All Features articles – Page 128
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Residential
A quadruple-glazed rooflight for a Passivhaus, underfloor heating in a converted dairy, and technical mortars suited to balcony repair are among the featured products and schemes
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FeaturesPeter Rogers: The long view
Peter Rogers, the ebullient developer, speaks on his passion for the industry – which he predicts he will leave only horizontally – and what he thinks it should be doing differently
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FeaturesVideo: keynote interview with Peter Rogers
Peter Rogers, the ebullient developer behind high-profile London towers such as 22 Bishopsgate, tells Chloë McCulloch about his passion for the industry – which he predicts he will leave only horizontally – and what he thinks it should be doing differently.
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Pitfield Street in Hackney, London
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Emily Newton, an associate at Assael Architects.
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FeaturesRoundtable event - going digital: why not?
A recent report by the Global Industry Council has identified a number of challenges to the adoption of new technologies in the construction industry. Building and construction software expert Aconex gathered representatives from across the sector to discuss first-hand experience of these issues and how they are best overcome.
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FeaturesBuilding Live 2017 in pictures
A selection of photos from November’s Building Live conference, held at 155 Bishopsgate in London
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FeaturesBuilding Live 2017: Over to the floor
This year’s Building Live conference coverd topics with far-reaching implications for the future of the industry, but what did conference delegates have to say?
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FeaturesCPD 28 2017: Smoke ventilation and rooflights
This CPD, sponsored by Lamilux, examines the standards, certification and other factors to consider when designing or specifying smoke vents
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FeaturesCost update Q3 2017
Price pressures continue to be caused by weak productivity aggravated by Brexit negotiations, while exchange rates improved as the Bank of England prepared to raise interest rates.
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FeaturesOnline poll: Future migration rules
This week’s poll: Is the FMB right to call for future migration rules to prioritise key occupations rather than income or skills?
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FeaturesProjects: Hope for the slope
On a narrow, sloping site in Muswell Hill, architect pH+ has responded imaginatively to a host of site constraints to produce a compelling example of how London’s awkward little corners can help tackle the capital’s housing shortage.
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FeaturesOnline poll: Cutting the cost of construction
This week’s poll: The government has ask the sector to cut the cost of construction by a third in 2025. Is that realistic?
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FeaturesIt's not all about London...
Regeneration of regional city centres outside London is seeing construction companies such as Szerelmey GB engaging with local Clients and Developers to deliver projects within a highly collaborative framework. Szerelmey GB delivers award-winning external, internal and hard landscaping projects in natural stone, brick and faience across the country.
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Fair Havens Hospice
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Richard Bassett at LSI Architects
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FeaturesRocky road: Cemex's Michel André talks to Building
Cemex’s new UK boss, Frenchman Michel André, talks about his vision for the company and for the construction industry as a whole
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FeaturesThis week in 1997
The Angel of the North spreads its wings with a little help from construction
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FeaturesMarket review: Portents of decline
Its second consecutive quarter of falling output puts the construction sector technically into recession – while the rest of the economy is growing slowly
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FeaturesCITB: Getting training into shape
After a turbulent year, the CITB is to reinvent itself as a co-ordinator of skills delivery rather than a direct provider. Can a smaller CITB better tackle the industry’s big skills crisis?