More Focus – Page 436

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    Wild life

    2003-06-20T00:00:00Z

    Tony Partington spends every day trying to attract visitors to the wharf. It’s thanks to him that falcons, rare spiders and local families love spending time in its parks

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    Hey good looking

    2003-06-20T00:00:00Z

    Architecture isn’t the only thing bringing tourists to Canary Wharf. Find out about art on site, and meet the woman who commissions it

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    The good fight

    2003-06-20T00:00:00Z

    Sister Christine Frost has been campaigning for the residents of Docklands since the 1980s. Here, she explains what Canary Wharf Group is doing for the community

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    Green giant

    2003-06-20T00:00:00Z

    If you were to ask 100 people what an environment-friendly building looked like, not many of them would describe a glassy high rise. But they'd be wrong. Welcome to 10 Upper Bank Street …

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    Next in line

    2003-06-20T00:00:00Z

    Canary Wharf just keeps growing. The latest piece in the jigsaw is Heron Quays – home to even more high-quality offices, retail and green space

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    The new frontier

    2003-06-20T00:00:00Z

    The estate is almost full, but a little thing like that isn't going to stop Canary Wharf Group expanding. This is the future: two developments beyond its original boundary and a major transport project

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    Foster finally hits top spot in May architects league

    2003-06-20T00:00:00Z

    … while Kier keeps its place as the king of the contractors with £100m of contract wins.

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    Key players

    2003-06-20T00:00:00Z

    In the first of a new series, we provide an inside look into the management structure of leading construction firms, starting with QS Turner & Townsend.

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    Lead times

    2003-06-20T00:00:00Z

    The general market slowdown in the second quarter has meant most firms are keeping their lead times on an even keel.

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    Spotlight on demolition

    2003-06-20T00:00:00Z

    Market viewAsk most people to describe a typical demolition site and they would probably talk about a ball and chain smashing its way through a building until there is just a heap of rubble. This preconceived notion of the industry does not do it justice. In recent years, demolition contractors ...

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    The siege of Edinburgh

    2003-06-20T00:00:00Z

    A cost increase that took the Scottish parliament building 10 times over budget has prompted MSPs and the tabloids to launch a vicious attack on the project team. But are the politicians trying to divert attention from their own failings?

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    Canary Wharf retail: Shop smart

    2003-06-19T00:00:00Z

    It’s not all about the offices or even about lunch for the people in them. Canary Wharf is now a retail destination – complete with 51,000 m2 of high-street favourites and stylish boutiques

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    True Brit

    2003-06-13T00:00:00Z

    Tony Allum, chairman of consulting engineer Halcrow, has been chosen to lead the charge to win British firms work in Iraq. For all the dangers, he is undaunted by the prospect. Just don't mention the war...

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    After the floodgates open

    2003-06-13T00:00:00Z

    The biggest dam in the world, the Three Gorges in China, has started to turn the Yangtze into a 480 km long reservoir. As the water rises, ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ considers the tasks still facing the Chinese: completing the dam and building three cities for 1.2 million displaced people

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    Tower of Babble

    2003-06-13T00:00:00Z

    As the Swiss Re tower nears completion, the public is busy picking holes in the design and construction work. ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ looks at how the erotic gherkin's dominant presence on the London skyline has inspired a wave of urban myths...

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    Local lowdown

    2003-06-13T00:00:00Z

    Site managers and QSs can demand fat salaries in Kent and Surrey, where affordable housing is driving the market

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    Space is money

    2003-06-13T00:00:00Z

    A project can be analysed in terms of the fundamental units of space, time and money. And every project has a solution that uses the first to minimise the second and maximise the third. Here's how to find it

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    Now for the science bit …

    2003-06-13T00:00:00Z

    This composite crane's eye view of Zaha Hadid's Wolfsburg Science Centre in Saxony shows that laying a floor has rarely been more complex

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    Checklist

    2003-06-13T00:00:00Z

    There are six steps on the road to the perfect masonry specification, says NBS technical author Kevan Brassington. So here's how to …

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    Lifetime costs: masonry walls

    2003-06-13T00:00:00Z

    The higher costs of making sure your masonry wall complies with Part L are partially offset by annual savings in energy costs. But by how much? We do the sums