All Features articles – Page 481
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FeaturesWhole-life costs: Primary schools
The first of our quarterly articles on whole-life costs focuses on primary schools. David Weight of Currie & Brown outlines typical expenditure on a basic single-storey building, then analyses the additional capital, energy and repair and maintenance costs of a further two building types
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FeaturesMaths class
CWC’s integrated cost management software keeps its accounts in order. Commercial director Ian Ferguson explains how it works
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FeaturesThe Chalmers & Lyons show
Sir Michael Lyons and Lesley Chalmers are in charge of one of the best-kept secrets in regeneration – a public–private venture set up to transform the grimmest areas in England. They are also a great comedy double act.
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FeaturesBolkestein’s monster
Just when you thought it was safe to use Continental contractors … A hideous European directive has begun a bloodthirsty rampage that could have a devastating effect on the UK construction industry.
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FeaturesWhat’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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£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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Costs: School toilets
Jamie Oliver is sorting out the nation’s school kitchens, but what about the toilets? Peter Mayer of Building Performance Group sums up the issues on choice of material and long-term durability
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FeaturesEducation
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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FeaturesLock, Stock, and two cordless powertools…
Vinnie’s got at 18-volt combi drill driver, and he ain’t afraid to use it.
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FeaturesGoing great guns
What with all the fuss over Wembley, you could be forgiven for forgetting that a certain other north London stadium is under construction. We went to the new Highbury to check the state of play
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FeaturesDiarmuid Gavin
Don’t be fooled by the affable exterior – television’s most popular gardener is plotting a revolution in our own back yards. Here he lets us in on the secret and tries to recruit you as well.
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FeaturesWhatever happened to those fearless construction managers? …
The case of Great Eastern Hotel vs Laing is the first time that a court has turned a construction manager upside down and given him a good shake. On this occasion, £10m fell out of Laing’s pockets. So, has the game fundamentally changed, or was this case the exception the ...
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CM in the dock
Does this ruling concern the competence of one particular construction manager or does it have wider significance for the whole profession?
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FeaturesCompanies close up
Nick Jones visits the factory of ductwork contractor Hotchkiss to find out why a traditional approach to training has led to an impressive awards cabinet
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FeaturesCanterbury tale
Architect Rivington Street Studio has turned a run-of-the-mill repair and maintenance job into an elegant refurbishment for a faded campus of the Kent Institute of Art & Design.
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The bitter truth
It’s difficult for an expert witness to tell the party paying them that their case leaks like a sieve, but it is in everybody’s best interests that they do just that