More Focus – Page 307

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    The fall from Eden

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    The Blair years began with wonderful attractions and tube stations, continued through drab PFIs and ended with creeping paranoia, says Gus Alexander

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    Wonders & blunders

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    With lots of lottery cash, the PFI and a millennium to celebrate, the decade has been packed with new buildings – some good, some not so good. Martin Spring looks at the Blair era’s …

  • Frank Gehry’s buildings, such as the Disney concert hall in Los Angeles helped create the fashion for non-linear shapes
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    Great leaps forward

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Taking a break from Blair, here are Alistair King’s top 10 technological developments

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    Appointments

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    This week

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    Making best practice the obvious practice

    2007-05-15T11:54:00Z

    From segregating waste to re-using materials - cost effective waste management can become second nature

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    Involvement and employment

    2007-05-15T11:49:00Z

    BEST PRACTICE CASE STUDYOakwood High School

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    Recycling plasterboard to reduce waste

    2007-05-15T11:41:00Z

    Best Practice Case Study: Merton Abbey Mills

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    Improving the quality of affordable housing with off-site construction

    2007-05-15T11:35:00Z

    Best Practic Case Study on Raines Court

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    Finn Forest

    2007-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Fulcrum have a unique track record in built solutions that deliver the following: Comfort and performance Low through-life cost Simplicity in operation and maintenance We have established that sustainability is the natural result of the correct understanding of the potential compatibility between these objectives. We therefore find that ...

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    Fulcrum Consulting

    2007-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Our objective is buildings that work; for the procurer, the user, and for future generations.

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    Archie's Architects

    2007-05-15T00:00:00Z

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    Bobby's Builders

    2007-05-15T00:00:00Z

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    Corderoy

    2007-05-15T00:00:00Z

    ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Business on a Solid Foundation

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    Are we really ready for eco-towns?

    2007-05-14T17:14:00Z

    Do we have enough green experience to develop sustainable towns?

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    Have you seen BT’s new mobile?

    2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

    BT’s property team don’t sit behind desks. They use the latest technology to work from home, clients’ offices and ‘touchdown’ points around the UK. And soon they’ll expect you to do the same

  • Cladding delays on the Willis building meant the top five plant room floors had to be temporarily wrapped in plastic to keep the job on programme
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    Procurement: ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV services

    2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

    The design and installation of building services needs careful management if a project’s M&E is to be delivered successfully. Simon Rawlinson together with Barry Nugent and Andy Dedman of Davis Langdon Mott Green Wall look at best practice in this specialist area of procurement

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    Getting heavy

    2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

    What to do about site waste is construction’s 100 million tonne question. We gathered together some of the industry’s experts to try to find an answer.

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    Stay!

    2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Housebuilders are pampering their directors more than ever, but will that stop developing housing associations from snatching them away with the promise of more treats? Stuart Macdonald gets his teeth into the ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV/PSD housebuilders’ salary survey

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    A man on a mission

    2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Arup engineer Daniel Rea tells Lydia Stockdale how he followed a path trodden by Dr Livingstone and ended up at the ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Awards

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    BMW Welt: How’s this for a car showroom?

    2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Architect Coop Himmelb(l)au’s astonishing Munich creation is the latest blow in the battle between BMW and Mercedes-Benz