Third time lucky

Article Abstract:

Reflex Systems, Berkhamsted, UK, will launch the Reflex Design CAD system in Sep 1993 for approximately 7,000 pounds sterling. Silicon Graphics workstations can run the core program, with versions for Windows NT and Hewlett-Packard 9000 Series 700 machines due later. The system has been developed in the UK by Jonathan Ingam, creator of the Rucaps and Sonata CAD systems. Features of Reflex include simultaneous data file access for various users, photorealistic rendering and a novel windows and mouse interface. CAD systems developed in the UK are frequently engulfed by large US companies.

Innovations, Product introduction, CAD-CAM systems industry, Ingram, Jonathan, Reflex Systems Inc., Reflex Design (CAD system)

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First wind

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Work undertaken in 1992 at the Glasgow School of Art, which has been refurbished recently, revealed the original heating and ventilation system designed by famous local architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh in the 1890s. This used a network of horizontal and vertical ducts to force fresh, filtered air around the building, and is one of the earliest examples of modern air conditioning techniques. George Cairns, who has undertaken the research into the building's heating and ventilation system, believes that it could be made operational again as part of a modern system.

History, Buildings and facilities, Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning industry, HVAC industry, Glasgow, Scotland

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Critical paths

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The careers of four UK construction industry professionals are described. Contractor Dennis Bate started his career in 1959 as an apprentice. He worked his way up from surveyor and planning into management until he finally became director of contractor Bovis Europe in 1996. Engineer Jane Wernick completed a BSc degree in civil engineering in 1976 and has worked in engineering for twenty-years. She is an associate director at Ove Arup & Partners, London, UK. The career paths of an architect and quantity surveyor are also given.

Officials and employees, Interview, Ove Arup and Partnership Ltd., Wernick, Jane, Bovis Europe, Bate, Dennis

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