More Focus – Page 405

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    Bowmer & Kirkland knocks Bovis off top spot in June

    2004-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Derbyshire contractor tops league with two big projects, but it’s business as usual in yearly table

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    Accidents will happen

    2004-07-23T00:00:00Z

    … but that doesn’t necessarily mean you have to pay for them. In an increasingly prevalent compensation culture, we find out why contractors are feeling sick over payouts – and looks at some classic fast ones pulled by industry opportunists.

  • The sharply detailed museum rises beside its own courtyard
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    Dig that museum

    2004-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Madrid architect Paredes Pedrosa has uncovered another treasure, a museum in the coastal Spanish town of Almeria

  • John Prescott
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    Guess who's back in town

    2004-07-23T00:00:00Z

    For years, English Partnerships was widely criticised as an irrelevance. After Gordon Brown’s spending review, however, it has £30bn of land in the bank and big plans for developing it. We report on what’s coming next

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    Brits on broadway

    2004-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Next to the World Trade Centre site, Arup and Grimshaw have designed one of Manhattan's most dramatic projects. It may not alter the skyline, but the £500m subway interchange will transform the city's congested and confusing underground network.

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    Sunny outlook

    2004-07-23T00:00:00Z

    In this month's Tracker, Experian Business Strategies reports some of the highest construction activity levels for 10 years and forecasts steady growth for the rest of the summer

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    Appointments

    2004-07-21T15:43:00Z

    All the latest industry moves

  • Tom Potbury
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    Law report

    2004-07-16T00:00:00Z

    A Court of Appeal case has just boosted the legal rights, and financial security, of disabled workers

  • John Balsom
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    Jack Pringle

    2004-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Reforming the PFI and tackling the brain-drain of newly qualified architects are the top priorities of the incoming RIBA president. We find out how Jack Pringle plans to navigate the choppy waters of the architecture business.

  • The cantilevered roof directs the wind flow, providing natural ventilation
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    Normans Invasion

    2004-07-16T00:00:00Z

    With the paint barely dry on the viaduct at Millau, Foster and Partners is set to add another iconic building to the southern French landscape

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    Fast forward

    2004-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Way back in 1994, Ðǿմ«Ã½ asked Sir Michael Latham to explain his controversial Rethinking the Team report. Ten years after its publication, we can see that it marked a watershed in the industry’s culture … but how does its author feel about it?

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    ‘What happened to Pat cannot be allowed to happen to anybody ever again’

    2004-07-16T00:00:00Z

    On 15 January, Patrick O’Sullivan was killed while working on the Wembley national stadium project. His family tells us that those responsible must be held to account

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    A giant leap for a brickie

    2004-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Behrokh Khoshnevis has seen the future of construction, and it involves robotic arms, multiple nozzles and buildings that can be put up in hours in either Basildon or the Sea of Serenity. The University of Southern California professor tells us about the technology that he believes will be commonplace in ...

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    Ascent 112

    2004-07-16T00:00:00Z

    The astonishing arch that will support the new Wembley National Stadium had to be tilted through 112° to reach its present position. We find out how it was done

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    Appointments

    2004-07-15T10:34:00Z

    Movers and shakers in the industry this week

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    Get on board

    2004-07-09T00:00:00Z

    When the architect of Walthamstow's bus station had to cut costs on the stunning roof, it needed the whole team to work together in order to reach the destination.

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    How illuminating

    2004-07-09T00:00:00Z

    In creating a landmark building for a West Midlands college, D5 Architects had to come up with problem-solving ideas to link the 1960s block next door.

  • Up in smoke: Severe house fire damage
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    The rules

    2004-07-09T00:00:00Z

    A fire investigation body cites the potential risks for roof spaces ahead of next year's revision of Part B of the Ðǿմ«Ã½ Regulations. Plus the BBA clarifies the issue of ventilation in cold-pitched roofs.

  • Slate Roof
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    Checklist

    2004-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Although it is widely admired for its aesthetic qualities, slate is a highly variable product that can pose plenty of problems for the specifier. We explain how to minimise them

  • Metal roof
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    Costs

    2004-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Steel and copper prices have gone through the roof, so specifiers face a test of their mettle. Peter Fordham of quantity surveyor Davis Langdon breaks down the costs of metal roofing