All Features articles – Page 270

  • Political conference
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    Party conference season: Preview

    2012-09-21T00:00:00Z

    With party conference season upon us, here’s a guide of key policy areas for the industry

  • cost model
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    Cost model: Museums and galleries

    2012-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Cultural tourism has become big business over the past decade, leading to a worldwide market in high-quality exhibition spaces, iconic galleries and historic refurbishments. David Wood of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company adds up the costs

  • Daniel Moylan
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    Daniel Moylan: In his element?

    2012-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Last week, after just three months as head of the Olympic legacy body, Daniel Moylan stepped down to lead mayor Boris Johnson’s campaign for a new hub airport to the east of London. He tells Joey Gardiner the reasons for the move and why he thinks the government has got ...

  • News analysis
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    Political donations: Mixing in politics

    2012-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Construction firms are giving substantial sums to political parties. So which companies are donors and can money buy influence?

  • The Beacon Centre in Blackburn
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    First Impressions: DLA's Beacon Centre

    2012-09-20T12:35:00Z

    Building’s student panel from Nottingham Trent share their thoughts on the building in Blackburn

  • The Crystal
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    Case study: Siemens Crystal

    2012-09-19T13:30:00Z

    Royal Victoria Dock plays home to a new exhibition venue with sustainability at its heart, the Siemens Crystal

  • View from my office, Adam Muggleton
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    View from my office: Adam Muggleton

    2012-09-14T12:28:00Z

    The managing director for property consultant CDML overlooks the CN Tower, TIFF building and Hyatt Hotel in Toronto

  • signs of life
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    Contractor salary survey 2012: Signs of life

    2012-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Find out the winners and losers in this year’s salary survey with our interactive tables and full analysis

  • Leeds arena
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    Leeds Arena: Big noise in the city

    2012-09-14T00:00:00Z

    How Bam kept the noise down in the 12,500-seat arena in Leeds city centre

  • Whole life costs
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    Whole-life carbon: New-build schools

    2012-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Through the careful specification of timber it is possible to reduce the whole-life carbon footprint of a school by over 15%

  • Qatar
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    Careers: Is Qatar your next destination?

    2012-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Qatar is an oil-rich country that plans to spend 40% of its budget improving infrastructure between now and 2016. Can you afford to leave it off your CV?

  • Rob Perrins
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    Berkeley's Rob Perrins: Out of the shadows

    2012-09-13T07:00:00Z

    In the three years since he replaced Tony Pidgley as Berkeley’s managing director, Rob Perrins has convinced the City that he is very much his own man

  • news analysis
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    Is localism dead and buried?

    2012-09-12T12:14:00Z

    Last week’s housing and planning reforms suggest the government has given up on localism to build the homes we need

  • The six boards were all based on a single original mould
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    Star jumps: how the diving boards took shape

    2012-09-07T09:40:00Z

    Variously likened to the stamens of an exotic flower, a splash or even poised cobras, the dramatic lines of the aquatics centre’s six diving boards have attracted much interest – not only as a natural centre of attention during the Games, but because they are visually fascinating in themselves.

  • The walls have been left exposed and uncoated
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    Wall-to-wall coverage

    2012-09-07T09:40:00Z

    The curving concrete walls of the aquatics centre are one of its defining characteristics. They are first seen in the centre’s welcome area and provide a top and tail to the competition pools, as well as a stylish backdrop to television coverage of the diving.

  • Whirl pool
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    Whirl pool

    2012-09-07T09:40:00Z

    From the swirling, curving walls and diving boards to the pools themselves, concrete makes a big splash at Zaha Hadid’s awe-inspiring aquatics centre

  • Universities
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    The university sector: Your starter for 10

    2012-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Will the university sector make up for the lack of construction work elsewhere in education?

  • tracker
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    The Tracker: A light ahead

    2012-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Awful weather and difficult finances combine to keep construction in negative territory, according to Experian Economics. But at least some firms now have more than six months’ work ahead of them

  • Features

    Fire and bullet resistant glass

    2012-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Schott has now launched its fire-resistant glass NOVOLAY® and PYRANOVA® as a high performing secure range

  • Products
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    Colourful campus window system

    2012-09-07T00:00:00Z

    The latest window product by Spectus Window Systems