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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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Innovation in delivering NHS facilities
Nigel Griffiths, minister for construction, Talks about procure21
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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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FeaturesIt’s all about trust
Okay, so “ProCure21” is a neat moniker for the government’s approach to healthcare construction – but setting aside all the jargon, what does it really mean? Here’s the truth
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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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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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FeaturesLike Phoenix from the ashes
The miraculous resurrection of Sandwell’s fire-ravaged A&E meant that this hospital was not a casualty for long – thanks to ProCure21 coming to the rescue
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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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FeaturesCare at the centre
Any project that changes construction route halfway through is bound to hit rocky ground, surely? Here’s how procure21 meant Oldbury’s care centre avoided trouble – and avoided the need for adjudicators …
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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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FeaturesThe chance that paid off
Or, how an NHS trust in ormskirk decided to twist, not stick, by embracing a procurement method it had never used before. And boy, did it win hands down …
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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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CommentDon’t panic
The housing market. It’s a national obsession. Doubly so if you work in the construction industry and your memory stretches back to the early 1990s, the big crash and the grisly business of cutting people out of the wreckage of their homes and jobs.
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New face in Rogers’ boardroom
Architect Richard Rogers Partnership has made its first significant managerial appointment since the departure of managing director Marco Goldschmied in July.
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News‘Best room in London’ wins RIBA Stirling prize
Foster and Partners’ iconic Swiss Re tower has scooped this year’s RIBA Stirling prize, the most prestigious award in British architecture.
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News‘Best room in London’ wins RIBA Stirling prize
Foster and Partners’ iconic Swiss Re tower has scooped this year’s RIBA Stirling prize, the most prestigious award in British architecture.
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NewsSix-hour’s work
BAA has released images of the fourth section of the Terminal 5 roof at Heathrow as it was being lifted into position earlier this month. Although it weighs 900 tonnes, this is the smallest section of the roof to be raised, and it took engineers just six hours to put ...