All Features articles – Page 150
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FeaturesImage of the week: Magic lanterns
Tourists visit the 38th Baotu Spring Lantern Festival to celebrate the Chinese new year
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FeaturesHell or high water
The North-west may have been spared flooding so far this winter, but the occurence and severity of the region’s floods is steadily increasing
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Hotel design
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Ewen Miller, managing director at Calderpeel Architects
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FeaturesNew prisons: Not much in the swag bag
Converting old prisons into housing to fund new prisons in less expensive locations isn’t going according to script
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FeaturesTracker: December 2016
In the final month of last year there was growth in the total activity index due to improvements in the non-residential and the civil engineering sectors
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Private villa
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Scott Boote, an associate at Webb Yates Engineers
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FeaturesImage of the week: Higher authority
Campaigner Gina Miller speaks outside the Supreme Court, after Britain’s most senior judges ruled Theresa May cannot trigger the Brexit process without consulting parliament
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FeaturesRedressing the balance: Women engineers
With just 9% of UK engineers women, the sector clearly has a long way to go to achieving a diverse workforce
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FeaturesThis week in 1982
Three-and-a-half decades ago, Building reported that building graduates would not struggle to find employment
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FeaturesMarket review: Contract values fall
Despite the vote to leave the European Union, construction output remained healthy in 2016, but the value of contract awards declined over the year
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FeaturesGreat Arthur House: Colourful character
The grade II-listed Great Arthur House in the City of London urgently needed a new facade that stopped its leaks and improved its thermal performance, but double glazing was too heavy for its structure
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FeaturesMentoring: Support act
Mentoring is touted as an effective way to help employees starting off in their careers to work their way up the ladder. So what do those who have signed up to be mentored get out of it? Yoosof Farah asked three of them
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Cladding
This week, cladding systems are bolstered by heavy duty bonding for natural stone and a windproof membrane, and given a makeover with translucent panels and a traditional red brick finish
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FeaturesSustainability: Efficient offices
How do you create an energy-efficient office that is cost effective and great for the workforce?
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Basilica da Estrela
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Martin Douglas, associate director of Bristol-based Pad Design
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FeaturesThis week in 2016
One year ago, Building was investigating what might happen in the event of a Brexit vote
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FeaturesThe sky’s the limit
New York is home to some of the most pioneering modern engineering feats - a 7,000-ton hovering stadium roof, impossibly skinny skyscrapers and a mammoth flood defence system disguised as a park
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FeaturesImage of the week: Dying of the light
People watch the iconic advertising screens at Piccadilly Circus being switched off