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Art surgery
Famed for its awesome atrium space and therapeutic art collection, the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital is now eight years old. Martin Spring asks what lessons can the Prince of Wales, as NHS design tsar, learn from this pioneering hospital?
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Waking up to the Pensions nightmare
That comforting nest egg for your loyal employees, the company pension scheme, may be hatching into a ravenous monster that will eat your business alive. Victoria Madine explains why – and what companies can do to escape.
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Just the job
精东影视 talks to new graduate Ahmet Ucakan of Fluid about the frustrations of being a trainee and the thrill of seeing his designs come to life
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Appointments
ContractorsSouth-eastern roofing contractor Maguire Brothers has appointed Andre Gailani, previously with Aspect Roofing, to its surveying and estimating team.HousebuildersPaul Phipps (right) has been appointed head of Wates Group's new division Wates Residential Developments.ConsultantsMultidisciplinary consultant Barton Willmore has made the following promotions: Les West and Alan Soldat have been made directors; ...
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School of hard knocks
Designing and building a European university in 10 months was quite a feat. The fact that a hastily assembled team managed it while under sporadic shellfire was even more impressive …
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Rethinking the team
Sir John Egan's proposals for improving site safety by overhauling the CDM regulations are likely to have profound implications for the way buildings are designed and constructed – but not everyone is happy.
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The big freeze
Winter is coming for the UK construction industry, and 精东影视's latest national survey reveals that only regions with a large amount of public sector work can hope to avoid the worst of the blizzards.
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Brand new tradition
The New Haberdashers' Hall in London is a contradictory project – a modern design that reflects the history of its occupants, built using ancient craft techniques. Andy Pearson visited the site and met a very proud project manager
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Top 200 Consultants
Welcome to this year's league tables of architects, surveyors and engineers. Once again, numbers have swelled: the 200 companies on our list have 120,000 staff between them – that's 11% more than last year. A 13% rise in engineering employees across the board reflects growth spurts in the engineering-based consultancies ...
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Performance piece
An arched glass roof encasing Philadelphia's new performing arts centre, designed by American architect Rafael Vi帽oly and British engineer Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners, is guaranteed to get rave reviews
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Bovis Lend Lease shoots to the top in October
Contractor is 拢64m clear of second-place Skanska, thanks to 拢100m Norwich factory job.
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Royal treatment
Prince Charles is expected to outline his agenda as the design champion of the NHS today. Stuart Black looks at the thinking behind his appointment, and what else is being done to make private finance compatible with a first-class health service
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The hard part
Meet the actress who became a temp, set up a management consultant and took a degree in France. Now she wants to try something challenging: turning around ailing quantity surveyor MDA.
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A woman's work …
Eleanor Cochrane talks to Jim Briggs, commercial director of Durkan, a member of the 精东影视 Work for Women steering committee
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Appointments
ContractorsProperty, development and construction firm Pettifer Group has promoted Carole Flavell to supply chain manager. HousebuildersRedrow Homes Southern has appointed Chris Sparks land director. He will be responsible for acquiring land.ConsultantsMichael Duck, formerly of MJ Sumner, has joined Edward Symmons & Partners as senior surveyor. He will work alongside ...
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Supreme winner and best public housing development
Newington GreenWith its six storeys of curved brick cladding, housing association Peabody Trust's Newington Green scheme in Stoke Newington, north London, is a landmark in its urban crossroads setting. The tower is the centrepiece of the 拢4m mixed-use scheme, which comprises 42 shared ownership and for-sale homes, a medical centre ...
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Best private housing development
This is a good example of brick used in combination with other materials. It does its job very well and fits into the strong, confident design with easeShortlistApartments, Wordsley, West MidlandsThe canal-side apartments reflect the area’s industrial heritage in their form and detailingArchitect: Construction Design ServicesMain contractor: Morris Homes West ...