Dundee Arts Centre

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It is still common in Scotland to use clerks of works on construction projects, according to Bill Black, Richard Murphy project architect for the Dundee Arts Centre. He feels that this project benefited greatly from the input of clerk of works Graham Hutchison. He expresses admiration for the quality of internal metalwork provided by Angus McMurtrie Blacksmiths and for the work of copper cladding subcontractor WB Watson. He points out that using open hoppers instead of standard rainwater drainpipes proved more effective because of the discontinuity of water flow.

Arts centers, Dundee, Scotland, Black, Bill

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Specifier's choice: Halliburton Brown & Root headquarters campus, Hill Park, Surrey

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The ability to let subcontract packages up to the last minute has substantial advantages in terms of design, according to Michael Blair of architectural firm Blair Associates, which designed the headquarters campus for Halliburton Brown & Root at Hill Park in Surrey, England. A1 was selected to supply and fit Axiom carpet and vinyl flooring, while the exposed concrete structural frame contract was awarded to PC Harrington. The reconstituted stone package was won by Marble Mosaic, while Kilby and Gayford gained the general joinery and door packages.

Officials and employees, Office buildings, Blair Associates, Blair, Michael, Halliburton Brown & Root

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Steel - it's the real thing

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There are a number of benefits associated with using steel in buildings, according to architect Rab Bennetts. In particular, there is potential for making a building's steel structure visible as an internal feature. Steel has appealing straightforwardness, and does not require any veneer. It would be exciting to oversize steel and use it raw. Consideration should also be given to weathering steel, which has a very attractive quality of authenticity.

Analysis, Bennetts, Rab, Building, Iron and steel, Steel construction

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