More Focus – Page 367

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    Appointments

    2005-07-29T00:00:00Z

    HousebuildersIntro Homes, based in Elstree, Hertfordshire, has appointed its first sales and marketing director, Jon Denny.ClientsIndustrial property developer Eden Park Developments, part of the Fiducia Group, has promoted Jeremy Hoare to associate director.ConsultantsÐǿմ«Ã½ surveyor Tuffin Ferraby Taylor has made a number of appointments: surveyor Loy Gusthoff joins the professional services ...

  • Sir Neville Simms
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    The green knight

    2005-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Sir Neville Simms has made an epic personal journey from vilified motorway contractor to champion of sustainable procurement in the public sector. He tells Ðǿմ«Ã½ about his plans.

  • Barajas Airport terminal in Madrid
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    Terminal 5’s big brother

    2005-07-29T00:00:00Z

    You think Richard Rogers Partnership’s Heathrow Terminal 5 is about as big as big can be? Well prepare to be amazed: the practice’s Barajas Airport terminal in Madrid is twice the size – and even more elegant.

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    Market forecast: Tender price turnaround?

    2005-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Tender prices may be falling, but that could all change in the not-too-distant future … Plus the state of the market in the northern regions and an analysis of what everybody’s talking about

  • The massive Paradise Street development in Liverpool is set to be a retail mecca
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    Hot topic: 2012 Olympics

    2005-07-29T00:00:00Z

    London’s 2012 Olympics win is set to bring not just a bonanza in venues and infrastructure, but an incalculable amount of additional work.

  • Broadcasting House’s biggest ever makeover
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    Live from the BBC...

    2005-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Phase one of Broadcasting House’s biggest ever makeover is nearing completion – and it hasn’t interrupted a single live radio transmission.

  • How the finished scheme will look in 2009
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    Auntie’s new look

    2005-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Just another repeat on the BBC? Not quite: MacCormac Jamieson Prichard’s extension is designed to echo Broadcasting House but it has enough dramatic twists to become an icon in its own right.

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    A pain in the neck?

    2005-07-29T00:00:00Z

    As collars loosen across the City and the Civil Service, could this spell the end for the humble neck tie? We take a look at the politics of male attire and garners the opinions of some of the construction industry’s leading sartorial experts

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    Top 100 Contractors and Housebuilders 2005

    2005-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Amec has kept the yellow jersey for another year, despite being rapidly chased down Balfour Beatty and the ever more dynamic Taylor Woodrow. But before you pore over the placings, you should consider what the numbers don’t tell you.

  • Features

    Just the job

    2005-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Linda Morey Smith, founder of architect and interior designer MoreySmith

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    Appointments

    2005-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Movers and Shakers this week

  • Joe Dwyer
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    In my life

    2005-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Joe Dwyer talks to us about his 50 years in construction, the £2bn regeneration of his home town Liverpool, the axing of Alsop’s Fourth Grace, the night he almost died and why he is like José Mourinho – whereas Sir Neville Simms isn’t.

  • A chilling tale
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    A chilling tale

    2005-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Architects and engineers in temperate regions have thought of many ways of designing low-energy buildings. Trouble is, they don’t work in an equatorial climate, and nobody has come up with any alternatives – until Singapore asked Ken Yeang to design a library …

  • Supervillains
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    Supervillains

    2005-07-22T00:00:00Z

    They have the power to delay one out of every three projects in Britain. They can take months to produce a simple quote. They can charge you £4000 before they begin to think about supplying a water mains. They are … utility companies.

  • Curtain walling
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    Specialist costs: Curtain walling

    2005-07-22T00:00:00Z

    In the latest of our specialist market overviews, Duncan Smith of Gardiner & Theobald examines the vibrant sector of curtain walling. Plus we give an expert at a top company a grilling …

  • Bennet’s Courtyard, Merton, south London
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    Show homes

    2005-07-22T00:00:00Z

    This year’s Housing Design Awards, announced last night, have again shunned the executive box and instead celebrated some of the finest examples of high-density urban housebuilding.

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    Keeping a level head (and posterior)

    2005-07-21T09:42:00Z

    Garden seat designed for flat-bottomed girls - and boys - goes on display

  • Neil Deely and David Prichard
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    Not the David Prichard show

    2005-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Architectural firm Metropolitan Workshop is not about star architects, even though it has been set up by one of the starriest. We found out why from David Prichard and Neil Deely.

  • Moho rising
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    Moho rising

    2005-07-15T00:00:00Z

    With this pioneering 102-flat development in Manchester, Urban Splash and ShedKM have finally succeeded in making prefabricated housing the height of fashion. We found out how it was done.

  • Will it fly?
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    Will it fly?

    2005-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Now that the Quality Mark is a dead duck, the DTI has just taken the wraps off its bold new anti-cowboy venture: the TrustMark. But what are the chances of success this time?