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035 _a(Sirsi) u127212
245 _aFocus: development, design and architecture
260 _c2004
490 _aEstates Gazette
_v(0434) 21 August 2004, 37-45(7)
520 _aRaises a number of security issues regarding the design and layout of commercial buildings. Takes into account health and safety risks of employees and visitors together with business risks such as theft and industrial espionage. Considers the pros and cons of firms offering multi-disciplinary services such as engineering, architecture, surveying and construction compared with those firms offering specialist services such as surveying. Discusses the problem of conflict of interest for multi-disciplinary firms. Gives examples of multi-disciplinary and single service firms. Questions the flexibility and letability of special architecturally designedbuildings such as the Erotic Gherkin and Swiss Re St Mary Axe in the light of Liverpool's decision to scrap plans to build Will Alsop's Fourth Grace development.
590 _aABS
650 _aSECURITY
650 _aHEALTH AND SAFETY
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650 _aTERRORISM
650 _aGLASS
650 _aRISK ASSESSMENT
650 _aTHEFT
650 _aFIRE
650 _aBUILDING REGULATIONS
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650 _aMULTI-DISCIPLINARY PRACTICES
650 _aCONFLICT OF INTEREST
650 _aABOUT RICS-RICS MEMBERS
650 _aPROFESSIONAL SERVICES
650 _aTALL BUILDINGS
690 _aBUILT ENVIRONMENT-CONSTRUCTION DESIGN
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