Arctic role
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Multi-disciplinary project management firm DGI International of Kenilworth, England, and British contractor Miller Conder have successfully completed a contract to build a children's clinic in Nefteugansk, Siberia. All materials were imported from the United Kingdom apart from cement and sand, although there were several problems with goods freezing in transit or being stolen. Temperatures on site ranged from -47 degrees centigrade to 35 degrees centigrade. The clinic was constructed from a steel frame with insulated timber panel walls and a single brick skin facing.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1995
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Blowing your money
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American heating, ventilation and air-conditioning firm, York International has compared the installed cost of air-conditioning systems in the USA with the UK. York's VP, Jim Reese compared a system for a six storey 14,500 sq meter office building in Detroit with similar systems in London, England. He claims that English manufacturers can produce systems for the same price as in the USA but overdesign and the demands of letting agents increase the installed price as much as three times.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1992
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Rising to the occasion
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The NatWest Tower, one of the most prominent buildings in the City of London, suffered considerable damage from the IRA bomb attack in Apr 1993. It remained structurally reasonably sound, but it lost a large part of its glazing. The rebuilding of the tower is now almost complete, and this has been an opportunity to refurbish it internally. Heating and ventilation installations have been upgraded, and fire safety has been improved.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1995
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