All Features articles – Page 312
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FeaturesIt’s back! Return of the PFI
It seems that rumours of the PFI’s demise have been greatly exagerrated. But what type of work is likely to be available? And where’s the money going to come from?
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FeaturesA time for action?: Energy policy consulation
Consultation Man will be going back in his box if the Tories have their way, to be replaced by a more ‘dynamic’ approach to energy policy. But is there more to the consulting process than just a lengthy exercise in delaying decisions?
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Terracotta-look solar shading
Sotech has supplied a bespoke extruded aluminium baguette sunscreen system that replicates the appearance of traditional terracotta for a multistorey car park at the Almondvale shopping centre near Edinburgh
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Integrated solar thermal panels
Luvata has developed Nordic Solar, which discreetly incorporates renewables into a building by integrating a patinated copper facade with a solar thermal system
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Market forecast: Still a way to go
Despite signs of recession abating in some quarters, 2010 will remain tough for the building industry, particularly with public sector work likely to shrink
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FeaturesSliding glass facade with PV
Austrian firm M-systems has launched the EV3000, an aluminium framed glass sliding panel designed to provide solar shading on facades and which also incorporates thin film photovoltaics for power generation
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FeaturesThe five hundred million pound woman: Colette O'Shea
Last week, we looked at what life on site was like for the industry’s female minority. This week, Emily Wright heads to the boardroom to meet Land Securities’ Colette O’Shea, the most powerful woman in London development
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FeaturesSteel cladding
SAS International’s bespoke cladding system was installed at the lower areas of Waterloo station, where they cover 3.5m thick Victorian brick arches
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Building pathology: Water ingress
Water penetration can be a problem for brick walls – even if a cavity is included to prevent moisture reaching the building interior
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FeaturesBeware of killer clients: the insurance threat to fit-out providers
Fit-out firms are suddenly finding that their clients are making them take out insurance to cover the entire job – and as they may not be able to, they’re risking commercial death
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FeaturesZaha's Museum of Transport: The battle of the oil can
Zaha Hadid’s Museum of Transport in Glasgow was designed with gothic zinc-clad ridges and 100m-plus roof spans. They looked great on a computer screen, but led to memorable rows with the project team
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FeaturesBaby, do you like my curves?
Great news for fans of blobby architecture – a technology that creates curvaceous structures with such speed and precision that it could change the way we build
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FeaturesCrossrail: Seats still available
Programme update: Roxane McMeeken finds out where the £16bn Crossrail project is at
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FeaturesCostain's Andrew Wyllie: Who wants to be glamorous anyway?
With £2.5bn of orders on its books, Costain’s move towards sectors such as waste, oil and roads seems like an inspired decision. Andrew Wyllie, the man who made it, tells Sarah Richardson where the contractor is heading next
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FeaturesAluminium facade panels
This residential complex in London used almost 5,000 anodised aluminium rainscreen panels
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Infrastructure market overview: The road ahead
Sector overview Infrastructure has been one of the few bright spots in the construction market over the past year – but will it last? Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon makes some predictions for the next four years
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FeaturesNuclear programme: The age of proliferation
Programme update: Over the next two decades, the nuclear industry is set to provide 64,000 man-years of construction-related work – enough to keep a lot of companies very busy indeed. David Rogers and Thom Gibbs look at who’s best placed to make the most of the bonanza
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FeaturesDownsizing Dubai: Will the Middle East's golden child ever be the same again?
The UAE is waking up … but it has one hell of a hangover, and it’s going to take more than a couple of fizzy tablets to make it all better. So what sort of market is emerging? Well, the chances are it’s going to be good news for shed ...