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The Engineer's Contribution to Contemporary Architecture
The Engineer’s Contribution to Contemporary ArchitectureAngus MacdonaldThomas Telford拢25.00168 pagesHeinz Isler by John ChiltonEladio Dieste by Remo PedreschiPeter Rice by Andr茅 BrownGiven that structural engineering is central to modern architecture, there is a great deal of mileage in exploring the relationships of the two disciplines at their most synergetic. The ...
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Walls Have Feelings: Architecture, Film and the City
Walls Have Feelings: Architecture, Film and the CityKatherine ShonfieldRoutledge拢19.00204 pagesWhy does my flat leak? Why is brutalist architecture so impersonal? What on earth does this have to do with Mary Poppins? And having read Katherine Shonfield's intriguing study of these critical questions, am I any the wiser? Shonfield sets out ...
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Tender price forecast
How the indices are calculated Mechanical cost indexThe MCI is based on labour rates agreed by the mechanical industry鈥檚 wage body, the JCCHVDEI, and materials prices from the Office for National Statistics. Electrical cost indexThe ECI is compiled from materials data from the Office for National Statistics and labour ...
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Just the job
Planning engineer Barry Lingham tells Marissa Charles how he helps British firms in Europe avoid contractual pitfalls.
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Appointments
ContractorsNorthern-based Totty Construction has appointed Philip Mason quality manager.Colin Ford has been appointed construction director at Midlands-based regional contractor Pettifer Construction. He joins the company from Shepherd Construction.Graham Howe, previously with Willmott Dixon Construction, has joined Norwich-based JS Hay as operations manager.Taylor Woodrow has appointed Tony McGarahan director of ...
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Eight new deals push HBG into top spot
Contracts worth 拢36.7m make HBG number one, but Bovis Lend Lease continues to lead annual table.
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Dolce & Gabbana's new look is set in stone
Beverly Hills is the latest Dolce & Gabbana store to get a David Chipperfield makeover.
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China awakes
41 new airports 230 new cities 5000 new townshipsWith a mind-boggling construction spree under way, China offers rich rewards – and potential risks – for British firms.
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At boiling point
The skills shortage is biting hard. Tender prices have shot up, expansion plans are on hold and on sites across London, firms are fighting over a dwindling pool of skilled workers. 精东影视 reports from the sharp end.
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The Cole treatment
John Cole has achieved what many thought impossible: well designed PFI hospitals. Now the procurement methods he pioneered in Northern Ireland look set to catch on over here.
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Blinking marvellous
There's another Millennium Bridge 280 miles north of London – but this one winks instead of wobbling. And on pages 46-48, more schemes that are regenerating the North-east.
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Eight stages to a landmark bridge
1 Design competitionIn 1997, civil engineer Gifford and Partners and architect Wilkinson Eyre Architects won a design competition for a new pedestrian bridge sponsored by Gateshead council."A contemporary design which complements the existing Tyne bridges in a way that is both refreshing and new," commented the judging panel. Although they ...
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Wish you were here
Newcastle's reinvigorated quayside isn't the North-east's only attraction. These massive regeneration schemes aim to lure industry and jobs back into the region.
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Practice makes perfect
The development of software program Vircon could help busy sites avert time-wasting construction problems before work even starts.
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Cost model update, January 2001
Eight years after the first cost model was published, Davis Langdon & Everest provides a companion to 17 building types featured in the series. Providing up-to-date costs for each type, this third cost model update includes the publication date of the original model and identifies current cost drivers.
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Big Brother
Advice for managers on the sensitive area of monitoring employees' personal emails and their use of the internet.
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Appointments
ContractorsTony Auger has been appointed pre-contracts director of Essex-based Rose Builders.GMI Construction Group, based in Leeds, has appointed Paul Whitaker (right) commercial director. Simon Bannister has been promoted to design office manager.HousebuildersJohn Leary, previously with Mansell, has joined housebuilder Lovell as commercial director in the divisional head office in Tamworth, ...
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Dial M for mixed-use at Hitchcock studio
The Shoreditch set of classic film The Lady Vanishes is to reappear as a multipurpose live–work development.
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Wembley: cash, contracts and confrontation
The team building England's new National Stadium has been bamboozled by political U-turns, impeded by contract wrangles and shaken by bad publicity. Can Wembley stage a comeback?