All Features articles – Page 610

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    The pinnacle, limehouse basin, london

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Products - A smoke-detection system for saunas, plus The spec on the pinnacle of the Limehouse Basin development in London Docklands.

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    Appointments

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    ContractorsRodger Tellis has been appointed construction director of Berkshire-based Greatworth Properties.Carillion has appointed Andrew Trewick (right) general manager of Nelso, its national partitioning business based in Walsall. HousebuildersGriff Marshalsay, previously with Berkeley Homes, has been appointed managing director for Charles Church's South-east division. Scott Bonnell has joined the southern Home ...

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    If you think it's bad here…

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    In the second of Building's safety series in the run-up to John Prescott's summit, we look across the Channel to see how Britain's site death record compares with the rest of Europe.

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    Just the job

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Planning engineer Barry Lingham tells Marissa Charles how he helps British firms in Europe avoid contractual pitfalls.

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    Our lives in your hands

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Construction is on alert as the site death toll rises and John Prescott's safety summit on 27 February approaches. In the first of a four-part series on the safety crisis, Building asks workers about their experiences on site.

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    How the urban renaissance got lost in Yorkshire

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Allerton Bywater was supposed to prove the Millennium Village format could work anywhere. Three years on, nothing's happened. Building asks what went wrong.

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    Tender price forecast

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    How the indices are calculated Mechanical cost indexThe MCI is based on labour rates agreed by the mechanical industry’s wage body, the JCCHVDEI, and materials prices from the Office for National Statistics. Electrical cost indexThe ECI is compiled from materials data from the Office for National Statistics and labour ...

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    Countryside Environmental centre, Redditch, Worcestershire

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Wolverhampton practice On Line Architects designed Redditch's countryside centre for water sport clubs and to educate children about the local environment.

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    Mine's bigger than yours

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Leeds' Bridgewater Place could become the tallest residential building in the north. That is until Manchester comes up with something even higher.

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    Madel behaviour

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Stanhope is determined to build quicker and cheaper. At its £46m mixed-use scheme in Holborn, it is trialling simulation and materials-handling software that should allow it to do just that.

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    Kapoor and McAslan's art pavilion trumpets Sally Army

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    This collaboration between artist and architect will provide London with a new Thames-side landmark.

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    The Engineer's Contribution to Contemporary Architecture

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    The Engineer’s Contribution to Contemporary ArchitectureAngus MacdonaldThomas Telford£25.00168 pagesHeinz Isler by John ChiltonEladio Dieste by Remo PedreschiPeter Rice by André BrownGiven that structural engineering is central to modern architecture, there is a great deal of mileage in exploring the relationships of the two disciplines at their most synergetic. The ...

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    Walls Have Feelings: Architecture, Film and the City

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Walls Have Feelings: Architecture, Film and the CityKatherine ShonfieldRoutledge£19.00204 pagesWhy does my flat leak? Why is brutalist architecture so impersonal? What on earth does this have to do with Mary Poppins? And having read Katherine Shonfield's intriguing study of these critical questions, am I any the wiser? Shonfield sets out ...

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    Appointments

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    ContractorsNorthern-based Totty Construction has appointed Philip Mason quality manager.Colin Ford has been appointed construction director at Midlands-based regional contractor Pettifer Construction. He joins the company from Shepherd Construction.Graham Howe, previously with Willmott Dixon Construction, has joined Norwich-based JS Hay as operations manager.Taylor Woodrow has appointed Tony McGarahan director of ...

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    Real millennium answers

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    December's Real millennium quiz led to a flood of well-researched entries – and one contestant who thought Cherie Blair spent £1m on baby Leo's nursery. And although no one got all 50 teasers right, the five winners answered between 41 and 45 questions correctly. They each win a state-of-the-art DVD ...

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    Ian Andrews

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    As the first major prime package is announced, and opposition to it continues, Defence Estates' chief executive explains how he intends to stage the revolution in MOD procurement.

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    Practice makes perfect

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    The development of software program Vircon could help busy sites avert time-wasting construction problems before work even starts.

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    Wish you were here

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Newcastle's reinvigorated quayside isn't the North-east's only attraction. These massive regeneration schemes aim to lure industry and jobs back into the region.

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    Product focus

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    EcoPower combined heat and power unit

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    Dolce & Gabbana's new look is set in stone

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Beverly Hills is the latest Dolce & Gabbana store to get a David Chipperfield makeover.