More Focus – Page 436
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Hey good looking
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
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
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
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
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
… while Kier keeps its place as the king of the contractors with £100m of contract wins.
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Key players
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
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
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
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
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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After the floodgates open
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
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
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
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 …
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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Lifetime costs: masonry walls
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