All Features articles – Page 213
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FeaturesParliamentary renovations: Houses of cards
The Houses of Parliament are in desperate need of repair. With just 20 years of life left within their crumbling walls, proposals for renovation are being drawn up
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FeaturesThis week in 1997
Labour predicts that plans for Regional Development Agencies will spread quickly across the North if elected, ahead of the 1997 election
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FeaturesEric Pickles' letter to the construction industry
Conservative party’s secretary of state responds to Building’s manifesto aims
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FeaturesFloating voters: Which way are you leaning?
This week we catch up with our panel of floating voters, first selected during the 2010 election, to ask what they think the different parties offer the industry and who they are intending to vote for this time around
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FeaturesSketch of the week: High level park, Peckham
This week’s sketch is part of a proposal for a high level park in Peckham, south London
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FeaturesImage of the week: Selfie on site
In the last in our series of prime-minister-in-a-hard-hat-on-site photos before the election David Cameron poses with workers at an M S site in Longbridge, West Midlands
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FeaturesElection special: The parties compared
With less than a week to go until the election, and all parties having finally published their manifestos, how do the parties line up on the key issues for construction?
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FeaturesNigel Farage’s letter to the construction industry
Leader of UKIP responds to Building’s manifesto aims
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FeaturesTracker: March 2015
While concern about constraints has edged up, the orders index has hit a record high and things are looking up for nearly every region
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FeaturesBuilding Award Winners: Small Project of the Year (up to £5m)
The overall winner of this category was a pioneering London housing project, built over an old garage court, which aims to replace anonymity with intimacy and connectivity
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FeaturesBuilding Award Winners: Specialist Contractor of the Year
All of the nominees for this year’s specialist contractor category have experienced impressive growth in recent years, with the winner showing true innovation in its work
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FeaturesBuilding Award Winners: Building Magazine Project of the Year
This category included a number of high-profile schemes but was ultimately won by a refurb project that has transformed a dated office building into a landmark ‘business hotel’
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FeaturesBuilding Award Winners: International Project of the Year
These projects from around the world demonstrate exceptional design, innovative sustainability measures and aim to inspire the cities they inhabit - as this year’s winner did in Canberra, Australia
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FeaturesBuilding Award Winners: CITB Training Initiative of the Year
This year’s shortlisted training initiatives take focus on safety, customer satisfaction and leadership aspects of development, with the results of one scheme proving particularly impressive
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FeaturesBuilding Award Winners: Sustainable Project of the Year
A broad portfolio of major projects, bumper financial results and a commitment to staff training and development have given Core Five the entrepreneurial clout to take the top prize
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FeaturesBuilding Award Winners: BIM Initiative of the Year
This category acknowledges those companies that have gone the extra mile to integrate BIM into the everyday fabric of their business, with the winner ensuring that all staff get hands on with the technology
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FeaturesBuilding Award Winners: Construction Client of the Year
Argent has become synonymous with high-profile city centre regeneration projects, such as London’s King’s Cross, which it pulls off with style - so not surprisingly the best in the industry are lining up to work with this client
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FeaturesBuilding Award Winners: The Test of Time
These projects employed bold design features that have seen the finished articles flourish, particularly when it comes to meeting their ambitious sustainability targets
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FeaturesBuilding Award Winners: Chief Executive of the Year
Galliford Try’s Greg Fitzgerald has steered the firm through years of mergers and growth, culminating in last’s year’s acquisition of Miller Construction - and all while earning the respect of his peers and colleagues along the way
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FeaturesBuilding Award Winners: Personality of the Year
When it comes to unlocking the potential of complex city centres, Argent partner Tony Giddings is one of the best in the business. You just have to look at scale of change at London’s King’s Cross to appreciate the extent of his achievements as his firm is showing some of ...