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    ODPM slashes CABE training budget 55%

    2005-03-18T09:38:00Z

    ODPM reduces CABE's overall budget to around £11m after cutting training budget by £1.1m.

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    Canary Wharf supplement 2005

    2005-03-18T00:00:00Z

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    Education

    2005-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Essential information this week for all those specifying a school, college or university, including up-to-the-minute accessories and fittings, tips on whole-life costing, and how much those head-flushing, girls-weeping toilet cubicles are going to cost you. But first we have the coolest college atrium on the planet

  • As soon as the steelwork started to go up at One Churchill Place, the fit-out teams were in right behind.
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    Package deal

    2005-03-18T00:00:00Z

    The newest building on the estate is a 33-storey tower built at high speed by Canary Wharf Contractors. It was responsible for the whole thing from concrete cores to office chairs

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    Safety first…

    2005-03-18T00:00:00Z

    … and last for CWC’s Chris Booker. He says the contractor takes a holistic approach to health and safety

  • Brian Payne worked on the trade contracts for 10 Upper Bank Street.
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    Maths class

    2005-03-18T00:00:00Z

    CWC’s integrated cost management software keeps its accounts in order. Commercial director Ian Ferguson explains how it works

  • These diesel rotary generators, recently installed in 30 The South Colonnade, provide emergency power back-up in the event of a mains power failure
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    The engine room

    2005-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Ever-expanding plant and squatting steel are among the challenges faced by CWC design managers John Crack and Paul Mutti. Luckily, they’ve been working for years to refine structural and electrical design

  • The old DLR station made way for Alsop Architects’ striking design, complete with aluminium casing and columns to support the platforms
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    Space station hero

    2005-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Heron Quays DLR station looks pretty futuristic with its metallic hull and dramatic lighting. But what’s really innovative is how it and a six-storey building above the tracks were built without shutting down the railway. Project manager Graeme Tait reveals how it was done

  • In 1930s New York, steelworkers balanced on beams even during the lunch hour. At One Churchill Place in the 21st century, they used the far safer cherry-picker access platforms
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    What’s the big idea?

    2005-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Well, one of them is an access platform that keeps steelworkers safe and another is a steel contraption that halves the time taken to raise tower cranes. And these are just a few of the innovations helping CWC to build smarter

  • This lift shaft serves the 30 storeys of 40 Bank Street
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    On the up

    2005-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Meet Len Halsey and Ron Reeves, the lift specialists who keep Canary Wharf’s 513 lifts and 99 escalators moving

  • In the 1960s, the Docklands site was desolate
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    Taking it from the top

    2005-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Rigorous pre-construction systems enable CWC to get the best from designers and trade contractors. Project executive Bob Phelan and vice-president Tony Jordan tell you how

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    Faster, higher, stronger

    2005-03-18T00:00:00Z

    From Britain’s tallest building to Europe’s fastest lifts, Canary Wharf is filled with Olympian feats of engineering and construction

  • The marble floor at the stunning East Winter Garden
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    Rock star

    2005-03-18T00:00:00Z

    CWC is passionate about the stone that beautifies entrance lobbies at Canary Wharf. It has to be of the highest quality and installed with the utmost care

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    A word with our friends

    2005-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Consultants, trade contractors and the construction union describe their relationship with CWC

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    £276m haul puts Bovis back on top in February

    2005-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Contractor resumes usual position as leader of monthly league, pushing Sir Robert McAlpine into second place

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    Local lowdown: South East

    2005-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Robert Smith of Hays Construction & Property reports on the booming South-east

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    Appointments

    2005-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Movers and shakers this week

  • Tatton and Webb (pictured): Joining ISG as it announces a 65% drop in profit
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    ISG poaches two directors from Miller

    2005-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Contractor ISG InteriorExterior has poached two senior directors from rival Miller Construction to boost its national presence

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    Dengenis quits as chief executive of Asite

    2005-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Tom Dengenis, chief executive and director of e-business service provider Asite, has quit. Dengenis said he was resigning for personal reasons after two-and-a-half years with the company.

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    Sharewatch

    2005-03-18T00:00:00Z

    A mixed bag