All Features articles – Page 232
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FeaturesCompetition: Spot the building
Fancy £25 to spend in John Lewis? Just name the six projects in this picture for your chance to win …
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FeaturesHow to be a Green Deal assessor
What’s involved in working as a Green Deal assessor, what training is required and what skills are needed? Read on to find out
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FeaturesA cartoon cover from 1979
There’s a familiar face in this political cartoon from the 1970s who’s still making his mark today
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FeaturesEuston, we have a problem
How HS2 has pulled the emergency cord on plans to demolish London’s most loathed station
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FeaturesWhole-life carbon: Domestic
Lifecycle analysis sheds light on whether retrofitting or rebuilding will best help the government to deliver its 2050 carbon reduction targets
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FeaturesSpending Round: Who's for cake?
What will George Osborne portion out to construction in his Spending Round?
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FeaturesInterview with Marc Vlessing, Pocket
How developer Pocket plans to make London living affordable
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FeaturesElectric heating for the right reasons
This week our trip back into construction history leads us to a seventies advert for heating homes with electricity - it seems technology could be coming full circle …
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FeaturesWhere's the money?
Ahead of the spending review later this month, Building looks at the prospects for investment in construction
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FeaturesTune in to BIM FM
What can BIM offer facilities managment and will it have a transformative impact on building operation?
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FeaturesVince Cable delivers message to construction industry
The government recognises how vital construction is and is taking measures to boost it, says Vince Cable
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FeaturesIt's a regulations jungle out there
Can green certification schemes around the world ever be consolidated to avoid all the confusion?
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FeaturesCost model: Primary schools
Now that we might be building primary schools again, what are the costs?
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FeaturesInterview: Gary Day, McCarthy & Stone
McCarthy Stone works in the retirement home market but its land planning director is anything but retiring
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FeaturesFoster + Partners' Queen Alia airport
Foster + Partners’ new airport in Jordan uses a mix of in-situ and precast concrete techniques to create a mesmerising pattern of shallow domes, curving beams and tapering columns
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FeaturesEco policy: No sense of direction
Building’s latest White Paper suggests that public and private sector clients are as frustrated as the rest of the industry with government eco policy
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FeaturesThe tracker: April 2013
Construction activity increased in April as did orders, employment and tender prices. However, Experian Economics reports that financial constraints remain a drag on growth
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FeaturesInternational Salary Survey 2013
Many UK professionals are looking abroad to sell their skills. Building consults Hays’ International Salary Survey 2013 to pick out promising destinations
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FeaturesCaptains of industry
This year construction is higher up the political agenda than ever, with calls for fresh investment. The government has responded and is shortly expected to unveil its Industrial Strategy for Construction