All Features articles – Page 216
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FeaturesThis week in 1992
A few weeks ahead of the 1992 general election, Building took a look backwards
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FeaturesSketch of the week: University of Delft
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Luciano Vitiello of bptw partnership
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FeaturesElection special: Now listen here...
Company chiefs and heads of industry bodies from across the sector set out their messages to the prime minister
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FeaturesElection 2015: What happens in a hung parliament?
With all predictions pointing to a hung parliament, what could happen after the election?
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FeaturesLead times: January - March 2015
Lead times continue to increase with eight trades on the rise and no reported decreases. Some packages have increased more than once in the last 12 months
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FeaturesImage of the week: On the road again
We just had to squeeze in another prime-minister-in-a-hard-hat-on-site photo, this time at the Bexhill to Hastings link road in East Sussex taken during election week
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FeaturesInterview: Robin Butler
Developer Urban Civic plans to build 40,000 homes on difficult, large sites - and after a key acquisition, looks well on the path to achieving that. We meet MD Robin Butler as he scours the land for housebuilders
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Walls, ceilings & partitions
This week’s walls, ceilings and partitions products include curtain walling for an Eiffel-tower inspired building in Singapore and external wall insulation for a residential estate in Clackmannan
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FeaturesFloating voters: The next government’s priorities need to be …
This week two members of our panel of floating voters highlight vital areas of construction policy that will require the attention of the next government, whatever its political make-up
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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