All Features articles – Page 342
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Super-insulated facades
Two of Schüco’s most popular facade systems, the FW50+ and FW60+, are now available in super-insulated (SI) versions with lower U-values for the frames, enabling architects and specifiers to exceed existing insulation regulations
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FeaturesThe six-minute guide to your six-month ministers
The reshuffle put four new men in charge of crucial construction-related portfolios. Sarah Richardson looks at what they can do before the election. Ready? Steady? Go!
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FeaturesSpotlight: The noughties
It is 10 years since Mace began to record lead times, and many have never been lower. Brian Moone analyses the economic patterns of the decade to see what they can tell us about future trends
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FeaturesDubai property expert forecasts shape of recovery
Mohammed Nimer, who controls 3bn dirhams of projects in the UAE, says Dubai will 'rediscover its basic appeal but without the glitz'
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FeaturesHouse prices stay steady in June
Values remain at May level thanks to restricted supply and rising demand, with sale volumes up 80% since January
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FeaturesThe bridge builder: Arup's new chairman Philip Dilley
Philip Dilley, the new chairman of Arup, has to span the hole that the recession has left in the firm’s order book – while maintaining its singular approach and outlook
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Features'I will not be taken for granted': BAA's boss on frameworks
...or to put it another way, BAA’s five-year framework is just a large feather bed, and the military brain behind its new procurement policy wants contractors to fight for their work
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FeaturesCaptain Uranium: how to get into nuclear
Billions are going to be spent on nuclear power stations in the next 10 years, assuming, that is, we can find 33,000 recruits in a hurry. Which is where you come in...
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FeaturesDan's Den: Libeskind goes flatpack
If you’ve got a couple of million euros you don’t know what to do with, why not buy your own Libeskind-designed house? Dan Stewart looks at what you get for your money
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FeaturesSustainability: Water efficiency
Does making an investment in water efficiency measures ever pay back? Isabel McAllister and David Sutton of Cyril Sweett present the business case
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FeaturesEscos: One of our team is missing
Whatever happened to energy service companies, responsible for on-site renewables? Their near-disappearance is bad news for low-carbon development
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FeaturesThe big push: getting materials to the 2012 Olympic site
The Olympic team is using every means possible to get the vast amounts of materials it needs into its hemmed-in east London site: roads, railways, and now the River Thames. Thomas Lane reports on a grand offensive
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Electrical accessories
MK Electric has compiled a collection of wiring accessories suitable for the healthcare sector
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FeaturesNew age medicine: healthcare technology
Willmott Dixon has developed a prototype of a healthcare facility of the future, which includes self-diagnosis pods, robotic medicine dispensing and remote treatment
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Anti-ligature windows
Kawneer has developed the AA3110 sliding window for the healthcare market
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FeaturesBacteria-resistant doorsets
Leaderflush Shapland is offering a range of products to combat healthcare-associated infections
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FeaturesOur man in Riyadh: Buro Happold’s boss moves to Saudi
With a stream of UK companies looking for work in Saudi Arabia, Buro Happold decided it had do something to maintain its position as top dog. So it sent its chairman, Rod Macdonald, to go and live there. Emily Wright spoke to him two weeks after he arrived
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What it costs: Suspended ceilings
The many choices when specifying a suspended ceiling for a hospital are made more difficult by the regulations on cleaning and acoustics. Peter Mayer of BLP Insurance takes a look
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FeaturesStuck in the middle: it’s a hard life for medium-sized contractors
When you’re too big to be small, and too small to be big, life can be very inconvenient – as Britain’s medium-sized contractors are finding out. Roxane McMeeken reports on their predicament
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FeaturesCost model: Universities
Universities are vital in maintaining the UK’s place in the knowledge economy and have been major building clients over the past 10 years. How will higher education clients approach tougher times? Simon Rawlinson and Laurence Brett of Davis Langdon look at emerging trends in the sector