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ODPM slashes CABE training budget 55%
ODPM reduces CABE's overall budget to around £11m after cutting training budget by £1.1m.
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Education
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
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Package deal
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…
… and last for CWC’s Chris Booker. He says the contractor takes a holistic approach to health and safety
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Maths class
CWC’s integrated cost management software keeps its accounts in order. Commercial director Ian Ferguson explains how it works
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The engine room
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
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Space station hero
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
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What’s the big idea?
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
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Taking it from the top
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
From Britain’s tallest building to Europe’s fastest lifts, Canary Wharf is filled with Olympian feats of engineering and construction
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A word with our friends
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
Contractor resumes usual position as leader of monthly league, pushing Sir Robert McAlpine into second place
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Local lowdown: South East
Robert Smith of Hays Construction & Property reports on the booming South-east
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ISG poaches two directors from Miller
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
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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