All Features articles – Page 270
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FeaturesDoors and windows: Movers and makers
From triple glazed timber windows to door entry systems with picture capture technology, we look at the latest, cutting-edge window and door products
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FeaturesEducation: Space exploration
This week the government trumpeted the opening of 55 free schools. But the success of the movement is being stymied by a lack of suitable sites, and with a further 114 schools approved for next year, the problem is set to get worse
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FeaturesRay of light
The Velux skylight brand is normally associated with the residential sector. But a collaboration with Foster + Partners could soon enable the company to break into commercial and public buildings
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FeaturesAre these schools really a priority?
After six months of delays the Priority School Building Programme could be accused of failing to live up to its name. So when will the tenders finally be released? And is there a risk the Treasury’s PFI review will hold up some schools still further?
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Timber sliding sash
Dale Windows has launched a timber sliding sash, with concealed spring balances
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FeaturesShould schools be uniform?
Will standardised schools herald a school building programme where design quality and educational aspiration are crushed under a monotonous wave of Identikit slabs? Ike Ijeh investigates Photos by Mike Pinches
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Tilturn window system
Architectural aluminium systems supplier Kawneer widens its window range
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FeaturesAnn Bentley: Stepping up
It would be understandable if Rider Levett Bucknall UK’s new chair felt intimidated by her predecessor’s legacy. But,as Building reports, Ann Bentley is ready to fill the role in her own way
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FeaturesHousing: What's the big idea?
Leading industry figures tell us how they would end the housing crisis
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FeaturesSouthend Pier Cultural Centre: Out on a limb
How do you carry out a construction project more than a mile out to sea during one of the wettest, windiest summers on record? Well, Kier’s approach to the £3m Southend Pier Cultural Centre job was to build it somewhere else
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FeaturesThe Green Deal: Hidden path
How can the government persuade the City to take a risk on the Green Deal?
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FeaturesProcurement: Regulated utilities
Over the next two years £60bn of construction spend is due to be procured by regulated utilities. Getting the procurement strategy right is critical. Simon Rawlinson of EC Harris looks at the options
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FeaturesFirst Impressions: Zaha's Riverside Museum
Students from Nottingham Trent give their verdict on the Glasgow scheme shortlisted for the 2012 Building Awards
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FeaturesCost update Q2 2012
Construction inflation is continuing to fall across the board in the second quarter while many wage agreements remain frozen. Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, reports
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FeaturesThe aviation sector: Turbulence ahead
The UK aviation industry is clamouring for an airport hub but opposition makes any location a potential headache for the government. Ike Ijeh navigates a route through the row
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FeaturesThe missing apprentices
Why are there fewer apprentices in construction despite increased government spending on apprenticeships? Building investigates
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FeaturesChris Webster: In the big league
Miller Construction may be known as a regional SME, but its boss has ambitious expansion plans that involve grabbing market share from some of the biggest names in the sector. Joey Gardiner asks him how
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FeaturesThe community infrastructure levy: A tax too far
As the first councils publish their tariffs, Building investigates whether the CIL could threaten a housing recovery
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FeaturesMy working day: Brent Rees of Nightingale Associates
The architectural technician works in the picturesque setting at Harwell