Silence in class

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Grove Road Primary School in West London, UK has won the 1993 Green Building of the Year Award sponsored by The Independent on Sunday. The school is under Heathrow Airport's flight path. The design brief specified a 35 decibel sound reduction within the constraints of a low council contract sum of 1.3 million pounds sterling. Sound reduction has been achieved by concrete interlocking roof tiles, 2 layers of heavy felt, loft insulation and 2 layers of plasterboard. Heating costs have been decreased by trapping air heated by the conservatory and circulating it around the building.

Environmental aspects, Schools

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Frank's Brno

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Construction company, Bovis chmn, Frank Lampl has organised a joint venture with Brno, Czechoslovakia to build a science, business and technology park. Six leading British and American architects have been invited to submit plans for stage one of the development which consists of 20,000 sq meters of commercial units and a 15,000 sq meter office building. Bovis is financing the project which is intended to create local employment. Frank Lampl is Czech and attended Brno Technical University close to the site of the new development.

International aspects, Competitions, Business parks, Czechoslovakia, Bovis Construction Ltd., Lampl, Frank

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Building manager of the year

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Mgr of Taylor Woodrow, Terry Davis has won the Building Manager 1992 award organised by Building magazine and the Chartered Institute of Building. Woodrow's multi-million pound sterling contract with Goldman Sachs to build its headquarters in London was managed by Davies. Woodrow had 161 weeks to renovate the listed Daily Telegraph offices in Fleet Street, demolish the printing plants replacing them with luxurious offices and dealing floors. Davies' role as diplomat and traveller was praised. Features the 6 other award winners

Management, Executives, Davies, J. Clarence

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