All Features articles – Page 356
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Aluminium roofing
Ash & Lacy Building Systems has provided 4,000m2 of Ashzip for a retirement home in Ireland
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FeaturesSheep vs grass: The best and the worst eco-ideas
With all great movements come fresh ways of thinking – some good, some, frankly, not so good. Roxane McMeeken asked five sustainability experts to name their favourite green ideas and those that they would send straight to the recycling plant
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FeaturesPaul King: The carbon crunch
It’s a global crisis, and it’s getting grimmer by the day, but this one we might actually be able to do something about… Paul King explains why sustainability is still the biggest issue of 2009
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FeaturesClay roof tiles
Redland has recreated the traditional fired blue of Staffordshire clay plain roof tiles with the Blue Brindle addition to its Rosemary Classic range
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FeaturesSustainability costs: Refurbishment
The advent of EPCs means commercial landlords can no longer ignore the inefficiency of existing stock. Richard Quartermaine of Cyril Sweett breaks down the costs of revamping these energy guzzlers
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Curved roofing
A sweeping Kalzip aluminium roof has been used on the new Leigh Technology Academy college in Dartford, Kent
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FeaturesEco-terraces: Urban jungle
Eco-terraces are the next big thing in rooftop developments – but, says Stephen Kennett, it pays to have green fingers. Where’s Alan Titchmarsh when you need him?
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Gutter and fascia systems
Alumasc has supplied a bespoke coping, fascia and gutter system for a housing development at Waterstone Park, Kent
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FeaturesGreenpeace's John Sauven: can we be friends?
John Sauven, Greenpeace’s executive director is a suave, pragmatic, political insider. Which means he’ll be happy to work with the industry on plans for more runways and reactors, right? Er, not exactly…
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Roof modules
A Corus Hi-Point off-site modular roofing system has been used for the fast-track construction of the Eastfields Station in south London
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FeaturesProfiled sheeting
Profiled sheeting from Marley Eternit has been used on this self-build timber frame house in Scotland
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FeaturesJust landed: Mark Chamberlain moves to Azerbaijan
Mark Chamberlain – a member of Building's graduate advisory board – has just quit surveying for NG Bailey in London to head for a new adventure in oil exploration in Baku
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FeaturesMiddle East Q&A: Muhyiddin Itani
Davis Langdon's Beirut director explains why construction in Lebanon has been booming in recent years, and advises UK firms how to get involved
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FeaturesNew Year blues: Predictions for 2009
It doesn’t look like a whole lot of fun, but 2009 must be endured where necessary and enjoyed where possible. So, here’s our guide to what’s going to happen, complete with the big stories, the key dates and the people who are going to make the news
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FeaturesChange of destination: job opportunities still abound in the Middle East
The downturn may have hit Dubai, but other Middle Eastern markets and the booming oil and gas sectors still provide plenty of escape routes
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FeaturesGlamorous address: Candy & Candy's One Hyde Park
Candy & Candy’s One Hyde Park is coming along quite nicely, thank you. Which is just as well, because when you’re spending £100m on an apartment, you do rather want the builders out of the way before you move in
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FeaturesThe hot seat: APC supervisor reviews
For first-year APC students, it’s almost time for the first formal sitdown with your supervisor. Jon Lever explains how it works
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FeaturesBSF schools: Why is it so difficult?
Alistair Darling might be accelerating spending on Building Schools for the Future, but that won’t necessarily mean more schools get built, as this exemplary story of a scheme in Greenwich demonstrates