All Features articles – Page 168
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FeaturesLands of hope and glory
More and more independent UK consultants are carving out thriving businesses for themselves in foreign lands. So what are the benefits and pitfalls of working abroad - and what’s the secret to competing with larger corporate rivals?
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Walls, ceilings and partitions
This week’s products cover all wall, ceiling and partition projects, from a ceiling suspension system used in a large hospital building, to glazed partitions for Bath University
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FeaturesLondon Wall Place: High suspense
The construction team working on London Wall Place have extended the usable space of one of the buildings by cantilevering 15 floors of offices out over the pavement by a breathtaking 11 metres
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FeaturesImage of the week: 'Her legacy lives on ...'
A poster showing the late Zaha Hadid fixed onto the under-construction Opus building in Dubai
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Law court in India
This week’s sketch is by Shashank Jain, senior environmental consultant at ChapmanBDSP
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FeaturesCPD 10 2016: ISO 9001 compliance and BIM
This CPD will focus on ISO 9001 and on how firms can ensure their quality management systems are compliant as they become BIM Level 2 ready. It is sponsored by Newforma
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FeaturesPlanes, trains and automobiles
George Osborne is famously a fan of infrastructure - but is he putting his money where his mouth is?
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FeaturesMarket review: Holding steady
A month on from the Budget, the construction sector remains in reasonable health despite monthy fluctuations
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FeaturesLead times: Jan - Mar 2016
After a period of increase due to heavier workloads, lead times seem to be levelling off. But fit-out and finishing trades are still in hot demand
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FeaturesGathering evidence
Building’s recent debate on evidence-based design identified post-occupancy evaluation as a crucial part of the process. Building looks at the issue in more detail
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Mixed-use scheme, Barking
This week’s sketch is by Patrick Spears, architect at bptw partnership
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FeaturesImage of the week: Rising again
A reconstruction of the 2,000-year-old Triumphal Arch of Palmyra in Syria is installed in Trafalgar Square
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FeaturesBattersea crane tragedy: After the fall
Ten years after the Battersea crane tragedy, Joey Gardiner talks to the mother of one of the two men killed in the accident and asks if tower cranes are any safer now than they were a decade ago
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FeaturesTesting our metal
The steel rollercoaster of the last few weeks seems to have ended well, with Greybull’s purchase of Tata’s construction division. But is this, and the government’s call to ‘buy British’, enough to save UK steel?
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Water products
This week’s products include an indoor terrazzo fountain designed for an Italian restaurant in London, and Westminster City council installs a shower pump in an apartment block designed for the elderly and less able
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FeaturesWater features: Making a splash
Technological advances mean we can now enjoy the spectacle of water without any of the misgivings about waste
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FeaturesWhole-life carbon: Structural systems
The embodied carbon of a non-domestic development can be altered to a significant degree depending on the choice of materials used in its structural system
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FeaturesGender pay gap: Levelling the field
New legislation will mean firms have to publish how much both male and female employees are paid. Will this be the end of the gender pay gap?