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Special costs: Office fit-out
In the latest of our specialist market overviews, Alexandra McCrow of Gardiner & Theobald looks at the office fit-out sector鈥檚 design issues, lead times and costs 鈥� and specialist contractor ISG InteriorExterior gets a grilling
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FeaturesBoy racers discover their roman routes
Taylor Woodrow unearths a Roman chariot arena in Colchester under a new housing development.
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FeaturesPart P: The not so shocking truth
Mike Clark the technical director of NICEIC explains how the new regulation governing electrical installations will affect industry.
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FeaturesLittle Britain sailors raise 拢100,000 for charity
Olympic stars Ben Ainslie and Shirley Robsinson accept cheques on behalf of sailing charities at London Boat Show.
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FeaturesGet 鈥檈m young鈥�
These construction trainees are the future of the industry, and if government plans are realised, thousands more will soon be trained all over the country. All the construction industry has to do is get its act together and organise a nationwide programme. What could possibly go wrong with that?
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FeaturesUrgently required: 8000 surveyors
The job: to carry out home condition reports for house sellers. The candidate: ideally a surveyor, but possibly a construction professional looking for a change. Experience preferred, but all applications will be considered (we鈥檙e desperate).
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Appointments
ContractorSteven Trim has joined Dorset family builder CG Fry & Son as trainee site manager.HousebuildersTaylor Woodrow has promoted Andrew Ridley-Barker to divisional director of the firm鈥檚 construction division. John Lohan has been appointed head of supplier development.Bellwinch Homes has appointed Jason Capel to the post of market researcher. Isobel German ...
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FeaturesJust the job
JM Erasmus explains why he left South Africa and accountancy for a life of cost management in London
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FeaturesSo I changed my mind 鈥�
Peter Dixon is the man in charge of a 拢422m PFI hospital in London. He has also written in a national newspaper that hospital PFIs have been a 鈥榗ostly failure鈥�. We invite him to explain himself 鈥� after which we get a second opinion from a woman with very definite ...
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FeaturesThe case against
If Allyson Pollock is right, it won鈥檛 be long before PFI hospitals introduce extra charges for anaesthetic. We find out why.
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Urban scrawl
Will Alsop鈥檚 exuberance may have been boxed in at Goldsmiths College, but his playfulness still extrudes itself onto the skyline as a silvery, sculptural squiggle. Martin Spring visits the provocative building on the busy New Cross Road.
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Specifier Products
A selection of the latest options for meeting the stringent specifications of the highly serviced, hygiene-led healthcare sector, including waste pumps, services support systems and antibacterial tiles
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Costs: Wall finishes in healthcare buildings
Wall finishes are crucial in healthcare buildings, where high demands are placed on durability. Peter Mayer of 黑洞社区 Performance Group sets out guidelines on whole-life costing
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FeaturesHealthcare buildings
This week, Specifier focuses on the burgeoning healthcare sector, beginning with a look at how two consultants are using visualisation software to find cost-effective solutions for hospital design
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How to juggle while balancing
Three female construction professionals reflect on the trials, tribulations, rewards and pitfalls of flexible working arrangements
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FeaturesCutter鈥檚 way
John Oughton, the mandarin in charge of government procurement, is determined to slash the time and money spent on the bidding process. But can he overcome a creaky civil service and an overstretched construction industry?
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FeaturesArtistic Bent
Cesar Pelli鈥檚 Japanese art museum may be modest in its demands on space and energy but it comes with a magnificent sculpted steel entrance.
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FeaturesThe FMB rules the waves
A military marching band gave a Federation of Master Builders Christmas ball a touch of the proms.
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FeaturesOn the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me...
... an electric shock machine. What have we done to deserve this in our Christmas stocking.