaries are going nowhere, says Victoria Madine.
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The heat of the moment
In this month's Tracker, Construction Forecasting and Research reveals that activity levels across the construction industry heated up in August, although the outlook remains rather more lukewarm
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Local lowdown
Robert Smith of recruitment consultant Hays Montrose continues his series on regional job markets with a look at the hyperactive north-west of England
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FeaturesDoctors and purses
When the contractor building a hospital in Leeds decided on a new structural support system, the cost of the fire protection threatened to spiral. But, writes Alex Smith, a computerised fire-analysis tool took the heat off the specifications team and left the client with money to burn
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Fire door hardware
Control over the supply and installation of fire doors has, in the past, been haphazard and therefore dangerous. Graham Hulland, product marketing manager for Dorma Door Controls, explains how you can avoid the pitfalls
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Fire protection
How well structural steelwork is protected against fire can mean the difference between life and death. Peter Fordham, cost research associate at Davis Langdon & Everest, outlines the three main types of fire protection, along with their pros and cons
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EC Harris poaches two executives from rivals
Top-five QS EC Harris has poached two managers from rivals firms to beef up its facilities management and industrial divisions.The £125m-turnover firm has recruited Davis Langdon & Everest partner Matt Bennion and Atkins Faithful & Gould’s regional director Mark Howard.Bennion, 31, who joined EC Harris this week, has been given ...
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Rok axes 150 jobs in Llewellyn deal
Exeter-based contractor Rok this week announced that 150 jobs would be lost after its £16.25m acquisition of rival firm Llewellyn.Rok chief executive Garvis Snook said the job losses would come from administration and middle-management positions in Llewellyn. Workers at the south coast firm were told on Monday about the redundancies, ...
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Farrell director to head Swanke's London office
US architect Swanke Hayden Connell International has poached a Terry Farrell & Partners director to lead architectural design at its 100-strong London office. Doug Streeter will next month replace David Walker, who resigned as Swanke’s original design director in London this June. Streeter, who spent 24 years at Farrell, will ...