One up at half time
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The Coventry City Football Club's new stadium will cost some 122 million pounds sterling to build. The stadium can be used for a variety of events, it will seat 40,000 fans and should be completed by autumn 2001. The planning process, which included a planning inquiry, took 30 months and cost 1.5 million pound sterling. Some 12 ha of the 150 ha site is due to be sold in order to obtain revenue to help pay construction costs. The club chairman gathered a team of experts to help see the plans through the planning process which was difficult due to the out of town location of the site.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1999
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London calling
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Many foreign workers are finding work on UK building sites. Some are working whilst studying or travelling in the UK whilst others have come into the country to work on specific projects. Bouygues SA have brought a number of their European staff to work on their project to build a new teaching block at Guy's Hospital, London, England. Several foreign workers report finding the cost of living in London expensive but many enjoy having a drink in a public house. Some 1 million overseas workers found employment in the UK, during 1997-98.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1998
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Problems, problems
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UK construction firm Bucknall Austin set up a dedicated company helpdesk to respond to employee's questions and sort out problems associated with information technology (IT). The new system operates on a priority basis, with calls being transmitted to engineers via a pager system within the building. The IT desk takes calls from the 250 staff, dealing with a variety of problems relating to terminals and software. The helpdesk operative encourages callers to sort problems out themselves before resorting to engineer assistance.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1999
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