All Features articles – Page 321
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FeaturesCountdown to 2012: Our year on the Olympics
Catching up on the past 12 months in the life of Building's young 2012 team
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Movers and makers: 12 March 2010
Recent tests at BRE has confirmed that Hydropanel partition walls meet all the requirements of BS 5234-2: 1992 including criteria for stiffness, resistance to surface damage by a variety of objects and the effects of door slamming, as well as resistance to crowd pressure. It also underwent lightweight and heavyweight ...
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FeaturesTaking the law into your own hands
With the number of construction disputes getting ever higher, now could be a good time to hit the books and get some legal qualifications
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FeaturesBack to the floor: Factory Records is reborn as a nightclub
Factory Records, the legendary Manchester label, has been reborn as a nightclub. Thomas Lane nips in ahead of the crowds
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FeaturesMe and my baby: Steve Morgan is back at Redrow
You can’t imagine much intimidates Steve Morgan. In his time, the 57-year-old former site engineer has battled the prime minister of Thailand for control of Liverpool football club, founded Redrow at the age of 21 with a £5,000 loan from his father and was on the wrong end of a ...
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FeaturesCivil stars: ICE’s London award winners
Civil engineering may not be the most glamorous profession but the ICE’s London awards give its brightest and best their moment in the limelight. Thomas Lane takes a look at the winners
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FeaturesCountry focus: United Arab Emirates
The end of the year could see a more robust performance from the UAE economy, but for the time being it’s displaying only the most anaemic of recoveries. Simon Light of EC Harris in Dubai reports
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FeaturesUS and you: America’s London embassy is looking for UK firms
America is about to build a £330m embassy in south-west London and it wants British firms to do the lion’s share of the work
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FeaturesPV roof tiles
Redland is launching five photovoltaic roof tiles for the housebuilding market to take advantage of the government’s recently announced feed-in tariffs
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Natural insulation
Second Nature is launching EdenBloc35, a patented, low-density rigid insulation that is suitable for roofs and walls
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FeaturesThe two-year rush hour: London’s Park Plaza hotel
Park Plaza has built a 1,000-bedroom hotel and conference centre in the middle of one of London’s noisiest roundabouts. But it was delivering the project in just 24 months that kept the construction team suitably stressed
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FeaturesTaking the law into your own hands
With the number of construction disputes getting ever higher, now could be a good time to hit the books and get some legal qualifications
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Green roofs
Lindum is launching the Biodiverse Green Roof Mat, a pre-grown vegetative layer designed to offer an alternative to pure sedum blankets
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FeaturesGive me five
Greeting you at Ecobuild in March will be more than 1,000 exhibitors and 100 conferences – that’s an awful lot of ground to cover, so Stephen Kennett guides you towards five five-star attractions you won’t want to miss
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Floor coverings
Floor covering specialists South East Coatings will be launching several products
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FeaturesWinging it: Eddie the Eagle on sport and building
Eddie the Eagle, aka Michael Edwards, soared to international stardom when he flopped in the 1988 Winter Olympics ski jumping event. After the glow faded, he finally came back to earth as a Gloucestershire builder. Emily Wright asked him about a life of brilliant improvisation
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Building pathology: Wind turbines
The output, reliability and lifespan of wind turbines varies widely depending on a number of factors. Peter Mayer of BLP Insurance talks us through them