The quay to successful construction
Dobie, A.
The quay to successful construction - 2004 - RICS Business June 2004, 24-26(3) .
Charts in the first of three articles on the construction lifecycle, the hurdles a major construction project has to overcome before on-site work even commences, using the Discovery Dock scheme in London as a case study. Traces the tortuous route from the IRA bombing of South Quay in February 1996 through the planning of a variety of commercial and mixed-use schemes to the start of construction of the first residential block, due for completion in mid-2005. With further residential and office phases to be completed in 2006, a hotel yet to receive planning permission and three further redevelopments post-2007,years of pre-contract work remain to be done.
MIXED-USE SCHEMES
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
REDEVELOPMENT
MASTERPLANS
PLANNING PERMISSION
PRE-CONTRACT PRACTICE
CONSTRUCTION LIFE CYCLE
DISCOVERY DOCK
LONDON
The quay to successful construction - 2004 - RICS Business June 2004, 24-26(3) .
Charts in the first of three articles on the construction lifecycle, the hurdles a major construction project has to overcome before on-site work even commences, using the Discovery Dock scheme in London as a case study. Traces the tortuous route from the IRA bombing of South Quay in February 1996 through the planning of a variety of commercial and mixed-use schemes to the start of construction of the first residential block, due for completion in mid-2005. With further residential and office phases to be completed in 2006, a hotel yet to receive planning permission and three further redevelopments post-2007,years of pre-contract work remain to be done.
MIXED-USE SCHEMES
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
REDEVELOPMENT
MASTERPLANS
PLANNING PERMISSION
PRE-CONTRACT PRACTICE
CONSTRUCTION LIFE CYCLE
DISCOVERY DOCK
LONDON