All Commercial articles – Page 6

  • Construction site
    News

    Construction output falls in December

    2013-01-03T09:58:00Z

    Purchasing managers’ data shows new orders decline quickest for three years

  • Co-op Manchester
    Features

    The Co-op's HQ: Have you heard the buzz?

    2012-11-23T00:00:00Z

    3D Reid’s beehive-inspired HQ for the Co-op in Manchester is not simply another new office block with a slightly unusual form. It is the top BREEAM-rated office in the UK and might just have redefined the corporate atrium

  • Marks and Spencer
    Features

    Sustainable supermarket: M&S's new Cheshire Oaks store

    2012-02-03T00:00:00Z

    At this enormous store in Chester, M&S is putting its Plan A sustainability programme to the test. And from the zero-waste policy to the innovative use of natural materials, all the evidence suggests that this is one plan A that is actually working … Building reports

  • Andrew Altman, OPLC
    Comment

    The Games are just for starters

    2012-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Once the Olympics are over, all eyes will be on the Games’ legacy. Olympic Park Legacy Company chief executive Andrew Altman says it will be this that will change the face of London

  • Samantha Connolly, senior sustainability consultant at CH2M HILL
    News

    Velodrome's timber success

    2012-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Samantha Connolly, senior sustainability consultant at CH2M Hill

  • Highmead
    News

    Mixed-use scheme in Enfield gets green light

    2011-10-13T11:19:00Z

    Scheme will include affordable housing and commercial space

  • Make scheme for Derwent in Charlotte Street
    News

    Boris approves Make scheme after Derwent pays £1.6m Crossrail tax

    2011-09-20T09:05:00Z

    Mayor of London took on application after Camden Council rejected scheme

  • Westfield
    Features

    Westfield Stratford City: Maxing out

    2011-09-09T00:00:00Z

    Westfield Stratford City in east London - dead handy for the Olympic park - is Europe’s biggest urban shopping centre, a retail behemoth so large it is really a city within a city with more than 300 shops and 2 million ft2 of retail and leisure space. Ike Ijeh goes ...

  • projects
    Features

    Tall building design: Is it safe?

    2011-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Ten years ago the world watched two of New York’s most iconic towers come crashing to the ground. Since then the industry has changed the way tall buildings are built in an attempt to make them terror proof. Building takes a look

  • News

    Retail kiosks

    2011-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Yorkon has launched a new design for retail kiosks, which it claims can be open to serve customers less than 24 hours after their arrival.

  • News

    Handrail systems

    2011-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Kalzip has introduced two new handrail systems to improve safety conditions for people working on Kalzip standing seam roofs.

  • flooring
    News

    Natural slate flooring

    2011-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Kirkstone has supplied natural stone for the Icon Building, an office and conference centre in Daventry

  • News

    Demand control ventilation

    2011-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Elta Fans has supplied its SPP500/4/2 DCV fan for the new ventilation system in the kitchen at The Three Crowns Inn

  • News

    Compact operators

    2011-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies has launched the Compact Operator for sliding doors

  • News

    Dyson airblade

    2011-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Dyson supplied 8 Dyson Airblade hand dryers for the Environmental Agency’s office in Preston, Lancashire.

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    Comment

    Steady as she goes

    2011-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Things might - just might - be getting better for construction. But don’t get carried away - anything from raw materials inflation to spending cuts could knock us off course

  • BRE Innovation park
    News

    Live debate: Is Code Level 6 pricing zero-carbon out of the market?

    2011-03-17T12:18:00Z

    Join a live online debate on the Code for Sustainable Homes at 11am GMT on Friday 18 March sponsored by H+H

  • News

    Under construction: the apprentice experience

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Building magazine in association with CITB-ConstructionSkills launch the first in a series of three short documentaries exploring the contribution apprenticeship schemes make to construction

  • john nelson nw ld
    News

    Hammerson profits up 11%

    2011-02-21T10:42:00Z

    Net Asset Value per share increases 17.6% as the group wrote up the value of its assets by £447m

  • School classroom
    News

    Construction activity keeps growing slowly

    2010-12-02T10:49:00Z

    Only housebuilding fails to rise, while overall confidence reaches a five-month high