All Features articles – Page 124
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FeaturesProjects: Pane management - the restoration of the Temperate House at Kew
The Temperate House at Kew, the world’s largest Victorian greenhouse, is about to emerge from a painstaking – and at times nerve-racking – restoration
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Faith Schools Joint Campus, Glasgow
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by John Russell at BDP’s Glasgow studio
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FeaturesTracker: December 2017
Little growth was in evidence as most indices stayed steady or contracted, while all sectors experienced less work in hand
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FeaturesCPD 3 2018: Steel and fire protection
This CPD, sponsored by Steel for Life, provides an overview of the performance of steel in fire, including key standards and fire resistance periods
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FeaturesOnline poll: Westminster works
This week’s poll: Should MPs move out of the Palace of Westminster to allow essential works to carried out?
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FeaturesChanging track
Clients, architects and contractors all view construction projects very differently. But does that perspective change when you cross over to a different part of the industry?
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FeaturesProjects: Raiders of the lost car park
Multi-storey car parks may not traditionally have been seen as desirable real estate, but a lucky few are being repurposed as everything from luxury hotels to micro-flats
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FeaturesLooking back to 2005
This week’s archive piece looks back at brutalist parking blocks, “monstrosities”, and a Michael Caine-inspired script starring a besuited architect
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FeaturesMarket review: Falling forecasts
Declines in productivity and real wages, along with the uncertainty around Brexit, are driving down growth forecasts. But only one economic sector actually shrank in Q3 2017 - construction
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FeaturesCarillion: Questions to be answered
Ahead of next week’s Select Committee grilling of Carillion’s directors, Joey Gardiner delves into the £5bn contractor’s accounting practices and how it got itself into such an unholy mess
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FeaturesCPD 2 2018: Aluminium standing seam envelopes
This CPD module discusses the use of aluminium standing seam roof and wall cladding systems.
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FeaturesAnalysis: Housing benefits
Help to Buy is the government’s big leg-up to help housebuilders increase output. So news of ‘obscene’ executive pay along with scandals over leaseholds and defects are not going down well
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Belfast city centre
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Charlie Whitaker, who leads the concept group at 3DReid.
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Digital construction
An augmented reality app for choosing boilers and a platform that enables visualisation of how a project changes over time are among this week’s featured products
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FeaturesSustainability - productive workplace
With UK productivity lagging, the workplace environment can be a critical factor in driving improvements. How should you evaluate and improve workplace productivity?
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FeaturesOnline poll: Payment plans
This week’s poll: Could a 30-day payment system for contractors/subcontractors be effective?
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FeaturesDigital construction: Better, faster, stronger
Construction needs to get with the programme. The new tech programme, that is, which can offer radical and disruptive solutions to help deal with the housing needs of a rapidly expanding population. So what’s on offer, and how could it affect your working life?