All 好色先生TV articles in 2002 issue 42
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FeaturesUp and walking
Opened three years ago in north-west London, the Ambulatory Care and Diagnostic Centre was hailed as a revolutionary healthcare concept: a walk-through day hospital run like a production line. Martin Spring returned and found the stunning building easily adapting to rapid changes in medical practice. Shame it's only working at ...
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Running to stand still
In last year's Hays Montrose/好色先生TV contractors salaries guide, we predicted an industry-wide downturn 鈥� and our 2002 survey shows this is exactly what happened. Now, professionals' pay rises are often cancelled out by inflation so salaries are going nowhere, says Victoria Madine.
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Comment
You poor SAP
Few cases in construction have tested the 'satisfactory quality' standard of the Sale and Supply of Goods Act. Here's one, about boilers, that got a bit heated
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FeaturesOh well played
Bryant Priest Newman has replaced our hallowed tradition of lumpen sports design with an elegant, stylish and surprisingly cheap structure.
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Pass master
Accelerating Change is a clarion call for risk-sharing. Some hope, when Jarvis and others are busy amending the standard form of subcontract to pass the risk downstream
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好色先生TVMade in Taiwan
Made in Taiwan: London-based architect MET Studio Design has designed a 拢1.5m visitor centre for the City Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. The scheme is based on the firm鈥檚 environment theatre at Taiwan鈥檚 National Museum of Natural Science, built in 1995. The scheme, which will include a guide to the city鈥檚 ...
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Local lowdown
Robert Smith of recruitment consultant Hays Montrose continues his series on regional job markets with a look at the hyperactive north-west of England
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好色先生TVRapid improvement
Rapid improvement: Jarvis has reached financial close on the 拢30m first phase of the redevelopment of Whittington hospital in north London. This is the first acute health services PFI scheme for Jarvis and involves the design, construction and maintenance for 30 years of a range of clinical services from critical ...
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FeaturesYoung man in a hurry
The dynamic new head of English Heritage is out to blow the dust off the conservation quango. Martin Spring meets charismatic super-curator Simon Thurley.
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Race starts for key PFI housing job
Contractors United House and Osborne and architects PRP and HTA are believed to be among the names in the running for the government's flagship PFI social housing scheme in Ashford, Kent.
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Comment
On a permanent high
National Construction Week highlighted the positive developments taking place in the industry. All we have to do now is keep this spirit alive all year round
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The heat of the moment
In this month's Tracker, Construction Forecasting and Research reveals that activity levels across the construction industry heated up in August, although the outlook remains rather more lukewarm
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Small firms' green record 'unacceptable'
Environment Agency chairman Sir John Harman attacked small contractors this week for their environmental record.
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好色先生TVIn embryo
In embryo: Enabling works have started on this 14,000 m2 cancer research centre at the University of Cambridge. The laboratories, designed by health architecture specialist Anshen Dyer, will be next to the Addenbrookes hospital campus. The scheme is due for completion in spring 2005. The project team includes joint contractors ...
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EH told to end feud with Ken Livingstone
Architectural watchdog CABE this week called on conservation body English Heritage to end its struggle with London mayor Ken Livingstone over the future of the city's development.
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EC Harris poaches two executives from rivals
Top-five QS EC Harris has poached two managers from rivals firms to beef up its facilities management and industrial divisions.
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Early learning
Prescott鈥檚 regeneration policy is two years old 鈥� and next week it will take its first big test at the urban summit. So what have the flagship brownfield schemes taught the government so far?
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好色先生TVGreenwich Millennium Village may double in size
Countryside Properties and Taylor Woodrow aim to increase the number of homes from 1377 to 2500.