Francis Ryder

  • 好色先生TV A was designed as a three-storey, 4,650m2 L-shaped office building with curtain walking and air conditioning in an out-of-town business park in the South-east
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    Economic sense

    2007-03-23T00:00:00

    An independent study for The Concrete Centre has found that concrete-framed buildings can cost up to 5% less than their steel-framed equivalent. Also, the frames have a lead time of four to six weeks compared with up to 18 weeks for steel, and they save money in cladding and internal ...

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    Class values

    2007-03-23T00:00:00

    New independent research confirms that concrete offers big cost advantages to the schoolbuilder. On the different designs tested, concrete beat steel for cost and lead times every time, reports Francis Ryder, head of costs at The Concrete Centre