All Features articles – Page 396
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FeaturesThe pool that (nearly) sank its architect
In 1996, one of Britain’s hottest young designers was given a £7m leisure centre project in north-east London. Over the next 11 years, it mutated into a £45m disaster that cost him his London office, his marriage and £250,000 of his own money.
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Automatic door closers
The ED200 fully automatic, electro-hydraulic swing door operator from Dorma is the only automatic product of its type on the market with Certifire approval, claims the company.
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FeaturesMulti-service beams
Multi-service beams are helping to meet the lighting, acoustic and energy-efficiency requirements at the new Horbury High School in Wakefield.
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FeaturesSchool building guidance: Bog standards?
The government is producing model specifications, layouts and dimensions to speed the output of schools. But at the same time it must also avoid a return to the drab prefabs of the past.
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Features‘Perversely, some see us as a burden’
Project managers are the fastest growing force in construction but also one of the most divisive. Do they expertly pull the strings or tangle projects in knots? Stephen Kennett canvassed the opinions of some well-placed, if occasionally exasperated, observers
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FeaturesWhat to remember: Education facilities
The growth in construction of education facilities has thrown up a host of design and specification challenges. Peter Caplehorn of Scott Brownrigg takes a look at what can be done to address them
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FeaturesGB Environmental: Germ warfare
Established in 2004, GB Environmental is at the forefront of UV technology for disinfecting water, air and surfaces.
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FeaturesFight for the skies
Building’s campaign to prevent crane collapse is coming up to its first anniversary. Here, Olivia Boyd recalls the tragedies that triggered it, and looks at whether our skylines are any safer now
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Humidification
Hygromatik has launched an hygienic air handling unit humidification system.
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FeaturesMood lighting
Research suggests levels of autism have increased 10-fold in the past decade, with around 90,000 children in the UK now suffering from it. The Yeoman Park School in Nottingham is one of about 7,500 autism specific education facilities in the country.
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Mechanical ventilation
Passivent has launched an automatically controlled mechanical extract ventilation system suitable for multi-occupancy buildings such as student accommodation and nursing homes.
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FeaturesOne with nature
Landscape and structure meld into one in German architect’s 3deluxe’s first permanent building
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Assessment of prolonged cruelty
To become a chartered surveyor you must undertake an assault course than can take years to complete. Success depends on guts, fighting instinct and the tough love of a good employer. In Building’s first APC survey, Katie Puckett finds out what help the top firms offer their raw recruits
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FeaturesWith knobs on: Barratt's energy-saving technologies measured
These houses have had all manner of wonderful energy-saving technologies fitted to them by housebuilder Barratt. But are they any good and are they worth spending money on? Barratt asked researchers at Manchester university to find out …
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Efficiency of domestic wind turbines called into doubt
Wind turbines attached to houses generate on average one-tenth of the electricity they would in optimal conditions, research has found.
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FeaturesCost model: Car parks
Car parks may not be the most glamorous of construction projects, but designing them is more complex than you might think. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon outlines the issues that must be thought through and provides a fully comprehensive cost list