All Features articles – Page 147
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Homes at Dunstall Farm
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Niamh Hession, associate at Pad Design
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FeaturesImage of the week: Get a dollop of that
Two winners of the next commissions for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square announced on Tuesday
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FeaturesThis week in 2002
Building wrote that the construction industry had finally worked out how to get its voice heard by government 15 years ago
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FeaturesIs nuclear in meltdown?
Work on Hinkley C’s construction may be about to start but hopes for a whole new fleet of power stations are at risk after a ‘crisis’ in market confidence triggered by EDF’s Hinkley delivery problems
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FeaturesMarket review: Earning more for less
The total value of construction contracts increased in February but the number of projects went down. Michael Dall discusses the highlights of Barbour ABI’s monthly Economic Construction Market Review
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FeaturesCarrowbreck Meadow: Passivhaus rules
A settlement of 14 Passivhaus homes, designed by Hamson Barron Smith, has been built in a Norfolk woodland. Ike Ijeh explains why observing this small project could provide the key to a scheme of nationwide significance
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FeaturesInfrastructure update: Digital Railway programme
A look at the challenges the Digital Railway programme faces, and how they can be overcome by good management, supply chain collaboration and a strong investment case
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Flooring
This week, new flooring solutions include a vinyl range targeting the education market, Forbury Place’s choice of access flooring in Reading and an aluminium decking system at Manchester’s XYZ building
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FeaturesCPD 4 2017: Insulated suspended floor systems
Insulated suspended flooring systems can be used in place of conventional beam-and-block to meet higher energy performance standards. This CPD, sponsored by Springvale, outlines the design considerations
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FeaturesImage of the week: Getting down to business
Visitors to this year’s annual Mipim conference, on Tuesday
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FeaturesThis week in 1997
The end of the financial year 1996/97 also brought low-level panic over tax policy
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FeaturesManifesto: Working for a better Brexit deal
Our Building a Better Brexit campaign asked over 2,000 construction professionals what could make leaving the EU work for them
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Barbican Centre
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by architect Benjamin Wall at LSI Architects
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FeaturesBIM: It’s good to talk
The lack of a consistent approach to BIM software product data means that exchanges can be inaccurate and cause problems
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FeaturesBudget 2017: Wake-up call
The chancellor has now ditched his planned increase to the self-employeds’ NI contributions, but what would the impact have been on 40% of construction’s workforce?
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FeaturesCost update Q4 2016
The fall in the value of sterling has caused building costs and consumer prices to rise, while manufacturing input has taken a hard hit in the last year
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FeaturesWhat next for Bovis?
Galliford Try’s all-share tilt at Bovis is more likely to succeed than Redrow’s part-cash/part-share offer
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FeaturesThis week in 2002
Recruiting and retaining good staff is a long-running challenge for construction businesses
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Treehouse
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Calderpeel Architects’ managing director Ewen Miller
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FeaturesImage of the week: Cardboard city
The stage backdrop for LandAid’s Gala Dinner, held at London’s Guildhall last week