All Features articles – Page 204
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FeaturesAlways read the label: Home performance labelling
The amount of consumer information for home buyers is pitiful, but now a pilot project will test what better home performance labelling might look like in practice
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FeaturesTop 150 consultants 2014: Architects
Building’s full Top 150 Consultants 2014 survey is out tomorrow, but we’re releasing the results showing the top 50 architects online today
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FeaturesCountry focus: Oman
Oman’s strategic Vision 2020 couples social reform with economic diversification. With five years left to deliver the vision’s ambitious objectives, EC Harris explores Oman’s competitive construction market
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FeaturesCPD 30 2014: Ensuring data accuracy on BIM projects
The latest module in our CPD series considers the importance of consistent, accurate data in the BIM process, and the key role played by manufacturers in providing it. This module is sponsored by British Gypsum
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FeaturesDesigning for dementia
A pioneering scheme in Norfolk shows how care homes can be adapted to the complex needs of people with dementia
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Lime Tree primary
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Philip Watson at Atkins.
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FeaturesImage of the week: Looking to the next level
Nick Clegg explains his policy on garden cities to the Lib Dem party conference
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FeaturesA sustainable future
Is implementing green policies a must for the future, or an unnecessary cost in an industry just back from the brink of recession? Four corners of the sector have their say
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FeaturesSchools under the flight path: A breath of fresh air
Hounslow’s £150m school rebuilding programme aims to give children under Heathrow’s flight path quieter classrooms and better ventilation
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FeaturesThis week in 1999
It’s been 15 years since the Millennium Wheel was hoisted upright on London’s South Bank
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FeaturesInterview: Pat Ward
The new boss of Aggregate Industries is working overtime to ensure a recovering market has all the materials it needs and to improve the firm’s relationship with the supply chain
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FeaturesSustainability: BREEAM in new offices
Sweett Group looks at the costs of achieving different ratings under the BREEAM 2014 certification for new offices
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FeaturesCPD 29 2014: Radiant heating and cooling panels
Radiant panels can be used as an alternative to traditional convectors to heat and cool buildings. This module, sponsored by Zehnder, examines their benefits, design considerations and most common applications
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FeaturesWhat to specify: M&E
This week’s M E products include a video fire detection system that has been installed at the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight hangar, and a new heating system for the Humberside Police HQ in Hull
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FeaturesFrom the archives in 2010
In 2010, Building profiled the prospective stadium designs of Qatar’s 2022 world cup bid
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FeaturesInterview: Steve Morgan
Steve Morgan left Redrow in 2000 but returned five years ago to save the housebuilder he founded, now it’s posting record results
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FeaturesImage of the week: ‘Behold the brick’
Boris Johnson wows the Conservative party conference using piece of building material
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FeaturesContractors' salary survey 2014: The only way is up
Construction’s recovery was always going to bring higher wages and the upward pressure on salaries is almost countrywide
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FeaturesShored up: The RNLI's lifeboat centre in Poole
Before the Royal National Lifeboat Institute could begin construction on its All-weather Lifeboat Centre in Poole Harbour, Dorset, it first had to find a way to manage the flood risk of its quayside location
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FeaturesCPD 27 2014: Building automation and compliance with BS EN 15232
This CPD module, sponsored by Schneider Electric, shows how the British and European standard BS EN 15232 can help building designers and managers to get the most out of integrated, automated control systems