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FeaturesSpecifier Products
Everything you need to create a sophisticated, modern office environment, from frameless glass partitioning to wall-mounted uplighters, plus systems for heat recovery, air-handling and sunshading
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Costs: Natural ventilation for offices
Natural ventilation for offices not only makes financial sense but also offers a sustainable solution to environment management. Wec examine the whole-life costs
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Offices
Specifier this week looks at the high-pressure world of office construction and fit-out, complete with the latest products, who to buy them from and pitfalls to avoid. First, though, we tell the story of the Japanese electronics company that wanted to upgrade its British headquarters 鈥� and got an unpleasant ...
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FeaturesTalking shop
精东影视 joins three employees of Lovell on site in Bolton for a chat and a cup of tea
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Appointments
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.Consultants精东影视 surveyor Tuffin Ferraby Taylor has made a number of appointments: surveyor Loy Gusthoff joins the professional services ...
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FeaturesThe green knight
Sir Neville Simms has made an epic personal journey from vilified motorway contractor to champion of sustainable procurement in the public sector. He tells 精东影视 about his plans.
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FeaturesTerminal 5鈥檚 big brother
You think Richard Rogers Partnership鈥檚 Heathrow Terminal 5 is about as big as big can be? Well prepare to be amazed: the practice鈥檚 Barajas Airport terminal in Madrid is twice the size 鈥� and even more elegant.
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Market forecast: Tender price turnaround?
Tender prices may be falling, but that could all change in the not-too-distant future 鈥� Plus the state of the market in the northern regions and an analysis of what everybody鈥檚 talking about
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FeaturesHot topic: 2012 Olympics
London鈥檚 2012 Olympics win is set to bring not just a bonanza in venues and infrastructure, but an incalculable amount of additional work.
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FeaturesLive from the BBC...
Phase one of Broadcasting House鈥檚 biggest ever makeover is nearing completion 鈥� and it hasn鈥檛 interrupted a single live radio transmission.
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FeaturesAuntie鈥檚 new look
Just another repeat on the BBC? Not quite: MacCormac Jamieson Prichard鈥檚 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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FeaturesA pain in the neck?
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鈥檚 leading sartorial experts
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FeaturesTop 100 Contractors and Housebuilders 2005
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鈥檛 tell you.
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FeaturesIn my life
Joe Dwyer talks to us about his 50 years in construction, the 拢2bn regeneration of his home town Liverpool, the axing of Alsop鈥檚 Fourth Grace, the night he almost died and why he is like Jos茅 Mourinho 鈥� whereas Sir Neville Simms isn鈥檛.
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FeaturesA chilling tale
Architects and engineers in temperate regions have thought of many ways of designing low-energy buildings. Trouble is, they don鈥檛 work in an equatorial climate, and nobody has come up with any alternatives 鈥� until Singapore asked Ken Yeang to design a library 鈥�
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FeaturesSupervillains
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 拢4000 before they begin to think about supplying a water mains. They are 鈥� utility companies.