The inflatable cafe
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The innovative design for the Cellular Operations call centre new restaurant in Swindon, England, includes a roof made of ethyltetrafluoroethelene. The restaurant will cost 750,000 pounds sterling and will be located in a park nearby a lake. It is due to be completed in Aug 2000. Architects Richard Hywell Evans Architecture and Design decided to place the building beside an earth berm to its rear, whilst the front of the building overlooks the lake. There was some concern over finding the best way of anchoring the lightweight roof to the building.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 2000
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Uphill struggle: The centrepiece of a 57 million pounds sterling centre in Milton Keynes is a 170 m long indoor ski slope with real snow
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Xscape is a sport and leisure complex building built in Milton Keynes. It will incorporate a 170 m long indoor ski slope blanketed with real snow. A major challenge was the curved aluminium roof.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 2000
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No margin for error: Oil companies could teach construction firms a thing or two about safety in a dangerous industry
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The BP Sunbury project in Middlesex has the best safety record within Schal and its parent company Carillion.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 2000
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