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Bass Leisure Retail Director of Construction Ken Millbanks is very keen to use information and communications technology if it helps him achieve his objective of having the firm's public houses built quicker and for less money. Millbanks point out the use of virtual reality images of a planned building is very helpful to share with contractors. He wants each architect, who deals with the company, to have installed the software Architectural Desktop Version 2. Bass Leisure spend between 140 million pounds sterling-240 million pounds sterling per year on construction projects.

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Medicine man

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Keith Airey is the first head of procurement for construction contractor Laing Construction. Airey, headhunted from pharmaceutical giant smithKline Beecham, says he took the job in the smaller company because he wants to make a difference and get himself noticed. His task is to overhaul Laing's complete procurement policy, which, says Airey, will require a minor cultural revolution at the contractor.

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Don't buy Beta

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HBG South-east Regional Director Graham Cash explains how his company chose their data management system, Livelink, and how all of the UK construction industry should use the same system.

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