All Features articles – Page 379
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FeaturesSalmaan Hasan: Minerva’s city battle
Having taken a battering on the stock market, Minerva chief Salmaan Hasan is ready for a new fight – against a possible takeover.Claer Barrett reports. Portraits by Mischa Haller
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FeaturesBest of BREEAM
As BREEAM sets forth across the world, assessors have been kept busy at home – and increasingly in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
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FeaturesEsha: Bitumen does its bit
Esha is one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of bitumen products for the construction and civil engineering sector, with ranges running from roofing membranes to waterproofing systems for canals.The company was established more than 75 years ago, and in 2005 became part of the Icopal Group. Here, we take a look ...
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FeaturesBowller: Get the thermals out
The Bowller Group was established over 20 years ago and now employs 57 people across six sites in the south of England, reaching from Cambridge to Reading. As well as its specialist contracting division, the firm also includes Bowller Environmental Systems, which specialises in the installation of solar energy ...
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FeaturesA new face for BREEAM
An interview with new BREEAM boss Martin Townsend and a detailed run-through the changes that have been made to the sustainable standard
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FeaturesWhat next for BREEAM?
Where do you go after Outstanding? BREEAM technical director Alan Yates says the focus is on the bigger picture
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FeaturesEurope on the brink
A contagion of European Union legislation could be enough to push office markets throughout the continent into crisis. As the BCO gathers in Brussels – the capital of Europe – for its annual conference, Mark Shepherd weighs up the threat. Illustration by Noma Bar
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FeaturesMaggie's Centre in London by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has designed the first Maggie’s Centre in England and, thanks to its dramatic oversailing canopy roof, it provides both seclusion and a bold statement to the outside world. Stephen Kennett reports
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FeaturesConstruction in chaos
After a fat few years, falling order books, rising materials prices, a skills shortage and volatility on world markets are a recipe for a perfect construction storm. Katie Puckett reports
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FeaturesClay roof tiles
Redland has launched machine-made clay tiles with a handmade appearance – the Rosemary Craftsman and Rosemary Classic range.
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Large-format clay roof tiles
Sandtoft’s Cassius large-format clay tiles have helped a major housebuilder to maintain the aesthetics of a pretty Welsh borders village.
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Composite roofdecks
Ward Insulated Panels has launched Topspan – an insulated structural roofdeck system.
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FeaturesConstruction's next generation: here’s what we think
Construction’s next generation has a lot on its mind – training, sustainability, recruitment, not to mention the OFT inquiry …
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FeaturesCountry focus: Russia
With spending on construction rising rapidly and the Winter Olympics on the horizon, Russia is a happy hunting ground for building opportunities. Just beware the risks involved, says EC Harris’ Mike Pearce
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FeaturesThe courage of David
Stirling Prize-winning architect David Chipperfield has a fast-growing reputation in the offices world. Interview by Elaine Knutt. Portrait by Michael Collins
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FeaturesPower crazy
How can banks’ trading floors, with their walls of power-hungry heat-generating screens, reduce their carbon load? Katie Puckett reports
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FeaturesCrunch without frontiers
The health of the occupier remains a concern for global property markets, says Lucy Scott
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FeaturesWhat a difference a year makes
Twelve months after the last BCO conference, the issues dominating thinking in our market – climate change and sustainability within the built environment – remain the same.
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FeaturesWorld of difference
As different assessment models vie for attention around the world, BREEAM is aiming to make life easier for multinationals across Europe.