More Focus – Page 370
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Pods and monsters
A medical research centre where scientists are banished to the basement and life-or-death matters are discussed beneath giant deep-sea creatures, orange bubble clusters and alien spacecraft … we visits Will Alsop’s most flamboyant, and contradictory, offering yet.
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European whole-life costs
Quantity surveyor Franklin + Andrews makes its annual appraisal of the costs of building and maintaining a standard factory in 14 European countries and finds the familiar north-south divide
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The hard sell
Get your prospective employer to make you an offer you can't refuse, say Rob Norris and Ben Byram
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Stars and gripes
When Emcor lambasted its failing UK subsidiary Drake & Scull, US-based boss Frank T MacInnis asked Tony Whale to turn the firm around. Whale has, but he isn’t out of the woods yet. We met the two to discuss their future.
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Hot or not?
Public sector projects are keeping contractors busy across the UK. Now, as the Kelly Review of construction capacity reveals, demand is boiling over in the North-west and London.
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Coming in to land …
This is the UK’s first international airport for half a century. But just 14 months ago it was a disused RAF nuclear bomber base that people feared might contain unexploded bombs and radioactivity. We checked in at Robin Hood Airport to find out how it was transformed
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Best building contractor’s safety initiative
Skanska triumphed in this category, sponsored by the health & Safety people
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Best housebuilder’s safety initiative
In this hard-fought category, Berkeley homes just pipped its rivals to the post
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Best safety innovation from a construction consultant
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Resources Company stole the show in this Corus-sponsored category
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Best safety product
Innovation was the name of the game in this category, Sponsored by TPS consult
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Working well together number one worker
This lincsafe-sponsored award goes to a T5 man who just gets on with it
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Best safety innovation from a designer
Austin Winkley took pole position in this category, sponsored by wates group
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Best maintenance contractor’s safety initiative
in a tough field, wrekin’s tailored training approach won over the judges
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Best safety innovation from an engineer
Banyard solutions’ e-permits system triumphed this year. sponsored by byl
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