All Features articles – Page 322
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FeaturesCharter 284 Energy: The future
It is clear to all that the future of power generation in the UK cannot be coal-fired. So why has the government so far failed to set a clear strategy on renewable and nuclear energy? Roxane McMeeken presents the final part of our Charter 284 manifesto
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The tracker: One step at a time
Construction activity and orders are still inching towards growth – even if the civil engineering sector experienced its quietest ever month in January
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FeaturesOff-site hospital
Yorkon has handed over what it claims to be the largest UK hospital to be built off site
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Mould-proof grouting
Weber is rolling out its mould-stop technology to a number of its popular grout products including Weber joint fine flex, Weber joint wide and Weber joint wide flex
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FeaturesWashroom fittings
A number of products from Rada have been incorporated into a £270m healthcare project in Newcastle-upon-Tyne that will see services transferred to the Royal Victoria Infirmary and Freeman Hospital
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FeaturesGo figure: The future of infrastructure spending
Treasury secretary Ian Pearson gives Joey Gardiner a lesson in abstract mathematics
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FeaturesCordon sanitaire: MAAP’s mental health facility
How do you make a mental health facility secure without it feeling like a prison? The answer MAAP Architects proposes is to turn the buildings themselves into a perimeter fence
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FeaturesWater controls
Douglas Delabie, under its Chavonnet banner, has launched a range of water controls to help prevent hospital-acquired infections
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FeaturesNo more repeats: Episode two of BBC Broadcasting House
With a very public dressing down still ringing in its ears, Britain’s most venerable broadcaster has a point to prove on phase two of the £1bn redevelopment of Broadcasting House
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FeaturesDeregulation: Fixing New Zealand’s £5bn leak
Cutting red tape is one thing. But total deregulation is about as sensible as turning on your bathtaps and going on holiday – as thousands of soggy Kiwis now know
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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