All Features articles – Page 270
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FeaturesSteel Insight - Education Buildings
The fifth article in the Steel Insight series focuses on the key factors to consider when cost planning a steel-framed school, college or university building
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FeaturesSean Tompkins: Chartering new territory
With the RICS’ overseas membership up to 35,000, chief executive Sean Tompkins isn’t about to be blown off course by parochial critics back home
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FeaturesInsurance special report: Trade credit
Trade credit insurance has returned to construction, having all but disappeared just when it was needed most. So do today’s new policies offer a good deal for firms?
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FeaturesPrivate rented sector: Heading for a fall
Is the private rented sector housing’s best hope?
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Five years on …
Half a decade since the start of the economic crisis, output is still falling and tender prices continue to head south. Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, reports
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FeaturesHorrible Halloween architecture
The National Fisheries Development Board in India is next on our list of buildings that would make anyone scream
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FeaturesHalloween horrors: Makkah Clock Royal Tower
Today’s gruesome building is five times bigger than Big Ben and twice the height of the Shard
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FeaturesHalloween horrors: Piano House
For a real fright this Halloween nothing beats the worst excesses of modern architecture
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FeaturesView from my office: Kevin Williams
The Faithful+Gould regional director can hear Jazz every Thursday evening in the summer months
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FeaturesLead times July-Sept 2012
Lead times are frozen across the board, and with enquiry levels beginning to fall, there are unlikely to be many increases over the next six months. Brian Moone of Mace reports
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FeaturesIt's not easy being globally green
Roxane McMeeken examines the problems facing multinational clients trying to employ the same tough sustainability standards from Brazil to Bangalore
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FeaturesThe Global Clients Group
Building and Ecobuild seek to capture the knowledge of the world’s most sustainable clients
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FeaturesInterview: Renzo Piano
The Shard’s architect is back in town and raring to go on his latest project
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FeaturesPost-Olympic projects outside London
Two weeks ago Building looked at London’s post-Olympic construction projects and now it’s the turn of the rest of the country. Here we highlight some of the major regional projects coming up over the next few years and the construction trends they herald
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FeaturesNow the party’s over…
Aside from rhetoric, what did we get from the party conferences? Building looks at the prospects for action on key funding areas
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FeaturesSpotlight: M&E products
Many suppliers of M E and other factory-made components have reduced capacity, while more overseas players are entering the market. Brian Moone examines what this means for lead times
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FeaturesBuilding intelligence Q2 2012
Output levels continued to head south in the second quarter of 2012, with - perhaps surprisingly - the infrastructure sector recording the sharpest falls. Experian Economics reports
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FeaturesThe long wait for BAA
BAA’s major projects are waiting on the tarmac. What does this mean for construction and will the operator’s reputation as an innovative client survive the turbulence?
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FeaturesIan Baker interview: "It was a big call"
In November 2009 Linden Homes decided to embark on a radical growth strategy. Three years later, its profit is up 140%. MD Ian Baker explains how the company pulled it off
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FeaturesConsultants in the regions: Two-speed Britain
Can consultants afford to keep their regional offices open?