All articles by Andy Pearson – Page 4
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NewsDLE to drop 'Everest' as it scales new heights
Top consultant to rebrand as part of switch to limited liability partnership status on 1 May
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FeaturesJust the job
Richard Beasley is a Sheffield decorator working on pubs and cafes for the British army in Iraq. We spoke to him – on site at Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra – about night-time gunfire, daily temperatures and living in a tent in a former dictator's garden
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NewsWorkers tell of palace life in a 'destroyed and stinking' city
Sheffield painters and decorators describe bizarre job working in Saddam Hussein's former Basra home
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Building sewage systems face overhaul in Sars threat
Airborne viruses can spread through soil pipes – raising fears that they may be exploited by bio-terrorists
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FeaturesWhere grass will be greener
Last Friday, Wimbledon submitted designs for a brand new Centre Court. We report on the concertina roof that will revolutionise our televisual experience of the tennis championship by banishing the rain, extending the hours of play and, most importantly, keeping a lid on Sir Cliff
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FeaturesThe Longest day
The creation of Heathrow's £3.7bn Terminal 5 is a titanic daily feat of co-ordination, with a 7000-strong army of workers to be ferried, thousands of tonnes of material to be delivered and two raging rivers to be diverted. We observed a day in the remarkable life of Europe's biggest building ...
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Features… and heave
Wembley Stadium's new arch will soon focus the pride of a football obsessed nation. But the construction team's pride depends on lifting 1650 tonnes without going to extra time and penalties, as we find out
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FeaturesCan Pay keep on climbing?
For the second year in a row, executive's pay packets have climbed, according to the 2003 Hays Montrose/Building executive salary guide. But, as we find out, there are signs that this trend may have peaked.
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FeaturesThe Hawksmoor mystery
Julian Anderson has spent the past two years chronicling the restoration of Christ Church in Spitalfields, east London. Over the next eight pages, we show a selection of his photographs of the work in progress. What they do not reveal is the story behind the restoration.
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FeaturesSix simple steps to building an intercontinental transport hub in the centre of a capital city
We tell the story of how the Channel Tunnel Rail Link is arriving at St Pancras
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NewsCTRL project team to design St Pancras Thameslink fit-out
Appointment of Channel Tunnel Rail Link consortium clears up confusion over who will pay for station work.
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Architect plans schoolhouses for teachers
Architect Hunter & Partners is implementing a groundbreaking plan to provide accommodation for teachers priced out of the South-east's housing market
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FeaturesRepeat after me: 'yes, I can run your project'
Take a look at these people … Do you recognise the one who'll best be able to manage your scheme? We investigate
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The West is the best
We discover that if you're in the South-west, you're probably wondering what all the fuss is about
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FeaturesThe great office meltdown has begun
After our first real taste of global warming this summer, experts are predicting that 70% of Britain's office buildings will be unusable by the summer of 2030. We find out just what this means for the construction industry
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FeaturesGood morning, Vietnam
Welcome to joined-up 24-hour working, whereby consultants going to bed in the UK can hand over work to those waking up on the other side of the globe. But does outsourcing really open up a world of possibilities?
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When walls have ears
When housebuilders were told they would have to test the acoustic insulation of homes to prove they complied with tough new regulations, they were so worried they decided to radically change the way homes were built instead
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Consultants send work abroad
British consultants and design firms are following a trend set by the insurance and banking industries and outsourcing work to low-cost overseas operators
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NewsGlobal warming could make 70% of offices unusable
Experts warn that buildings without air-conditioning will not cope with climate change by the year 2030.
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Just the job
Fred Selolwane was born and grew up in Botswana, studied quantity surveying in England, then went back home to Africa to practice it. He tells Andy Pearson why