All articles by Andy Pearson – Page 3
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FeaturesEssential guides: Building Regulations
Essential need-know facts about Parts A to P of the Building Regs
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Essential guides: British Standards
A round-up of all the British Standards that are relevant to the construction industry
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Essential guides: BREEAM, LEED, Green Star & Estidama
Key information about the four main environmental assessment methods for buildings
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FeaturesThe London Library: Speaking volumes
The London Library has been extending in higgledy-piggledy fashion ever since it moved to its St James’s home in 1845. Now Haworth Tompkins has set out to rationalise its circulation so that readers may actually be able to find the books they’re looking for
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Archive Titles
Strange but true: sustainable air-conditioned greenhouse by Atelier Ten
First design two giant greenhouses for Singapore, then try to cool them – sustainably. Is this the construction equivalent of a Jamaican bobsleigh team?
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Archive TitlesFlick the switch
External lighting can transform projects and places - even turning a Birmingham car park into an urban artwork. Andy Pearson finds out more
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News
Multiplex top favourite for 50-storey tower
Contractor Multiplex is tipped to build one of the tallest residential towers in Europe after winning the preconstruction services contract
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FeaturesA 300-year facelift
How's this for cosmetic surgery? The latest whispers in the round are that a certain landmark cathedral is getting a nip-and-tuck. But then, it is approaching a rather significant birthday …
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FeaturesTime machine
Completion dates in contracts are more wishful thinking than statement of fact. But what if you could predict the actual time it takes to construct buildings? We look at an aid that's supposed to transport clients and consultants into a more certain future.
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FeaturesThe short straw
Changes to the way in which the government funds research and development means that construction now has to compete with the rest of UK industry for the DTI's money. The prospects are not good …
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DTI axes dedicated research funding for construction
Industry leaders warn that knowledge will 'wither' after government ends Partners in Innovation programme
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FeaturesStuck in the eighties?
Remember the decade that taste forgot? Dennis Lenard reckons that the construction industry never left it. We ask some key figures if the industry really is frozen in time
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NewsGovernment backs fire escape lifts for high-rises
The use of protected lifts to empty tall buildings could cut evacuation times by up to 40%
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FeaturesRemote control
Here's the tale of a struggling M&E firm that couldn't keep track of its nationwide force of mobile engineers and as a result found itself drowning in a sea of paper, none of which was legal tender. We found out how it solved its problems.
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NewsExperts speculate on cause of Paris airport roof collapse that killed four
For the first time, structural engineers suggest possible reasons for the collapse of part of the roof at Terminal 2E at Charles de Gaulle airport
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Comment
Our 75 million new neighbours
I'd like to bid a nervous welcome to the new workers joining the European Union's labour force tomorrow.
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Pressure testing the HBF
The Sustainable Buildings Task Group. It doesn't sound like a revolutionary cabal.
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FeaturesToxic shock
A teeny little EU landfill directive that the government has overlooked now threatens to blow up in its face – and even destroy its vision of brownfield regeneration.