All Features articles – Page 179
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FeaturesCPD 25 2015: Concrete repair and BS EN 1504
This module examines the dangers of concrete corrosion, exploring the most common causes and offering guidance on the most effective methods of repair. It is sponsored by Mapei
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FeaturesTracker: September 2015
The construction activity index strengthened slightly after falling into negative territory last month, but the order index worsened for the second successive month in a row
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FeaturesImage of the week: King of the castles
The world’s biggest sandcastle is built on Virginai Key Beach, Miami
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FeaturesSketch of the week: London Bridge and the City
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by illustrator Nick Richards, and shows the view of London Bridge and the City from the south bank of the Thames
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FeaturesThis week in 2009
As Lewis Hamilton takes the F1 championship, we revisit 2009, when the Formula One-themed Yas Hotel lapped Abu Dhabi’s other buildings
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FeaturesEconomic recovery: On the turn?
Future-gazing economists don’t have to look very far to see threatening signs on the horizon for the construction industry. As the CPA revises its forecasts down, should we be calling time on the recovery?
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FeaturesMarket forecast: A change of mood
With demand outstripping supply, selectivity was the dominant theme for contractors this year. And a failure to attract tenderers led to more creative approaches to procurement. But will these changes be lasting or is this just the current stage of a cyclical process?
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FeaturesWhat do you really think about BIM?
Building wants your help in getting behind the BIM hype with this online reader survey
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FeaturesRecycling timber: Wasting away
We recycle just one-tenth of our waste wood - the rest ends up in landfill, meaning we lose out on the huge economic and environmental benefits of using the wood again
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FeaturesHousing: Home delivery
While politicians wrangle over the number of homes they propose to build, housing stock is falling woefully behind the UK’s needs
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FeaturesMarket review: Balancing act
A buoyant infrastructure sector keeps construction stabilised despite housing seeing a significant drop in activity
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Sustainability
In Goudhurst, Kent a new fascia and soffit system has been specified for the renovation of an old Methodist chapel, while the 16th century Tudor Kirtling Tower switches to a biomass heating system
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FeaturesSketch of the week: King's Cross Gasholders
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Wilkinson Eyre founder Chris Wilkinson
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FeaturesLos Angeles: That's sprawl, folks
The city is undergoing its biggest construction boom since the 1980s but regeneration has to battle suburban spread, and economic and racial segregation
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FeaturesLos Angeles: Bloc party
The £117m redevelopment known as The Bloc is the largest scheme to tap into LA’s need for mixed-use spaces
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FeaturesImage of the week: The end of the steel age
The SSI steelworks in Redcar turns off its coke ovens and blast furnace
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FeaturesConstruction leaders reception
Building magazine’s publisher hosts an event for leading industry figures
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FeaturesHousebuilders' salary survey 2015: Making hay…
This year’s housebuilders’ salary survey finds that wages and bonuses are both on the up. But how long will it last?