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Features'I will not be taken for granted': BAA's boss on frameworks
...or to put it another way, BAA鈥檚 five-year framework is just a large feather bed, and the military brain behind its new procurement policy wants contractors to fight for their work
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FeaturesSustainability: Water efficiency
Does making an investment in water efficiency measures ever pay back? Isabel McAllister and David Sutton of Cyril Sweett present the business case
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FeaturesEscos: One of our team is missing
Whatever happened to energy service companies, responsible for on-site renewables? Their near-disappearance is bad news for low-carbon development
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FeaturesStuck in the middle: it鈥檚 a hard life for medium-sized contractors
When you鈥檙e too big to be small, and too small to be big, life can be very inconvenient 鈥� as Britain鈥檚 medium-sized contractors are finding out. Roxane McMeeken reports on their predicament
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FeaturesMade in Taiwan
This nation鈥檚 manufacturing prowess has reached new heights with the stunning solar-panelled roof of Toyo Ito鈥檚 stadium for the World Games
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FeaturesOur man in Riyadh: Buro Happold鈥檚 boss moves to Saudi
With a stream of UK companies looking for work in Saudi Arabia, Buro Happold decided it had do something to maintain its position as top dog. So it sent its chairman, Rod Macdonald, to go and live there. Emily Wright spoke to him two weeks after he arrived
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FeaturesNo cuckoo鈥檚 nest: mental healthcare markets
The Department of Health is encouraging mental health trusts to invest in well-designed, user-friendly facilities for their patients. Emily Wright looks at the construction opportunities in this specialist market
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FeaturesThe big push: getting materials to the 2012 Olympic site
The Olympic team is using every means possible to get the vast amounts of materials it needs into its hemmed-in east London site: roads, railways, and now the River Thames. Thomas Lane reports on a grand offensive
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FeaturesCost model: Universities
Universities are vital in maintaining the UK鈥檚 place in the knowledge economy and have been major building clients over the past 10 years. How will higher education clients approach tougher times? Simon Rawlinson and Laurence Brett of Davis Langdon look at emerging trends in the sector
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What it costs: Suspended ceilings
The many choices when specifying a suspended ceiling for a hospital are made more difficult by the regulations on cleaning and acoustics. Peter Mayer of BLP Insurance takes a look
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FeaturesNew age medicine: healthcare technology
Willmott Dixon has developed a prototype of a healthcare facility of the future, which includes self-diagnosis pods, robotic medicine dispensing and remote treatment
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FeaturesHygienic wall covering
Construction Specialities has launched Acrovyn Hydroclad, a wall covering developed for use in hygienically sensitive locations such as operating theatres, hospital kitchens and laboratories
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FeaturesBacteria-resistant doorsets
Leaderflush Shapland is offering a range of products to combat healthcare-associated infections
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FeaturesSecondary glazing
Selectaglaze has installed secondary glazing in a 16-bed critical care ward at St Mary鈥檚 Hospital in Paddington, west London
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Anti-ligature windows
Kawneer has developed the AA3110 sliding window for the healthcare market
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Electrical accessories
MK Electric has compiled a collection of wiring accessories suitable for the healthcare sector
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Hospital furniture
David Bailey Furniture Systems was specified by architect Watkins Gray International when it required fitted furniture for a series of refurbishment projects at Great Ormond Street Hospital
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FeaturesWorking for the Colonel: opportunities in Libya
Forty years of isolation has left Libya desperate for reconstruction and rolling in money. So it鈥檚 spending billions on national renewal, and if you鈥檙e clever you鈥檒l help it out. Oh, it helps if you like coffee
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FeaturesA hard act to follow: the New Acropolis
This is the New Acropolis museum, and it鈥檚 located a two-minute stroll from the most famous building in the world. So how did the architect handle that brief?
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FeaturesHell鈥檚 clients: whatever happened to frameworks?
Frameworks were one of Egan鈥檚 famous win鈥搘in deals: suppliers would get lots of work and clients would get their loyalty. But now clients don鈥檛 need fidelity, so it seems they鈥檙e ripping up the rules. Joey Gardiner looks at what that means for the industry