All Features articles – Page 459
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Whole-life costs: Hospital design
In this third article in our series, and as part of our PFI special, David Weight of Currie & Brown looks at the differences in lifetime costs between deep-plan, shallow-plan or courtyard-based hospital designs
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Infirmary blues
The PFI’s problems are not confined to the bid process. Even after a facility is up and running, there is a constant struggle between client and consortium over its running costs – as we’re finding out at Edinburgh.
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Striking balance
Ðǿմ«Ã½ on a college building in London that has shown work-life balance really works
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Costs: Acoustic flooring solutions
Complaints about noise transmission in the home are on the up. Peter Mayer of Ðǿմ«Ã½ LifePlans looks at the choice of acoustic flooring solutions and analyses their whole-life costs
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Flooring
This week’s Specifier gets off the ground with a look at the V&A’s newly revamped central courtyard, followed by a round-up of the latest products on the showroom floor. Then it’s on to our handy checklist of how to avoid slipping up on safety, the cost of keeping noise down ...
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Where’s our people power?
Ask anyone in construction what the biggest problem they face is and there is just one answer: the skills shortage. As Britain prepares to host the Olympics in 2012, the industry is facing its toughest test yet, with 150,000 jobs being created, many of which will be in construction.
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On the ocean wave
This year’s Little Britain regatta in the Isle of Wight was another roaring success – especially for joint race winners Amey and Languard Investments. And with a Moulin Rouge-themed evening and gala dinner with charity auction, the event certainly wasn’t all about the sailing … Your correspondent was there enjoying ...
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My kind of place
To whet your appetite for London’s Open House weekend, we asked nine architectural luminaries to pick the building they’d choose to visit … and offer a selection of delectable alternatives.
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It’s okay for some
The national outlook over the next two years may look flat, but some regions are about to experience a boom – particularly in the East Midlands and Wales, says Experian Business Strategies
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The Graduates
How do you get young people to join construction? Once they’re in, how do you keep them? Well, we could ask these guys. These 10 professionals from every corner of the industry are Ðǿմ«Ã½â€™s new Graduate Advisory Panel, and they’ll be sharing their views on recruitment, skills and more in ...
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Jasper conran: The new Wayne hemingway?
Fashion guru Jasper Conran is already known for interior design, but with links to the Open House scheme and some heavy hints being dropped, it seems he may be moving into architecture. So do we have another fashion designer architect on our hands?
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The city marches east
After 19 years of protracted disputes, the City of London has finally arrived at the historic Spitalfields market, in the form of a sleek Foster and Partners office block. Ðǿմ«Ã½ assesses the latest addition to this famously varied quarter of east London
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Just the job: Ray Upjohn at Chapman Bathurst
Ray Upjohn has risen from being ‘the worst apprentice draftsman' at Matthew Hall to become managing director at building services consultant Chapman Bathurst
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Heron gains altitude
Developer Heron has submitted a revised planning application to the Corporation of London to add four storeys onto the proposed tower at 110 Bishopsgate EC2.
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