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001			ABS67334
008			040106n2003 000 0 eng u
035			_a(Sirsi) u124716
100			_aLane, T.
245			_aGoing down a storm
260			_c2003
490			_aBuilding _v268(8311) 5 December 2003, 54-56(3)
520			_aDescribes the recent relocation of the Meteorological Office from its former home in Bracknell, Berkshire to a purpose-built building in Exeter. This included the biggest IT facilities relocation ever attempted in Europe with two supercomputers having to be moved. All of this had to be completed without a break in the Meteorological Office's service. The new building's procurement route was unusual in that the client paid for the building and the land but this had the effect of speeding up the whole process. The design of the new building has been criticised by an architectural watchdog as being competent business park architecture but the Meteorological Office argues that this unspectacular appearance is deliberate and part of the strategy to create an efficient and functional headquarters.
590			_aABS
650			_aMETEOROLOGICAL OFFICE
650			_aBRACKNELL
650			_aEXETER
650			_aRELOCATION
650			_aIT STRATEGY
650			_aPFI
650			_aPROCUREMENT STRATEGY
690			_aMANAGEMENT-FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
942			_n0
999			_c74017 _d74017