All Features articles – Page 325
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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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FeaturesCharter 284 Education: The economic case for investing in schools
Sarah Richardson puts the arguments in favour of continuing the drive to renew every school in the country
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FeaturesCharter 284: A Building manifesto
Building’s Charter 284 campaign aims to leave the political parties in no doubt as to the economic and social benefits of investing in construction work
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FeaturesAll that glitters: CityCentre, Las Vegas
The developers of Las Vegas’ latest casino resort wanted to give the city something it lacked: an urban core. But the $8bn CityCenter only pretends to be that – in reality it’s just another place to lose a lot of money. Tim Abrahams spins the wheel
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FeaturesWhat’s awaiting Mr Wates
ConstructionSkills is in crisis: a trade federation is trying to jump ship, 250 jobs are under threat and grants are set to be slashed by a third. Enter James Wates … Sophie Griffiths reports on what lies in store for the training body’s new chairman
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FeaturesCost model: School refurbishment
Continuing this week’s focus on the renewal of the school estate, Simon Rawlinson and Paul Zuccherelli of Davis Langdon review one of the biggest challenges facing the BSF programme
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FeaturesActon up: £560m South Acton estate
Countryside Properties and L&Q have been selected to help regenerate the £560m South Acton estate
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FeaturesAll about the kit: school furniture and equipment
A flexible approach to school design doesn’t usually start with the furniture and equipment. But if we want to make best use of teaching spaces, maybe it should
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Risk! Is moving abroad to work worth it?
Moving abroad can be the only way to find work in a recession, but it can also be a gamble. Emily Wright spoke to three farflung Brits about the sacrifices they have made and the difficulties of fitting in, as well as the exciting opportunities for those willing to play ...
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Acoustic ceilings
Rockfon has launched three acoustic solutions for the education sector – Rockfon Contour baffles, Rockfon Eclipse ceiling islands and the impact-resistant Rockfon Boxer ceiling system
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FeaturesAcoustic lighting rafts
More than 1,700m of SAS International System 600 acoustic lighting rafts, incorporating HCP radiant heating panels, have been installed at the Trent Valley Academy in Lincolnshire
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FeaturesThe best seats on earth: South Africa’s World Cup stadiums
On 11 June, the 2010 World Cup kicks off in South Africa, the first time it’s been held on the African continent. Some 32 nations will compete in 10 stadiums, five of which are new. Stephen Kennett and Thomas Lane take a look at the construction of the big three
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FeaturesThat’s all, Folkwangers
David Chipperfield Architects has completed an extension to the Museum Folkwang in Essen, Germany
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FeaturesAny better?: Liverpool tower
This is the redesign of Leach Rhodes Walker’s 165m tower in Liverpool
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Bespoke mortar colours
Five new Sports England colours have been developed by Cemex Mortars for the sports complex at the £35m Warwickshire College
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Sound-absorbing carpets
Carpet maker Desso has introduced SoundMaster, a high performance carpet backing that is claimed to improve acoustic performance by 60% when tested to ISO 354 – measurement of sound absorption in a reverberation room
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Composite windows
The Parkside Group has launched Alu-Timber, a range of aluminium and timber composite windows, doors and framing systems
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FeaturesGame of two halves: Galliford Try’s Greg Fitzgerald defends the hybrid model
Galliford Try’s construction arm has been keeping the company afloat while its housebuilding side has struggled. Now, as construction wobbles, Emily Wright asks chief executive Greg Fitzgerald if the hybrid model can survive