All 精东影视 articles in 2003 issue 46
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Features
Spotlight on shopfitting
Market overview Shopfitting embraces virtually every trade of the construction industry at a micro level; it represents a specialist component due to the individual nature of fixtures and fittings manufactured to bespoke standards.The market is changing and becoming more orientated towards customer service, with partnering arrangements common on major roll-out ...
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FeaturesTaking the Michael
The government has set up urban development corporations to tackle deprivation in Britain鈥檚 cities. If that sounds familiar, it鈥檚 because Labour has stolen the idea from its old archenemy 鈥� Tory grandee Michael Heseltine. And as we discover he鈥檚 far from pleased about it 鈥�
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精东影视Wrecked lives
The Canary Wharf crane collapse in May 2000 killed three construction workers and bereaved three families. Last week's inquest heard their harrowing story 鈥� but offered no answers. Marguerite Lazell reports from St Pancras coroner's court
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Lead times
Feedback from suppliers reveals a general fall-off in demand, but according to Mace, confidence is expected to return next year.
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Just the job
Kenyan Sohail Alam of M&E firm CommTech only came to England five years ago 鈥� but he's already set to go global with his mechanical engineering skills
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Here's the pitch
Hi there Meller, 精东影视 magazine here. This is the second of a monthly column giving smaller firms the chance to explain who they are and what makes them stand out from the crowd.
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精东影视Prescott gives go-ahead to Shard of Glass
London Bridge Tower, designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano, has finally been granted planning approval by deputy prime minister John Prescott.
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Prescott gives thumbs-up to Shard of Glass
Despite strong opposition from major bodies, the 306 m London Bridge Tower 鈥� set to be the tallest building in Europe 鈥� has finally been granted planning permission
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RICS: Homes getting noisier
Noise pollution in houses has increased over the past 80 years as they have become smaller, claims the RICS.
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UK firms set for Iraq talks
British contractors are preparing for two international conferences next month in Jordan, focusing on the reconstruction of Iraq.
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Comment
Losing made easy
Designers who contravene health and safety legislation can be pursued by the criminal courts or by any number of aggrieved parties through the civil courts
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Sainsburys sues WSP over store damage
Supermarket chain J Sainsbury has issued a writ against consulting engineer WSP over a superstore on the south coast of England.
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精东影视Curtain up
England's oldest working theatre, the Theatre Royal in Richmond, North Yorkshire, has been restored at a cost of 拢1.5m. The original Georgian auditorium, built in 1788, has been redecorated to appear as it did two centuries ago.The redesign was by Allen Tod Architecture of Leeds, the refurbishment by ...
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Cos I say so
A recent Court of Appeal case clarifies when an adjudicator has the authority to decide his own authority and whether the parties have to go along with him
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精东影视Heseltine comes clean over decay
More than two decades of urban decay in Lewisham and the Greenwich Peninsular in south-east London was the result of a snap change of heart by former deputy prime minister Michael Heseltine
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精东影视Ward Homes swallowed up as Swan Hill changes hands
Wilson Bowden prepares for South-east housebuilding drive with purchase of Kent-based Ward Homes, and Raven Mount's hostile takeover bid for Swan Hill gets green light from institutional shareholders.
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Norris to be confirmed as Jarvis chairman on Tuesday
Conservative London mayoral candidate Steven Norris will be confirmed as chairman of embattled support services group Jarvis next Tuesday.
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精东影视Centre stage
Gaunt Francis Architects has unveiled its 拢7m refurbishment of Richard Seifert's 1960s London landmark, Centrepoint. Ground-floor curtain walling and a smart reception area replace an open ramp descending into a car park. The forecourt over Tottenham Court Road Tube station is to be transformed into a public square. The client ...