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I think the whole risk profile and the way that is spread in contracting terms will have to change” Simon Frawley, Sir Robert McAlpine

We need them to talk to their peers in industry and bring it forward. It’s in everyone’s interests to do that. It’s difficult at the moment.” There are lots of great things going on, but I’m not sure there is a great communication strategy behind it that says ‘this is how we get the whole industry involved in this’. Farrell with have a better idea following a couple of days training regarding the readiness of each individual for what promises to be a titanic tussle against the in-form Scots.

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The weight being imposed on the foundations was a big issue because they are lots of Tube lines beneath us and we had to be careful not to increase the loads on the tunnels,” he says. Original features

Manufacturing and shipbuilding companies have done that since year dot. It’s just one example of the mindset.”Ireland assistant coach Paul O’Connell said at the time that “I don’t see any problem with those four guys who didn’t train but we’re just trying to look after them.” Paint colours are matched in traditional oil colours and mixed into a matt oil paint. Finally, additional detail is painted on by hand. Humphreys says it took a total of four months to do the job, with eight people working in the corridor for two months on the painting. Most of the hotel has been repainted in three historic colours using modern paints. But seven select areas have been restored and conserved. One is the corridor leading to the ladies’ smoking room. “We had to engage on a voyage of discovery,” says Paul Humphreys, co-director of specialist decorators Hare & Humphreys. Ken Bowman on Wimbledon expansion splits councils over planning permission: ‘The article on the development at Wimbledon is shoddy. The a... ‘ The complexity stems from its initial construction in the 1870s. The building was, frankly, a basket case from the off. Built as an entirely independent structure from the Barlow train shed, it is bizarre to say the least, explains Galliford Try Construction South managing director James Armitage.

Stop The Spread is a great initiative that has given us a lot of confidence as the kids return to school. The parents really appreciate having the station as they come in. Being so user friendly and positive, the stations really are encouraging the kids to wash their hands regularly. Thank you so much.” This transformation has been carried out by contractor Galliford Try and an army of specialist subcontractors. “Because of the size of the project and complexity of the schemes, we have had three or four specialists working on the heritage schemes and several conventional decorators as well,” explains Simon Frawley, Galliford Try’s project director. This project has been a game of two halves for him. Conversion of the top four floors into apartments was completed in May 2009. Since January 2009, Frawley has been concentrating on the hotel, where the changes have been much more restricted. Also, new cast-iron details were made for the balustrades and windows, coloured glass was installed in the fanlights over the doors where they were broken. Stonework was repaired or replaced and new lifts were inserted for both apartments and hotels. All the lift shafts are now in place. “Our approach has been to try and get all the heavy work done so when we start on the hotel properly, it’s more of a fit-out job,” says Frawley. At the moment, the windows are being repaired in the hotel areas. This requires internal scaffolding, which needs to be out of the way before the rest of the work starts in this area. Opening up the supply chain is very different – the entire transactional costs and transaction terms will likely change. I think the whole risk profile and the way that is spread in contracting terms will have to change. That needs active consideration from clients, contractors, designers, and right down the supply chain.”More than 30 colours had to be matched and redone. Finally the paper was cut into sheets to match the size of the original and put up on the walls of the bedroom. Restoring the George Gilbert Scott building was part of the 1996 deal to turn the station into a new terminal for high-speed Eurostar trains to Europe. Owner Manhattan Loft Company turned the top four floors into three floors of apartments, which were completed in 2009.

But by the time of the final whistle, Leinster’s season was over. A week later Munster were the URC champions after a thrilling victory over Stormers. Watch live coverage of Bulls v Connacht in the United Rugby Championship from 2.30pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player, and listen to live commentary on RTÉ Radio 1 When the Blues went 17-0 after 11 minutes against Ronan O’Gara’s defending champions it appeared to be a gamble that had worked. T1 - Managing Paralympic Bodies: The Technology of Classification and Its Impact on (Dis)abled Athletes We are the supply chain – that is one of our unique offerings,” she said. “We are a direct-delivery business.”

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The other great unknown was the decoration. Although the condition of the plasterwork had been established, as work progressed new areas of blown plaster would be discovered. Old decorative schemes were also uncovered, notably in a corridor where hand-painted birds were found under newer layers of paint. Recreation of these took four months. “It added time but as it’s a corridor, the follow-on work was minimal,” explains Frawley. Obsolete as a hotel, and with no plumbing worthy of the name, high ceilings, walls galore and chimneys running everywhere, it was pretty useless when it came to be used as an office building too. All the talk is about how Leinster will be feeling after last season’s semi-final loss, which was a first defeat in four games against Munster. Yet few realise that this stunning façade is not that of the station at all - but of the Sir George Gilbert Scott-designed Midland Grand Hotel. Even fewer realise the building has lain vacant since 1986, and indeed was last used as a hotel in 1934.