All Features articles – Page 388
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Network cable
Emitex has launched a double-sheathed UTP Cat 5E cable, which it says can be used outdoors or in underground ducting, even in partially flooded areas.
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Structured cabling
Structured cabling specialist Connectix Cabling Systems has added a compact wall-mounted cabinet to its range of networking cabinets.
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FeaturesCalculating housing lifecycle costs
Q: How do you work out the total cost of a house over a 100-year lifetime without spending hours poring over every single element? Stephen Kennett finds out the answer
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FeaturesZaha's challenge
The abandonment of Zaha Hadid’s Architecture Foundation HQ in London was a disappointment for design connoisseurs, but what does it tell us about the ambition of the British construction industry?
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FeaturesSports quiz: Return of the Six Nations rugby shirt challenge
Can the English bring the reigning French champions to their Waterloo? Predict the results of that and the weekend's other matches and you could win a rugby shirt of the team of your choice.France v EnglandFrance's team, the reigning champions, have been on fine form this tournament. Even Jonny Wilkinson ...
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FeaturesCost model: Laboratories
Laboratories are probably the most demanding buildings that it is possible to build. Here, Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon examines the factors that their designers have to take into account, from the need to attract world-class talent to energy efficiency
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Structural design software
Bentley has released version 11.3 of the RAM Structural System – its modelling, analysis and design software for structural engineers.
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Tracking devices
Wavetrend Technologies has launched Global Eyes, a tracking system that monitors people and assets using a range of communication technologies to give real-time visibility and intelligence on their location, condition and status.
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FeaturesInterview with Jon Emery of Hammerson
Hammerson doesn’t like cosy relationships and obliging suppliers. It wants designers and builders who will kick back, come up with alternative suggestions and generally keep its creative juices flowing.
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FeaturesIntegrated Environmental Solutions: Get with the program
Integrated Environmental Solutions was set up in 1994 but its roots go back to the seventies energy crisis when Don McLean, its founder and current managing director, started his PhD in the detailed computer simulation of renewable energy devices.
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FeaturesFace recognition
The world's largest casino, the Venetian in Macao, has installed 13 Vision Access 3D face readers to authenticate up to 12,000 employees as they come through the building’s main entrance at the start of a shift.
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Online guidance
The RICS has teamed up with content management system provider, Jadu, to relaunch isurv.
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FeaturesThe incredible hull
Ralph Erskine’s Ark is one of London’s most striking landmarks, but it has lain dormant for most of its short existence. Now developer Landid and an architect called DN-A have enacted an extraordinary genetic mutation. Martin Spring saw the result
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FeaturesRugged laptops
Panasonic has launched a range of lightweight, portable laptops specifically designed for the construction industry.
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FeaturesWhere next?
Britain’s regional builders have suddenly become irresistibly attractive purchases for major contractors across Europe. Tom Bill finds out why.
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FeaturesRapid site surveys
Infoterra has launched the GeoStore service to enable property developers and designers to carry out initial and rapid site surveys from their desks.
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FeaturesSound with vision: Spiritel
Spiritel was founded in 1989 as a specialist supplier and installer of voice and data systems with particular focus on the retail, leisure and hospitality sectors.
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APC Trainer: Killer moves: (A015: Conflict avoidance, dispute resolution)
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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Lead times November 2007-February 2008
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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FeaturesThe A-G of energy certificates
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