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UK architects should pay more attention to existing clients and office administration rather than continue to take on more work, which may lead to a fall in standards. Many architects are coming under pressure to take on new accounts, despite not having the skilled work force to undertake such work. The depression of the early 1990s remains a strong memory for many who would rather be over worked than be more selective in the contracts they take on. Architects must consider what benefits might be attained by taking on news contracts.
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Women are still seriously under-represented in the UK construction industry, and this means that relationships between men and women working together are relatively uncommon. Women who are employed in the industry are mainly in administrative roles, and rarely undertake the tasks which have traditionally been done by men, such as brick-laying. There is inevitably a certain amount of sexual tension when women are present on building sites, but this is much more common in other working environments.
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Caspar House in Birmingham is one of the products of an initiative launched by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation to provide affordable city centre accommodation. Architects Alford Hall Monaghan Morris won the contract for the five-floor project, which provides 46 units at a cost of 50,000 pounds sterling per unit not including land costs. The building was completed at the end of 1999.
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