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Cost update: December 2006
In this quarter’s update on the cost of materials and labour, Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon reports on the latest inflation trends. And reading on we have details of pay awards for workers
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FeaturesWhat to specify: schools
The latest possibilities to pore over for those tasked with the construction, refurbishment and outfitting of schools …
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FeaturesThe right stuff
Think you’re bright, talented and destined for great things? Then you might even think you’ve got what it takes to be nominated for a g4c award by your peers. The g4c (that’s Generation for Collaboration) awards were set up to reward young professionals in construction, and the first winners have ...
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FeaturesThe long haul
Chris Cole has been with WSP for 33 years, during which time it has developed, diversified, turned into a plc, balanced on the edge of disaster and finally grown into one of the industry’s foremost consultants. Here he tells Mark Leftly all about it.
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FeaturesThe grater good
Education For the new learning resource centre at Herefordshire College of Technology, the architect will reuse the concrete frame of the original library, but add some very inventive mesh cladding.
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FeaturesUnder cover
Manufacturer Permanite Engineered Roofing Systems has formed an innovative partnership with a local authority to provide roofing for schools across the borough.
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Features‘A lot of the guys won’t work on timber frame again’
This July, a site in north London turned into a terrifying inferno in the time it takes to make a cup of coffee. Nobody knew why. Now the London Fire Brigade has talked exclusively to Building about what happened and the dangers inherent in multistorey timber-frame sites.
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FeaturesProcurement: Public sector projects
Public sector procurement methods are often criticised for excessive red tape, but on complex projects their effective use is vital to success. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon investigates
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FeaturesA marriage of true minds
The takeover of Adams Kara Taylor by White Young Green will suit both firms
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FeaturesDream house Down Under
When Paul and Jaki Halliday decided to leave London’s traffic-clogged rat’s maze for the hills of New South Wales, they celebrated by commissioning their ideal home. Martin Spring explains how their compatriot, Alan Higgs, designed it
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FeaturesWho calls the shots?
Main contractors and specialists are engaged in a struggle to seize power in the construction industry. Who will come out on top? Katie Puckett reports from ringside
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FeaturesSpiritual awakening
Mario Botta’s Swiss Mountain Oasis lifts body, mind and architecture to new levels
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FeaturesThe abdication
Here is Richard Rogers, flanked by his heirs apparent: Ivan Harbour, on the right, and Graham Stirk. But when will the great man go? What will his successors do when he does? And in the meantime, can they stop Marco Goldschmied’s legal actions taking away their offices? Martin Spring investigates ...
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FeaturesPeters plan
He’s long been one of construction’s enthusiastic modernisers, but now the London Games has spurred Peter Rogers to redouble his efforts. In fact he and his 2012 task group have come up with a 12-point manifesto for change
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FeaturesPutting Stratford on the map
The £4bn redevelopment of Stratford City was always going to be big, but when London won the Games last year it ballooned. By 2012 the two projects, which are now inextricably linked, will have created an urban centre with transport links to rival Waterloo. Mark Leftly reports on the transformation ...
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FeaturesThe land of opportunity
Poisoned by gasworks and left derelict, the Lower Lea Valley is crying out for regeneration. But before that happens one of the biggest compulsory purchase orders in history has to be given the nod. Mark Leftly reports on how this unprecedented land deal is taking shape
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FeaturesToday India, tomorrow the world
Cyril Sweett boss Dean Webster on the firm’s plans for international growth