All Features articles – Page 242
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FeaturesBest of Brickonomics 2012
Economist Brian Green has been analysing what the latest construction data means for the industry all year - here are the five blogs that caught readers’ attention most in 2012
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FeaturesBest building projects
Architectural correspondent Ike Ijeh picks out his five most memorable projects of 2012
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FeaturesTop interviews in 2012
From the UK’s most famous practising architect to a reclusive duo in charge of a fast-growing contractor, Building has interviewed a variety of industry characters this year. Here’s our pick of some of our favourites
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FeaturesThe year in covers: A selection of Building magazine's best artwork
Building’s group art editor explains the story behind some of Building’s covers over the past 12 months
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FeaturesSafety blunders: A year of living dangerously
2012 was another vintage year for safety blunder pictures. Here are our top five examples of on-site idiocy
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FeaturesProjects of the year: Most visionary public space
2012 has been an important year for public spaces, and most significant was the radical shared-space scheme at Exhibition Road
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FeaturesReview of the year: Government failures
Not everything went quite to plan for the government in 2012 and the Green Deal, feed-in tariffs and MoD procurement will be remembered as such
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FeaturesLocal Enterprise Partnerships: Going local
Last week, the chancellor beefed up Local Enterprise Partnerships and tasked them with administering anything up to £50bn in government funding to promote growth in local economies. This gives construction companies a rare chance to influence policy and win work
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FeaturesDreaming of a green Christmas
Why has the UK Green Building Council decided to run choir practices as a covert operation? Building joined them for a rehearsal to find out …
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FeaturesCarbon monoxide: The silent killer
Northern Ireland has taken decisive action to reduce carbon-monoxide related deaths by making alarms that detect the gas compulsory
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FeaturesReview of the year: Disputes, BIM and nuclear
How did 2012 pan out for industry disputes, the nuclear sector and BIM?
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FeaturesProjects of the year: Biggest false dawn
The new-build City office market promised a lot at the start of the year but projects have since stalled or remain empty
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FeaturesProjects of the year: Best boat-inspired building
There were three big boat-related events in 2012 but the award for the best themed building has to go to the Mary Rose Museum
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FeaturesProjects of the year: Most austerity-friendly project
There can be few more appropriate models for the straitened times in which we live than standardised schools
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FeaturesProjects of the year: Most ambitious railway project
The King’s Cross western concourse marked a milestone for the UK railway sector
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FeaturesProjects of the year: Most technically ambitious project
Temperatures of 150,000,000ºC are just one challenge the world’s first commercial nuclear fusion reactor faced
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FeaturesReview of the year: Acquisitions, restructures and collapses
A look back at the reshuffles of Balfour Beatty, Davis Langdon and in government; plus the major collapses and acquisitions of the year
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FeaturesTriumph and disaster: The 2012 review
In 2012, the UK construction industry faced up to an onslaught of cuts, U-turns, stalled projects and financial collapses, while also demonstrating how to put on the greatest show on Earth. Building looks back on an extraordinary year
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FeaturesQuotes of the year 2012
The year’s best quotes from Building, including Berkeley MD Rob Perrins on working with Tony Pidgley, Mott MacDonald’s Keith Howells on Star Wars, and Ray O’Rourke on UK work culture
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FeaturesBIM special report: The clouds roll in
Autodesk reckons that cloud-based products are ‘the biggest thing to happen in computing since the PC’ and could transform the use of BIM. Ike Ijeh went to the software company’s recent conference in Las Vegas to find out more