More Focus – Page 353
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Inside an off-site toolkit
Darren Richards introduces a toolkit that maximises off-site technology’s potential
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Steps to successful process improvement
To get the best out of off-site construction, you need to get your build process right, says David Thomas. Here’s how…
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The how what why
Martin Goss answers the key questions about certification, regulation and standardisation
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Features‘We went from greenfield to selling hamburgers in 48 hours’
In the 1980s Richard Ogden played a key role in trailblazing the use of off-site construction for a certain fast-food chain. Now he’s the first chairman of Buildoffsite, connecting burgeoning demand for new construction techniques with supply.
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FeaturesBring it on
Okay, we can all stop worrying about whether off-site techniques will ever be taken seriously as a construction method, or whether anybody outside housebuilding has even heard of it... The real question now is whether the industry is ready to take advantage of all those off-site opportunities – the Olympics, ...
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Costs: Structural steel
If structural steel is your frame of choice, you need to think about fire protection. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans runs through the various options and what each one will cost
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FeaturesStructures
Our structural special kicks off by examining the new thinking on tall buildings in the post-9/11 world, before offering tips on fine-tuning dealings with structural engineers and how to gauge costs of fire-protecting steel frames
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Alun Michael
Once upon a time, the government saw construction as a vital lever for regulating the economy, and gave it an entire minister. These says it gets an average of seven minutes of Alun Michael’s day. So what can he accomplish in that time?
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FeaturesTop 200 Consultants 2005: Class acts
It’s Friday night and that means it’s time for … erm, Building’s eagerly awaited annual consultants’ league. Before we count down the top 200, Katie Puckett and Richard Heap pick out the highest climbers, hottest new entries, bestselling acts – and a rather familiar group in the number one spot ...
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FeaturesThe blame game
As soon as Mowlem’s accounting difficulties hit the news last month the race was on to find the person responsible. Building reports on the unseemly row between the past three chief executives over their financial problems and the impact they have had on the company …
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Building intelligence Q2 2005: Ups and downs
Construction was a mixed bag in the second quarter of this year, reports Experian Business Strategies, as new work orders went up 12%, output dropped 13%, London’s R&M output declined and everywhere else’s increased …
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FeaturesDriving force
Five thousand workers lost their jobs in the tragic, well-publicised closure of MG Rover’s Longbridge factory. Now, there is a scheme to retrain them that could also help ease the construction industry’s skills crisis. A brilliant solution – so why won’t more firms jump on the bandwagon?
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FeaturesI’ll be seeing you …
Stephen Williams has just been appointed head of construction at the Health and Safety Executive. As Building discovered, he is a man with an intense interest in the industry – and plans personally to visit as many sites as possible.
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FeaturesThe defeated champions
Tessa Jowell has become the ministerial design champion. Building asks how she can succeed where so many have failed, while Peter Stewart, assesses if government is now wise to design