All Features articles – Page 382

  • A Firm Called Lifebuild, directed by Ken Adams (left) and Mike Wilde
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    Take two

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Okay, so this is the story: two guys called Adams and Wilde dream of setting up their own business. Only the firm called Benson they’re working for goes bust and our two heroes have to work under a new regime they can’t stand. So what do they do? They get ...

  • Martin Burton, contract manager at heating engineer HW Sladdens Commercial
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    The squeeze

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    They are culling their supply chains and demanding cash from those that are left, but are main contractors really as bad as the big bad wolf? Roxane McMeeken listens to both sides of the argument

  • The living room is matched with a paved courtyard, beyond which is a wide lawn
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    The house with four gardens

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Each window of David Mikhail’s latest house overlooks a landscape with its own unique character

  • The diversifying QS. This one is difficult to describe as it tends to have changed into something else by the time you’ve finished
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    The evolving QS

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    With flotation looking distinctly iffy – as Turner & Townsend realised last week – cost consultants are looking for other ways to expand and survive.

  • This building at 122 Leadenhall Street is being demolished from the bottom up by contractor McGee
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    Spotlight on enabling works

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Those contractors involved in getting a site ready face an extremely complex market …

  • Barnsley fans
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    Predict the FA Cup winners and win a football shirt

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    This Barnsley fan will be travelling to Liverpool at the weekend hoping for a FA Cup upset. If he entered our prediction quiz he could win back his football shirt

  • Barnsley fans??!!!
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    Sports quiz results - Barnsley!

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Did anyone except Sport Billy see the upset at Anfield coming on Saturday? Didn’t think so…

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    The tracker: Against all odds

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    You would think contractors would be feeling seasick given the current financial turmoil – but you would think wrong: things are still surprisingly upbeat, says Experian Business Strategies

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    The A-G of energy certificates

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    The government’s dithering over energy labelling has made understanding how it works seem like an arduous ascent. With just seven weeks until its introduction for non-housing, Thomas Lane helps you begin the climb

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    Lead times November 2007-February 2008

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    For the first time since the construction boom began, lead times seem to be returning to normal, says Brian Moone of Mace.

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    APC Trainer: Killer moves: (A015: Conflict avoidance, dispute resolution)

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Every week Building.co.uk features a handy guide to answering APC interview questions for trainee surveyors. For more, visit the website, but in the meantime here’s one of our experts, Alastair Bloore, with some high-flying ideas about dispute resolution. Steady on there, tiger …

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    Ventilation tiles

    2008-02-08T00:00:00Z

    The new Redland ThruVent tile has been developed for high-level roofspace ventilation, mechanical extraction and soil ventilation.

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    Plane sailing

    2008-02-08T00:00:00Z

    Fitting a roof shaped like a gigantic aeroplane wing in an elevated and exposed location near the Atlantic coast might seem foolhardy, but this was exactly what the team building the new Killanin Stand at Galway racecourse in Ireland decided to do.

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    Metal roofing systems

    2008-02-08T00:00:00Z

    Euroclad has launched its Elite Systems range for roofs and walls.

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    Meet the new ministers: Supernanny and Shriti the shriek

    2008-02-08T00:00:00Z

    So Fortuna’s ever-whirling wheel has brought two new politicians to look after our industry. At first sight they seem like standard issue New Labour middle managers. Probe a little deeper into their biographies, though, and they’re about as similar as Mary Poppins and Lady Macbeth.

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    Movers and makers

    2008-02-08T00:00:00Z

    This week

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    Roof lights

    2008-02-08T00:00:00Z

    Glidevale has introduced the Sunscoop, a discreet way to increase natural daylight in dark rooms and passages.

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    Solar shed roofing: Hello, sunshine

    2008-02-08T00:00:00Z

    Large industrial sheds are difficult and expensive to heat but a new system that turns the building into a huge solar collector can warm the inside space, cut carbon emissions and meet the demand for renewables. Stephen Kennett reports

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    Golden wonder

    2008-02-08T00:00:00Z

    It’s the gold roof on Rafael Viñoly’s Colchester visual arts centre that will wow the visitors – but the real marvel was getting it up without touching the topsoil.

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    Semi-gloss finishes

    2008-02-08T00:00:00Z

    Ward Insulated Panels has launched an eco-friendly, natural colour coated system for its range of wall and roofing panels.