All Features articles – Page 517

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    I'd like that one, please

    2004-05-28T00:00:00Z

    With just two weeks until the European elections, We canvassed four candidates with fine construction pedigrees and ask them why anyone should care who their MEP is

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    Outside: Now/Next

    2004-05-28T00:00:00Z

    The big issue now and for the foreseeable future is getting more affordable housing built in the South. Off-site manufacture is the government's preferred solution, but the industry fears it is a high-cost route that is incompatible with low-cost housing. Who's got it right? To settle the argument, Homes asked ...

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    Project perfect

    2004-05-28T00:00:00Z

    An introductory qualification is set to make managing projects a lot easier.

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    Unite and rule

    2004-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Suffolk's county hall brings the bewilderingly complex world of local government together in a single building. And it looks beautiful and works superbly – which is odd, as it was designed for an American energy company.

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    The verdict

    2004-05-28T00:00:00Z

    After all the pride, all the speeches, all the tears, all the tragedy and all the investigations, Enric Miralles' Scottish parliament is emerging onto the national stage.

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    Appointments

    2004-05-27T10:53:00Z

    Movers and shakers this week

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    IT

    2004-05-27T00:00:00Z

    We explain how the design process was optimised

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    Introduction: Why T5 is the future of UK construction

    2004-05-27T00:00:00Z

    The construction of a passenger terminal at Heathrow was essential if the airport was to cope with a rise in the market for air travel of up to 7% a year, and if it was to maintain its claim to be Europe's premier airport. Necessity was the mother of Terminal ...

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    The captain, speaking

    2004-05-27T00:00:00Z

    We listen carefully to Tony Douglas, T5's managing director

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    Community relations

    2004-05-27T00:00:00Z

    "I've worked on projects at Heathrow and Stansted, but this is one of the most challenging jobs I've done – Terminal 5 is very large and very visual. It has a potentially huge impact on local residents in terms of nuisances like construction noise; my role is to ensure that ...

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    Mike Davies

    2004-05-27T00:00:00Z

    T5's project architect tells us about his 20 years spent designing the same building

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    Words from the front

    2004-05-27T00:00:00Z

    Mitch Parsons, a construction manager from Laing O'Rourke north, describes life at the sharp end of T5B

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    The general idea

    2004-05-27T00:00:00Z

    Andy Wolstenholme talks to us through the battle for T5

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    Prefab

    2004-05-27T00:00:00Z

    Here's where talk of templates becomes literal. We tell it like it is

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    Procurement

    2004-05-27T00:00:00Z

    We explain how the celebrated T5 agreement works

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    On site

    2004-05-27T00:00:00Z

    It's finally up. After years of design work, months of testing and weeks of careful assembly, the first section of the main terminal's giant waveform roof is in place.

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    What there is still to do

    2004-05-27T00:00:00Z

    – and will the terminal's interior rise to the occasion?

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    Workers' welfare

    2004-05-27T00:00:00Z

    We report on how baa is making sure all its construction staff live to see the end of the job

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    Mark Whitby's 31 buildings

    2004-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Nick Hornby is not the only one who can write lists, you know. Inspired by Hornby's compilation 31 Songs, by the Sydney Opera House saga and by his lifelong passion for architecture, Mark Whitby, founder of Whitbybird, decided to let us in on his list of engineering masterpieces. Here's the ...

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    Amec conjures April victory with £460m MoD contract

    2004-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Refurbishment deal puts contractor £120m ahead of Laing O’Rourke while BDP tops architects league