More Focus – Page 391

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    Costs: Crime prevention

    2004-11-04T13:25:00Z

    Want to reduce crime and improve whole-life performance of components? Secured by Design standards can offer a win–win option

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    Checklist

    2004-11-04T13:22:00Z

    Security is one of the most complex elements of a building to specify. Barbour Index and Scott Brownrigg list what you should bear in mind when you tackle the job

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    Security

    2004-11-04T13:19:00Z

    Designing buildings to resist the worst effects of a terrorist bomb blast is becoming a key part of the specification process. Arup Security Consulting specialises in this type of work and has just won Security Consultant of the Year at the Security Excellence Awards 2004. It was also one of ...

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    Exorcising the ghost town

    2004-11-03T17:17:00Z

    Blitzed by the Luftwaffe, scarred by 1960s tower blocks, and abandoned by industry under Thatcher – Coventry has had its share of suffering. But now £4bn of regeneration is giving the city back its lifeblood

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    Construction gets cuddly

    2004-11-02T14:21:00Z

    Buster the Bear is the latest soft toy to wear a hard hat while Janet the Joiner connects with the Under 5s.

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    King of the caption

    2004-11-02T12:15:00Z

    Martin King's witty entry scooped top prize in Hansom's steam train caption competition.

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    Shuttleworth shuffled

    2004-10-29T12:52:00Z

    Foster and Partners almost photoshops ex-colleague Ken Shuttleworth out of a team photograph.

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    President Clinton

    2004-10-29T00:00:00Z

    He may not yet be the international political force that Bill once was, but Colin Clinton knows how to use power to effect change – and not just at the ICE. We talk to him about his modernising agenda, globalisation and lawn mowing.

  • Journey to the end of the night
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    Journey to the end of the night

    2004-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Five minutes after the red light of the night’s last train sinks into the inky dark of the tunnel, 60 men handicapped by a strange collection of objects begin a surreal race against time.

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    Rocking All Over The World

    2004-10-29T00:00:00Z

    A few years ago, cost consultants were about as fashionable as tank-tops and Y-fronts. Now more and more countries are giving them rapturous receptions as QS mania sweeps the globe. We report on a new British invasion

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    One thing they’re not shoulder to shoulder on …

    2004-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Bush and Blair stand united over Iraq, but on one particularly sensitive domestic issue they are worlds apart. We investigate the impact of Republican and Labour policies on housebuilding either side of the pond

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    Time out

    2004-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Career breaks are increasingly common – and can take you to the strangest of places.

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    Appointments

    2004-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Movers and shakers

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    Winding down

    2004-10-29T00:00:00Z

    In this month’s Tracker, Experian Business Strategies division reports that growth in the industry is expected to continue but the growth rate is set to decline over the three months to November

  • Time for change
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    Time for change

    2004-10-29T00:00:00Z

    In the last of this five part series, CITB-ConstructionSkills explains how major breakthroughs in the drive for vocational and on-site training will benefit employers, government and training providers

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    Bums on seats

    2004-10-25T15:45:00Z

    Alcohol friendly public benches complete with bins and ash trays have been installed in Old Street, London

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    The paradox twins

    2004-10-22T00:00:00Z

    George Hay talks to Bob Allies and Graham Morrison, the men behind the ‘unfashionable’ architectural practice that’s all the rage with Britain’s biggest clients.

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    JCB in the pink

    2004-10-22T16:11:00Z

    Pink digger set to raise cash, and awareness for breast cancer charity

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    Specifier Products

    2004-10-22T11:50:00Z

    Everything you need to know about the latest roofing kit, from harsh-weather protection to a pyramid over a swimming pool. Plus, the latest services and innovations from manufacturers

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    Costs: Roof coverings

    2004-10-22T11:38:00Z

    Different roof coverings vary widely in terms of costs and durability. Peter Mayer of ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Performance Group sets out guidelines on lifespan and whole life costing for fully supported metal sheet roofing, while Davis Langdon provide capital costs for a range of other roof types