All Features articles – Page 192
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FeaturesFloating voters: Five years on
Building catches up with a group of senior floating voters from the construction industry to ask them what they learnt from the last election
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FeaturesEd Miliband’s letter to the construction industry
Leader of the Labour party responds to Building’s manifesto aims
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FeaturesNick Clegg’s letter to the construction industry
Leader of the Liberal Democrats responds to Building’s manifesto aims
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FeaturesMarket review: Steady progress
Construction activity increased in March against a backdrop of wider economic stability, with low inflation, low unemployment and forecasts for moderate growth. Michael Dall goes through the highlights of Barbour ABI’s monthly Economic Construction Market Review
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FeaturesWater usage: To the last drop
With every person in the UK using an average of 150 litres of water per day, the country’s water usage needs tempering. Ike Ijeh investigates the domestic inventions that could prevent us from running dry
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FeaturesA diverse approach
Despite an impending skills shortage, the number of women and workers from ethnic minority backgrounds in construction is woefully low. Joey Gardiner asks three employers what their companies are doing to increase workforce diversity
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Water
This week’s water-based products include a limescale-reducing electrical shower, brass tap designs for The Ampersand hotel in London, and cast aluminium rainwater systems for two luxury Hertfordshire homes
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FeaturesImage of the week: Playing to a home crowd
Prime minister David Cameron visits London building site earlier this week after Conservatives propose extending the right to buy
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Astana storyboard
This week’s sketch is by Mike Oades, director with Atomik Architecture
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FeaturesThis week in 1997
The Nottingham Centre for Industrial and Medical Informatics has one of the first 3D CAD systems in the country
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FeaturesBIM survey results: Levelling off?
The government is backing it. Firms are paying top dollar for people that can do it. So why does the number of firms using building information modelling actually seem to be falling?
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FeaturesBIM: Power up for Level 3
The strategy document for BIM Level 3 - Digital Built Britain - is big on aspiration but comes up a little short on the details
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Growing pains
Strong output demand has stretched the industry across the supply chain, with increased tender prices triggered by capacity constraints only the most salient sign of strain. Michael Hubbard of Aecom reports
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FeaturesBIM: Early adopters
Ramboll has developed an early stage modelling process that combines the qualitative capabilities of parametric design with BIM’s algorithmic, analytical strengths. Ike Ijeh wonders where this leaves designers
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Greenwich Creekside
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Sam Charles, practice illustrator with Assael Architecture
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FeaturesImage of the week: London’s burning
Underground fire rages for almost two days beneath pavement in Holborn
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FeaturesBrookfield Multiplex: A decade later
As main contractor on the delayed Wembley stadium and chief player in the legal battle afterwards, Multiplex became a byword for tough contracting. But 10 years on the firm is set to become a £1bn turnover contractor
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FeaturesThis week in 1981
Joseph Aloysius Hansom, founder of Building magazine, is awarded a GLC Blue Plaque
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Residential
This week’s residential products include a penthouse suite’s cantilever staircase, a bespoke heat pump for a luxury new build on the Wentworth Estate, and a whole house mechanical ventilation system