All Features articles – Page 180
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FeaturesWellness: The ups and downs
Now that employers have cottoned on to the link between wellbeing and improved productivity, pressure is growing for clients to start taking the concept seriously
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FeaturesCPD 24 2015: Introduction to ground granulated blast-furnace slag
Using GGBS as an additive in concrete mixes can reduce embodied carbon and improve resistance to chemical attacks. This CPD, sponsored by Hanson, outlines how it works and its various benefits
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FeaturesSpotlight: Managing lead times
With the ripples of recession still being felt through the lead times of many specialist trades, Brian Moone discusses how clients of the supply chain can minimise disruption
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FeaturesLead times: July - Sept 2015
Increases to lead times continue, albeit to a smaller number of trades than seen in previous quarters. The major issue forecast going forward is labour shortages
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FeaturesGlobal city focus: Jeddah
Jeddah, the Bride of the Red Sea, is a city steeped in history and culture, capitalising on its heritage as a regional hub to place itself as a leading city of the Middle East
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FeaturesImage of the week: Still standing
The demolition of Glasgow’s Red Road flats on Sunday left two blocks still partially intact
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FeaturesInfrastructure: Hitting home
In the first of a series of articles leading up to the Building Live conference, Joey Gardiner reports on the opportunities in infrastructure
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FeaturesBES: Birmingham or bust
Birmingham council has scrapped its energy efficiency drive. We look at how the £1bn Birmingham Energy Savers scheme and the Green Deal’s fates were inextricably bound, and what the city’s options are now
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FeaturesBuilding hacking: Who's in control?
As building management systems become a greater part of our daily lives, their susceptibility to cyber attack is ever increasing. How would your building handle getting hacked?
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FeaturesCPD 23 2015: Avoiding contract disputes
Unless all parties understand where key responsibilities lie, a project can quickly unravel. This CPD, sponsored by QUALSURV International, highlights the major project roles, and areas of misinterpretation, under NEC contracts
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FeaturesSketch of the week: San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Gian Kundi, partner in The Tooley and Foster Partnership
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FeaturesImage of the week: North of Eden
The revamped Manchester Victoria station reopened on Tuesday after a £44m upgrade
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FeaturesVictoria’s super Nova
The £2.2bn Nova Victoria scheme was always going to be a star project. But, on a hemmed in space, it needed some special solutions to make it shine
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FeaturesNot plane sailing
Labour conference showed the party is currently split into three significant factions
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FeaturesCan Corbynomics get Britain building?
As the major influence on Jeremy Corbyn’s economic policy, Richard Murphy has had a lot to talk about over the last few months. But what might the much-trailed people’s QE mean for the construction industry?
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FeaturesBringing it all back home
With some main contractors taking delivery expertise back in house in the hope it will reassure clients they can get the job done, Joey Gardiner asks if the subcontracting model has had its day
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Healthcare
Hospitals and healthcare facilities make very particular demands of products specified in their buildings