All Features articles – Page 310
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FeaturesThe magic mushroom: Pavilion at Stuttgart university
If you think 6.5mm plywood is just for DIY patch-ups, then you should see what the scientific wizards at Stuttgart university have done with the stuff
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FeaturesMarathon effort: piling on the complex Glasgow sports arena site
How the team tackled difficult conditions on the site of the 2014 Commonwealth Games centrepiece
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FeaturesAPC extras: T062 - Procurement and Tendering
This is a core competency for a range of different pathways and is used by many candidates for their critical analysis
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FeaturesDark Victory: 2010 Part L update
The new version of Part L kicks in next week, and its tough energy rules are going to make lighting a building altogether more problematic than ever before
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FeaturesHays 2010 salary guide: Do we have to fight about it?
There’s no way to sugarcoat this: contractors’ pay is down and benefits are under threat, too. Roxane McMeeken looks at the figures in the Hays 2010 salary survey and asks how employers and employees can stick together through the hard times
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FeaturesFive best countries for water infrastructure work
Over the next 10 years, mankind will spend £500bn on water works. Chloe Stothart picks the five best countries to look for your share of it
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FeaturesMadrid health centre: If Gucci did factories
… they might look a little like this Madrid clinic, by local practice Estudio Entresitio
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FeaturesCountry focus: Germany
Overall the outlook for Germany is reasonably bright, but construction will feel the pain as the effect of the economic stimulus measures wears off
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FeaturesDavid Penfold on Sainsbury’s waste strategy
David Penfold is a driven man: he has to cut Sainsbury’s waste to as close to zero as possible. And given the amount of activity that the store engages in, he needs good ideas and even better suppliers.
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FeaturesHanif Kara: They said ‘stay weird’, so he did
Hanif Kara has a reputation for inventiveness and eccentricity, but he has soberly steered his engineering firm through a merger with White Young Green and a recession. He tells Emily Wright about the need to make difficult decisions.
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FeaturesKeep Taking The Tablets
Construction folk can barely contain their excitement at how Apple’s iPad is changing the way they build - and being able to show your mum the project you’re working on is only the start
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FeaturesMarket overview: waste and water sectors
With regulation driving investment and resource efficiency in the waste and water sectors, Matthew Hicks and Andrew Wheeler of Davis Langdon examine how the UK’s obligations are going to be met, and what the opportunities are for consultants and contractors
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FeaturesChalbury McCouat vs PG Foils: failure to choose location for arbitration
These parties agreed the dispute resolution mechanism but failed to say in which country the arbitral tribunal should be held
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FeaturesFirst Impressions: Coca-Cola's Madrid HQ
Nottingham Trent students comment on the Puerta+Asensio Architects designed building in Spain
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FeaturesSenseless acts of beauty
Foreign Office’s art college in north Greenwich is a beguiling mix of randomness, order and commercial astuteness
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FeaturesBack for seconds: David Nurser
David Nurser has a voracious appetite for risk-taking. First he set up the surveying firm CNP in a recession. And now he’s a year into his second venture, Paragon (more great timing)
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FeaturesCrouching tiger: Buying a business in China
Tempted to get a foothold in China by buying a business there? It’s a strategy that can pay dividends, but is strewn with hidden dangers
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FeaturesThe collapse of Connaught
The Sidmouth concrete specialist that morphed into a £600m social housing contractor was one of the greatest success stories of the past 30 years, and one of the landmarks of the industry. Andrew Hankinson reports on why it fell - and if the banks should have saved it
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FeaturesSpecialist costs: Off-site manufacture
Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon takes a look at how that sector can add greater value