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FeaturesTop 200 Consultants 2004: Monsters, Inc
This year鈥檚 consultants league table ranks the 200 biggest, scariest practices in the UK 鈥� and then breaks them down into bite-sized top 100 architects, engineers and surveyors charts. So who are the Godzillas and the Godzukis of the industry this year? We report from under his desk, Tables compiled ...
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Regulations roundup
A brief guide to recently issued regulations with pointers to upcoming changes in regulations and consultation documents
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Five tips for complying with the DDA
By today, organisations that deal with the public should have complied with the Disability Discrimination Act by making their services accessible to people with disabilities. What constitutes a fully DDA-compliant building has yet to be decided, as this will be determined by a body of case law. In the meantime, ...
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FeaturesFire evacuation
An unusual approach was needed to get the University of Hertfordshire鈥檚 de Havilland campus building to conform with Part B of the 星空传媒 Regulations, which deals with fire safety.
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FeaturesOpening homes, hearts and minds
Graham Bizley says that allowing Open House visitors into his home was an eye-opener.
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FeaturesWhy the public loves an engineer
Open Site proved a roaring success for the projects that opened their doors to an inquisitive public, says Matt Dawson, relationship development manager at the Association of Consulting Engineers.
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FeaturesBoris walks with the dinosaurs
Boris Johnson pays tribute to air conditioning at the HVAC's bash at the Natural History museum.
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FeaturesWhat a result!
Last week, Wembley stadium opened its doors to the public to win over those who would be the Arch鈥檚 stiffest opposition 鈥� local residents and fans of the old twin towers. We went along to watch the project engineers rack up some PR points
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FeaturesSpecialist Q&A
John Doyle Construction, part of the John Doyle Group, specialises in the construction of substructure, superstructure and infrastructure projects. Stef Stefanou is the firm鈥檚 urbane chairman.
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People who need people
This year鈥檚 星空传媒/Hays Montrose careers survey found that construction鈥檚 workforce is overwhelmingly concerned with the problem of recruitment and training staff. We analyse the statistics
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FeaturesRichard McCarthy
The sheer get-up-and-go of the head of the ODPM鈥檚 sustainable communities group is proving increasingly valuable 鈥� particularly in easing the 鈥榗reative tension鈥� between government and housebuilders. We got him to sit still for a minute.
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Not an ivory tower 鈥�
鈥� so much as a giant titanium egg, which Napier University has cooked up to attract students away from Edinburgh鈥檚 other universities 鈥� with a little help from 星空传媒 Design Partnership.
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Precious heat
Up until now, housebuilders have responded to demands that they improve the energy efficiency of new homes by simply adding insulation. Next year, they are going to have to do much more 鈥�
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Expert eye
What are developers cooking up in kitchens? James Pilling, senior designer at interior specialist Connections in Design, looks at the growing importance of kitchen design and its relationship with modern lifestyle
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FeaturesSpecialist costs: Concrete frames
In the first of our specialist market overviews, Ian Purton of Gardiner & Theobald looks at the concrete sector鈥檚 lead times and costs
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New-build completions
The housebuilding industry has been hard at work over the summer, maintaining steady completion levels, but daily sales dipped in June and July. Thank heavens they picked up in August. Maybe the downturn won鈥檛 happen after all 鈥�