All Features articles – Page 178
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FeaturesCPD 28 2015: Managing contract risk
This CPD module considers how subcontractors can manage the risks to their businesses, focusing on the contract. It is sponsored by Aldermore
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FeaturesBIM survey 2015: It’s the final countdown
With just over four months to go before BIM level 2 will be required on all central government projects, Building reveals the responses to its second annual BIM survey. There’s good news … and there’s bad news
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FeaturesUniversity of Sussex: The second act
The renovation of the University of Sussex’s arts centre transforms the space beyond an education facility to a fully fledged performance venue
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FeaturesCost model: Laboratories
The UK is a world leader in scientific research and those involved are demanding ever more sophisticated laboratory buildings in which to conduct their work
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FeaturesCPD 27 2015: Sustainable paint specification
This CPD module considers the sustainability benefits of paint and the measures being taken to reduce its environmental impact. It is sponsored by Dulux TRADE
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FeaturesImage of the week: Flowers of the tower
Poppies are projected onto the Palace of Westminster in London as part of this week’s Remembrance Day memorials
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FeaturesSchool building: Top form
Sheppard Robson and Willmott Dixon have teamed up to create a new model of school that aims to be economic, quick to build and flexible enough to be used for multiple alternative uses. Key to all this is the structurally independent, over-sailing glulam roof
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FeaturesThis week in 2009
Dragon’s Den’s Theo Paphitis offers some advice to the construction industry
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FeaturesUniversities: Short-term fix
Raising tuition fees gave university estates a shot in the arm, in terms of investment. But with student numbers predicted to fall and competition fierce, how can institutions maintain that momentum?
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FeaturesWhere will the UK be in 2030?
In the week of the publication of Global Construction 2030, Building was given exclusive access to the report’s findings, and the answers are not necessarily what you’d expect
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FeaturesWhole-life carbon: Facades
How embodied and whole-life carbon can be reduced through simple design and specification decisions at little additional cost
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Roofing
This week’s roofing products include roofing membranes chosen for an extension of the Park Plaza Riverbank hotel in London, and a replacement waterproofing system at California House in Birmingham
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FeaturesCPD 26 2015: Rainscreen cladding support systems
This module looks at rainscreen cladding systems, also known as ventilated facades, which are two-stage constructions designed to weatherproof buildings. It is sponsored by NVELOPE
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Early Years International School, Singapore
This week’s sketch is by Ian Bogle, founder of Bogle Architects
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FeaturesVan Gogh Museum: Going Dutch
Hans van Heeswijk Architects has used pioneering techniques in structural glass to build a new entrance to Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum
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FeaturesImage of the week: The vanishing city
The City of London skyline is obscured by fog on Monday
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FeaturesThis week in 1940
The design of bunk beds set to be distributed to shelters during the Second World War is called into question
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FeaturesSpending cuts: Where the axe falls
As the chancellor prepares to unveil the latest Comprehensive Spending Review and Autumn Statement, Building asks where will the cuts be made
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FeaturesCommercial developments: Playing catch-up
Office construction is at its highest point since the credit crunch. So why aren’t the main players full of confidence for the future?