More Focus – Page 476
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FeaturesGreat lakes
Poetry and progress find architectural expression in the four magical island pavilions that form the centrepiece of Switzerland's Expo.02
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FeaturesElizabeth Whatmore
After all the shake-ups, reshuffles and departures, the Construction Directorate's new multi-tasked minder is determined to take the industry forward – by encouraging it to stand on its own two feet.
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FeaturesThe glass oasis
One of the IRA's unsolicited gifts to Manchester was a bombed out, wind-scoured, traffic-ridden wasteland. Martin Spring finds out how the architect turned it into Britain's dearest block of flats outside London.
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FeaturesChina in our hands?
Early gold could be on offer at Beijing 2008 – if the team from the British construction industry manages to bring home juicy contracts. Matthew Richards assesses its chances
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Meet the gang
Clients are people too. Get to know them better and save yourself a lot of hassle
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Five tips on creating a greener office
Cut down waste paper Use both sides of the paper when photocopying. Offices waste tonnes of paper every day, so send emails whenever possible and use scrap paper for notes. Reuse envelopes – don't be proud!Charity begins in the office Give surplus old furniture and equipment to charity. Old monitors, ...
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FeaturesRushed to hospital
It's the biggest PFI hospital so far – 872 beds in 4500 rooms, costing a grand total of £180m. And it had to be built fast, or the contractor would be hit by massive penalties. No wonder the project director's watching his figures.
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There's been a mix-up
In this month's tracker, Construction Forecasting and Research reports good and bad results, wpith the civil engineering sector providing much of the positive impetus to the market
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Local lowdown
In the first of a regular regional series, Robert Smith of Hays Montrose takes a look at the state of the job market in the M3/M4 corridor
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FeaturesAppointments
ConsultantsAndrew Tee has joined property consultant Watts and Partners as head of its building engineering and technology group. David Fearon (left), vice-chairman of the South Yorkshire Chartered Institute of Building, has been promoted to partner in law firm DLA.Chartered surveyor and construction consultant John Rowan & Partners has made ...
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FeaturesNatural selection
At the Natural History Museum's new Darwin Centre, 22 million zoological specimens have to be kept at optimum temperature levels – but a rather snug site and strict height restrictions meant that the services specifiers and installers had to be equally scientific.
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Air-conditioning and environmental control
When specifying an air-conditioning system, careful selection of components to meet the particular needs of the client is critical. Keith Carter of Mott Green and Wall describes the key decisions when specifying a system
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FeaturesLifetime costs: environmental control
John Armstrong, an independent consultant and chairman of the CIBSE maintenance task group, outlines the whole-life costs of a range of evironmental control systems and examines the expense-creating problems often associated with such installations
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FeaturesSolving the housing crisis
The time-bomb that ticked away behind the mundane statistics of new starts and planning permissions has exploded: the South-east’s housing crisis is now at the top of the political, and news, agenda. So Marcus Fairs asked 10 experts how we can tackle it.
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FeaturesAn inspector calls
Wherever there's an on-site safety breach, Mike Cosman is detective, prosecutor and grand inquisitor rolled into one. Marcus Fairs talks to the new head of operations within the Health and Safety Executive's construction division.
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FeaturesBye-bye blunder
… and, many would say, good riddance. As the demolition of the DoE's former headquarters on Marsham Street begins, Matthew Richards looks back at the lifetime of the ugliest building in the country.
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FeaturesCovered in glory
It looked like Toyota City in Japan might never get a new sports ground when it failed to be picked as a World Cup venue. But instead it has been doubly blessed, gaining not only a spectacular stadium, but one with an ingenious air-powered retractable roof.
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FeaturesGo on my sun
Over the past decade, countries such as Germany and the Netherlands have been harnessing solar energy through photovoltaic panels that produce electricity all year round, even on cloudy days. Now, as part of the government's commitment to develop the UK's renewable energy, the state will pay half the ...
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Principles and practice
Ideas on integrated engineering have won Buro Happold building physicist Doug King a key award and will form the basis of his new practice
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FeaturesAppointments
Contractors Fabrication and construction company Terrapin has appointed Raffaele Russo production director.Phil Brierley has been promoted to chairman of Totty Construction. HousebuildersTony Morris has joined Cala Homes as site manager in Thorner, north Leeds. Miller Homes has made three appointments: Karen Dent, Dave Hawkins and John Jeffs will join its ...