All Features articles – Page 228
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FeaturesPaul Lewis, Stanhope
Stanhope’s development manager on how the company is stepping outside its comfort zone
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FeaturesPolitics and infrastructure
As the party conference season kicks off, Building looks at what the political parties are saying on the key areas for construction
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FeaturesThe Cheesegrater: One for heavy metal fans
How the 224m-tall Leadenhall Building was constructed in the City without disrupting the neighbours
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FeaturesThe wasted recession
Recovery may now be on the cards, but did we learn enough from the recession?
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FeaturesProcurement update: Project controls
Clients are dusting off their investment plans, but scarce resources mean that assurance of planned outcomes will be vital. Here’s how project controls can help to give that assurance
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FeaturesAre free schools too cheap by half?
Michael Gove may want free schools to succeed but his department won’t be throwing much money their way. So are these cut-price schools up to the job or doomed to become places for kids to fail in?
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FeaturesSchool buildings: Do the math
The DfE has so far failed to hit its construction cost cutting targets, why?
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FeaturesSt Paul's School, London: Best days of its life
Architectural standards were slipping at the 500-year-old St Paul’s School in London, but the elegant exposed interiors and concrete colonnades of Nicholas Hare’s new science building augur well for the future
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FeaturesInterview: Mark Swindlehurst
The chair of the Association of University Directors of Estates talks to Building about opportunities in the universities sector
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FeaturesModular assembly forest school
Lime Tree Primary School, a modular assembly forest school in Greater Manchester, has a sensitive design concept from standardised elements
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FeaturesTracker: July 2013
Activity has dipped slightly since the five-year high last month, but orders are looking healthy and there is also positive news for employment for the first time since 2007, as Experian Economics reports
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FeaturesChoosing low-carbon windows
There is more to a low-carbon window choice than whether you opt for double or triple glazing
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FeaturesLiving in a box: housing standards
The typical UK new-build home is about as roomy as a rabbit hutch, according to the RIBA. But housebuilders argue minimum space standards would put the brakes on construction. Now the government is re-examining the case
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FeaturesInterview: Stephen Hodder, RIBA
The new RIBA president on helping architects reboot their relationship with clients
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FeaturesLosing faith in Brazil
After the success of the Olympics, UK construction looked to reap the rewards in Brazil. So what happened?
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FeaturesCost update Q2 2013
The annual building cost index continues to rise, with wages going up slightly. However, metal prices are generally falling. David Holmes of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, reports
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FeaturesLibrary of Birmingham: The borrowers
Mecanoo’s £189m Library of Birmingham is a triumph - once you get inside
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FeaturesPutting a boss on a building site
Are construction bosses any good at building? Kier MD Graham Howe volunteered to spend time on site to find out
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FeaturesHow real is the construction recovery?
It looks like a recovery, so why isn’t the industry jumping up and down with joy? Building reports on the reality behind the statistics