All Features articles – Page 381
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FeaturesPark ’n’ pray
Britain’s mosques are so full that worshippers at this one in Greenwich are spilling onto pavements and car parks. But although the pressure for more of them is growing, work is being held back by planning problems, lack of cash and dismal designs.
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FeaturesWith the Grand National ready
With the Grand National ready for the off tomorrow, Roxane McMeeken meets three of construction’s racehorse owners. They all agree it’s a mug’s game, riskier than being a developer even. But then, nothing quite beats the thrill of watching a horse you own go two lengths clear in the final ...
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FeaturesEight wonders
In the 14th year of the Building Awards and the second year of the special Building Project of the Year Award, the judges were heartened by the strength and range of the more than 20 entries. So they stretched the normal limit of six shortlisted projects to eight. Martin Spring ...
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Features‘Contractors are going to be right there in the spotlight with us’
As chairman of the ODA, John Armitt is charged with the unenviable task of delivering the Olympic project on time and (ahem …) on budget. And while he doesn’t shirk his own responsibility, he has a clear message for contractors: united we stand, divided we’re lumbered …
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Lead times February-April 2008
Only six packages reported any change this quarter as work loads stabilised, says Brian Moone of Mace. Overleaf, Mace Business School examines the skills crisis
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Features12 weeks in the cooler
Temperatures of 55°C below zero, no privacy, strictly rationed alcohol … and they’re only a third of the way through the job. Thomas Lane finds out what it’s like to spend a ‘summer’ on site at the Halley VI Antarctic research station
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Features'Wee Willie Walsh' stars in T5 game
Software developer with a satirical eye posts T5 baggage retrieval game on web. Play it here
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FeaturesLord Foster confirmed for BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing
Sprightly 72 year old elder statesmen of British architecture confirms that he will appear in next series of reality dance-offs
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FeaturesTragedy at Tesco
In September 2006 a three-year-old girl was killed when the roof of a Tesco store in Turkey caved in. The retail group blamed the collapse on ‘extreme weather conditions’, but 18 months on, Building has obtained a report filed by senior figures at Tesco soon after that cites poor construction ...
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FeaturesWhat’s your project of the year?
On Tuesday, Building’s awards judges will chose their project of the year from the eight buildings pictured above. But which one would get your vote? Why not log on to Building TV to decide …
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FeaturesPeter Ryan: Have you seen this man?
He’s been trained by the FBI, works closely with Chinese intelligence and is bloody elusive when it comes to getting him photographed for magazine interviews. Karolin Schaps tracks down Peter Ryan, the London Olympics’ secret policeman
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FeaturesMichael Tippett school: Wilful disobedience
Marks Barfield’s Michael Tippett school – London’s first Building Schools for the Future project – succeeds by ignoring many of the guidelines on both design and procurement. There’s probably a lesson in that, reckons Martin Spring
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FeaturesCamp Telefónica
The design of a huge telecoms business park near Madrid borrows heavily from a Roman military camp
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FeaturesSustainability: Biomass energy
In this latest feature on the economics and feasibility of sustainable technologies, Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon examines the potential for biomass energy systems, considering the adequacy of the fuel supply and the viability of various system types at different scales
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FeaturesManslaughter: Bosses beware
From 6 April, if a worker is killed in the workplace, it’s no longer the men in suits from the HSE that will come knocking on your headquarters’ door. Instead, warns Michael Glackin, it’s more likely to be the police, who will be asking you some serious and searching questions
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FeaturesUniversity of Westminster SABE's Networking Event
University of Westminster School of Architecture & Built Environment (SABE) brings together students and employers
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What’s your project of the year?
On 1 April, Building’s awards judges will chose their project of the year from the eight buildings pictured above. But which one would get your vote? Why not log on to Building TV to decide …
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Natural ventilation
Passivent natural ventilation systems have been used to provide efficient ventilation to DSCF guidelines at the new £26m Bishop Justus School in Bromley.
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Hospital radiators
Jaga Heating Products has unveiled the Hospital Maxi, a new and improved radiator that it says fights superbugs.