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Rossway Dowd Contracts Director Brendan Dowd points out the need for roofing designers and roofing installers to work more closely together to improve the safety record in the British roofing industry. He agrees the issue of safety is becoming more important to architects, buyers and construction managers. Although he suggest manufacturers do not always consider the safety element when making new roofing products. Dowd points out some 37 roofers died whilst at work, during 1993-1996, yet using alternative materials could have saved at least four lives.

United Kingdom, Management, Safety and security measures, Occupational health and safety, Occupational safety and health, Roofing industry, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Executives, Rossway Dowd, Dowd, Brendan

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Heavenly features

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The original St Barnabas church in Dulwich, London, England, which was destroyed by fire in 1992, is being replaced with a new structure which has a number of unusual features. These include a glass spire and a worship area which has skylights and windows in every wall. The architect for the 1.6 million pounds sterling scheme is the London office of US concern HOK, while the client's representative is a volunteer drawn from the congregation of the church.

London, England, Design and construction, Religious buildings, Churches, Church buildings

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Stairway to heaven. (Trocadero shopping centre conversion)

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The atrium of the 1980s Trocadero retail and office complex is being doubled in size and will become a major indoor theme park. It will incorporate Segaworld, an interactive entertainment centre, including laser shows and neon lights. The project will combine three buildings of differing age and condition and is being undertaken on a shell-and-core contract.

Remodeling and renovation, Shopping centers

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