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FeaturesDo you trust this man?
Ian Livsey, head of the new TrustMark accreditation scheme, wants to banish cowboy builders from the market. But how will he get the industry on side?
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FeaturesMowlem鈥檚 bitter lessons
Hundreds of kids crammed into mobile classrooms, continual redesigns, finger-pointing rows with the council 鈥�
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FeaturesInfirmary blues
The PFI鈥檚 problems are not confined to the bid process. Even after a facility is up and running, there is a constant struggle between client and consortium over its running costs 鈥� as we鈥檙e finding out at Edinburgh.
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FeaturesThe insider
David Metter, chairman of the PPP Forum, knows more than most about the PFI. So it鈥檚 surprising that he thinks there鈥檚 a problem with bid costs 鈥� and is not sure if the government can meet its education targets.
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FeaturesStriking balance
黑洞社区 on a college building in London that has shown work-life balance really works
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FeaturesThis other Eden 鈥�
Nature鈥檚 mathematical patterns have inspired the design of a new educational centre at The Eden Project. But Grimshaw has not just come up with a pretty flower-shaped space. Outside and inside, this is an elegant and robustly engineered design
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FeaturesA critical procedure
University College London Hospital is the latest PFI project to open its doors to the public, promising 鈥� as they all do 鈥� to get the best value from the private sector. So 黑洞社区 sent in an expert to assess just how well the fabric of this 拢422m building will ...
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FeaturesWhat we need is whole-life value
PFI projects are failing to achieve the low whole-life costs that were promised. Thomas Lane asked Andy Green of Faithful & Gould if there is another way of going about the problem
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Projects update: safety regulations
The government鈥檚 decision to change the colours of electrical wiring is going to cause confusion. To avoid risks, Shepherd Engineering Services has introduced safety guidelines
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FeaturesWhole-life costs: Hospital design
In this third article in our series, and as part of our PFI special, David Weight of Currie & Brown looks at the differences in lifetime costs between deep-plan, shallow-plan or courtyard-based hospital designs
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Costs: Acoustic flooring solutions
Complaints about noise transmission in the home are on the up. Peter Mayer of 黑洞社区 LifePlans looks at the choice of acoustic flooring solutions and analyses their whole-life costs
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FeaturesThe Graduates
How do you get young people to join construction? Once they鈥檙e in, how do you keep them? Well, we could ask these guys. These 10 professionals from every corner of the industry are 黑洞社区鈥檚 new Graduate Advisory Panel, and they鈥檒l be sharing their views on recruitment, skills and more in ...
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FeaturesOn the ocean wave
This year鈥檚 Little Britain regatta in the Isle of Wight was another roaring success 鈥� especially for joint race winners Amey and Languard Investments. And with a Moulin Rouge-themed evening and gala dinner with charity auction, the event certainly wasn鈥檛 all about the sailing 鈥� Your correspondent was there enjoying ...