All Features articles – Page 29
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Could Mace and Willmott Dixon’s ‘trust-based’ partnership signal a better way of working?
Two of Britain’s leading contractors are collaborating on ProCure23, the latest iteration of the NHS’ framework for major capital projects. Daniel Gayne finds out how the alliance will work and what it means for Tier One
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After the storm: housebuilding’s prospects following the mini-budget
Kwasi Kwarteng’s growth plan was met with financial turmoil on the markets, but how badly is housebuilding likely to be affected?
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Building a better tomorrow
Kirstin McCarthy, director of sustainability at Aggregate Industries, explains why it is those construction firms that go the extra green mile that will win the race
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In conversation with… René Morkos, CEO and founder, ALICE Technologies
WATCH: Building speaks to ALICE Technologies founder and CEO René Morkos all about the business, what AI can do for construction and what’s to come next
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Meet the shadow cabinet: who are they and what would they do for construction?
As Labour’s poll numbers soar, we explore the key figures for construction in the shadow cabinet
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5 minutes with … Tim Molden at MESH Construction Consultancy
The firm’s managing director on the importance of patience, his love of fish and chips and his “frightening” memory for numbers
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How do we protect our homes from surface water flooding?
More than three million homes are at risk from surface water flooding - how can we mitigate the risk?
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5 minutes with … Tooey Courtemanche at Procore
The company founder and CEO on the challenges (and rewards) of launching a tech start-up, the importance of curiosity and the car that symbolises his career journey
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‘We’re trained as cost consultants to reduce cost – why not do the same with carbon?’
Turner & Townsend’s new embodied carbon calculator aims to put carbon mitigation into the hands of the cost manager
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The silent revolution: an interview with CITB boss Tim Balcon
Tim Balcon tells Carl Brown about his non-academic background, personal tragedy and his mission to improve vocational qualifications
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Procurement update: applying the enterprise model to infrastructure
To deliver the UK’s ambitious and complex infrastructure investment programme, the way forward lies in integrated teams and enterprise-based delivery
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5 minutes with … Patrick Eley at DNCO
The agency’s creative director on the art and science of wayfinding, and the importance of employing people more talented than yourself
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School procurement and design quality
Richard Wise, partner at Ryder Architecture, discusses the procurement and timescales involved in the school design process and the resulting impact on design quality
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Soaring energy prices? That’s not a problem in my ecohouse
Forget everything you thought you knew about building design if you want to achieve net zero. I built a house that heats and cools itself naturally
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A new chapter for the oldest element
Can hydrogen help to unlock a low carbon future in the UK? Thomas Hawley, director at Gleeds, explores
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Things can only get hotter – so we must tackle overheating in buildings
With climate change making heatwaves more frequent, intense and long-lasting, what can be done to mitigate overheating in buildings?
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Decarbonising the building sector: Opportunities and challenges
Over one third of global CO2 emissions are produced by the building sector, and so it has a critical role to play in preventing the catastrophic impacts of the climate crisis. Bashar Al Shawa explains how the initiative is supporting building sector companies to urgently cut emissions and transform their ...
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Overheating in residential buildings: A modern-day concern
It’s important we tackle this issue now and future-proof our systems to keep properties healthy and habitable going forward
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Battersea power station: conquering the Everest of real estate
It has been compared to climbing the world’s highest mountain but the redeveloped Battersea power station is now, finally, complete
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Costing Steelwork 21: Market update
A market update from Aecom, BCSA and Steel for Life that provides guidance on costing structural steelwork