All Features articles – Page 188
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What to specify: Cladding
This week’s cladding products include a ventilated facade, a ballistic protection system and eco-friendly cladding
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Image of the week: Paint the town red (and yellow)
The London Festival of Architecture kicks off with the unveiling of two pavilions in Lewis Cubitt Square, King’s Cross
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Hays international salary survey 2015
The clamour for talent in the UK is growing and salaries are rising in response
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The centre cannot hold
Our Inside Westminster series continues with a look at the government’s plans to devolve powers to mayor-led cities and regions
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A care in the world
Architype’s £9.6m overhaul of St Michael’s Hospice in Herefordshire is a nuanced balance between residential and institutional functions
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Tracker: April 2015
Constraints on activity tightened in April and the orders index has stopped growing but there’s less worry about labour shortages even though employers look set to take on more workers
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Francis Crick Institute: Larger than life
The awe-inspiring scale, ambition and innovation of the Francis Crick Institute more than matches the pioneering biomedical research that is soon to take place within its walls
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Sketch of the week: Moscow Neopolis business park
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Sam Breed at LDA Design.
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Schools: Where are they all going to sit?
25% more new school places will be needed in the next five years than the previous five, yet the government is cutting overall capital funding by 16%
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Cost update Q1 2015
The consumer price inflation rate dips into negative territory on a single-month basis for the first time in recorded history
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Market review: An unexpected drop
Construction activity increased in March against a backdrop of wider economic stability, with low inflation, low unemployment and forecasts for moderate growth
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Consultant’s duty to warn: Edward Goldswain and Jacqueline Hale vs Beltec Limited and AIMS Plumbing and Building Services Limited
Before Mr Justice Akenhead in the TCC. Judgment delivered 10 March 2015
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Sketch of the week: Cross Street, Medway
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Matt Brown at bptw partnership
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This week in 1995
As the new government is pressed on the housing shortage, we look back to 20 years ago when it was a different story
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It’s time to fix the housing crisis
With a dire shortage of homes in the country, what has the government got to do to get housing working again?
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Wates and Shepherd deal - at a glance analysis
Wates eyes expansion, while Shepherd Group focuses on modular builder Portakabin