All Features articles – Page 352
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FeaturesDaylight lighting systems
Aura Corporation has provided an Actulite polarised daylight lighting system to classrooms at Alderwood Pupil Referral School in Ipswich, a school for children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties
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FeaturesDeath of a dream: Dubai
Dubai’s boom fed a lifestyle of fast cars and luxury flats that construction professionals could never have dreamed of back home. But now, as grim reality sets in, many expats are finding that redundancy is also done very differently in the Gulf
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External light fittings
Lighting manufacturer Erco has launched the Powercast range of projectors and floodlights for use in outdoor applications such as accent lighting on signage through to floodlighting of facades and atriums
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Low flow taps
Douglas Delabie has uprated its Tempo Stop basin tap to make it more water efficient
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The tracker: How low can we go?
Activity levels fell for the 10th month in a row, the rate of decline headed towards a new low, and don’t even ask about employment prospects
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Lockable sockets
MK Electric has launched a range of lockable switches and sockets suitable for applications where control of supply is necessary such as public areas and schools and colleges
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FeaturesRadiator for schools
Heating specialist Jaga has launched a radiator specifically for use in the education sector
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FeaturesExpat survival guide to Ukraine
As Europe's second largest country, Ukraine is decent place to take your career, but be prepared for it all to be lubricated by torrents of cheap vodka
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Lead times: November 08 - January 2009
Unsurprisingly, a weak economy has led to a reduced workload for many contractors, a few of whom are dropping lead times to a level not seen since 2003
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FeaturesAdapting to recession: 19 ways we've changed
Building's graduate advisory panel on how to adapt to working in a recession
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FeaturesOxford blues: burrowing under Queen's College
Adding an extension to Queen’s College required a delicate juggling act, as site access, potentially unstable foundations and history itself put the contractor to the test
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FeaturesHold your breath... redundancies rising
The wave of redundancies has mainly engulfed junior staff so far, but now the water is rising up to the boardroom
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FeaturesCranes: victory for the Safer Skyline campaign
Last week, the HSE finally caved in to Building’s demand for a national register of checks on tower cranes. Sophie Griffiths asked some of those who supported our two-year campaign for their reaction
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Green cement: an industry revolution?
Cement produces more carbon dioxide than the whole of the aviation industry. But now there’s a variant that actually absorbs greenhouse gases
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FeaturesSpotlight: How hard will the credit crunch hit?
Demand is low, unemployment is up and so are stockpiles. Prepare for a deep impact
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FeaturesMace's Stephen Pycroft: 'I don't do interviews'
Thirty years in construction, 16 at Mace – more than four of them as chief executive – but Stephen Pycroft has never given an interview… until now. Emily Wright talks to him about sale rumours and why he’s not sunning himself in the Bahamas
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FeaturesIn defence of Dubai
That Dubai too has been hit by the slowdown has caused much glee among those envious of its dynamism, but in the long term the recession can only make it stronger
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FeaturesIsrael's controversial Museum of Tolerance
A plan to build a Gehry-designed 'Museum of Tolerance' on the site of a Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem has led to an intercontinental war of words
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FeaturesPlanning: what's happened to section 106?
Affordable housing, roads, health facilities, schools, even public art – all these were paid for out of developers’ section 106 contributions. But that was in the good times. Now the well’s run dry and the question everyone is asking is: where’s the money going to come from?