A new approach to factory homes

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Manufacturers should view prefabricated housing production like any other production line, according to John Miles of Ove Arup & Partners. Miles believes that this concept will enable prefabrication techniques to succeed where they have failed before, because it means the company will focus on designing the factory rather than the house. Miles concedes that it will take time to convince the homebuilders of the benefits of prefabrication, but Arup has designed a factory capable of producing up to 12 homes per day and requiring investment of less than 5 million pounds sterling.

Usage, Services, Housing, Design and construction, Dwellings, Ove Arup and Partnership Ltd., Modular houses, Steel, Prefabricated houses

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Japan brings back the salarymen to revive the spirit of a generation

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The Japanese economy is stagnant or shrinking and its once dynamic corporate sector is now choked with heavily indebted property, retail, and construction companies. Japan has its unusual way of approaching this situation, like to inspire the spirit of listless youth, there is a special weekly TV programme called X:Challengers.

Japan, Management dynamics, Economic conditions, Company business management

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The bulk of Olympic-related activity will kick in from 2007 onwards

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The bulk of the Olympic-related construction activity would start by 2007 onwards, with some Pound Sterling two billion due to be spent on buildings and venues. The expectation in terms of prices is that tender prices in London would be raised by around 1-1.5 per cent by the Olympics building programme from mid-2007 onwards.

United Kingdom, Financial management, Construction, Finance, Building, Olympics, Company financing, Industry forecasts, 2007 AD

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