All Features articles – Page 491
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FeaturesTime for change
In the last of this five part series, CITB-ConstructionSkills explains how major breakthroughs in the drive for vocational and on-site training will benefit employers, government and training providers
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Rocking All Over The World
A few years ago, cost consultants were about as fashionable as tank-tops and Y-fronts. Now more and more countries are giving them rapturous receptions as QS mania sweeps the globe. We report on a new British invasion
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Bums on seats
Alcohol friendly public benches complete with bins and ash trays have been installed in Old Street, London
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Specifier Products
Everything you need to know about the latest roofing kit, from harsh-weather protection to a pyramid over a swimming pool. Plus, the latest services and innovations from manufacturers
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Costs: Roof coverings
Different roof coverings vary widely in terms of costs and durability. Peter Mayer of Building Performance Group sets out guidelines on lifespan and whole life costing for fully supported metal sheet roofing, while Davis Langdon provide capital costs for a range of other roof types
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FeaturesGreen with life
London Zoo built a bespoke lair for its breeding pair of Komodo dragons. Sadly, Nina, the female dragon, died in August from fall injuries after trying to scale the wall that separated her from her future partner, and the Dragon House is now a bachelor pad for the bereaved Raja. ...
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To sum up …
As recent high-profile projects have shown, it’s absolutely crucial to set the right budget – and stick to it. Here are Procure21’s ways and means
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FeaturesStop the traffic
Stuttgart has not so much lost a large hostile underpass as gained a stunning £48m gallery of modern art, in the form of Hascher Jehle’s perfect glass cube.
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FeaturesThe paradox twins
George Hay talks to Bob Allies and Graham Morrison, the men behind the ‘unfashionable’ architectural practice that’s all the rage with Britain’s biggest clients.
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FeaturesA precision operation
The team at Birmingham’s Royal Orthopaedic Hospital was charged with creating a £15m state-of-the-art specialist treatment centre. So what made them choose modular construction – and was the operation a success?
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FeaturesLocal lowdown: Kent and Surrey
As town-centre regeneration creates job opportunities in Kent and Surrey, Robert Smith of Hays Montrose looks at some of the major projects in the region
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How do you measure up?
What’s the best way to benchmark the performance and value of your projects when the existing data isn’t exactly bang up to date? Get rewriting the rules, that’s how …
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FeaturesVitruvius’ WOW factor
When people think of NHS architecture, they imagine grey monoliths with endless corridors and stark fluorescent lighting. but all that is changing in a drive to increase design impact – with a little help from ancient Rome …
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Features“Now trusts are saying project teams are a dream to work with”
… That said, Peter Woolliscroft, NHS Estates head of construction, thinks the year-old ProCure21 still has a long way to go. Here he talks about supply and demand, water meters and what the future holds
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Innovation in delivering NHS facilities
Nigel Griffiths, minister for construction, Talks about procure21
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FeaturesA cure for one-off-clientitis
Does the idea of working with any one of 600 NHS trusts, all with varying levels of construction experience, make your heart stop? fret not – an antidote has been found …
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FeaturesCost model: Off-site manufacture
The market for off-site manufacture is expanding rapidly, boosted as it is by public sector investment programmes. Davis Langdon looks at the cost benefits, barriers to innovation and procurement issues involved in OSM