All Features articles – Page 398
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Go tell it on the mountain
Roofing The supply of Welsh slate is safe for now, but nervous specifiers would do well to check out the alternatives. Stephen Kennett looks at the best slate from Canada and Spain
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What to remember: Glass roofs
Glass roofs don’t look stunning without effort – specifiers must consider light, heat, ventilation, strength and maintenance. Peter Caplehorn of Scott Brownrigg explores the options
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Flame-free welders
Roofing membrane specialist Icopal has launched a range of application tools to compliment its Fire Smart waterproofing solutions range.
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FeaturesMayne event
Here’s the latest design by Californian practice Morphosis and its Pritzker-winning boss
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Features‘Yeah, near enough’
Councils’ building control departments are facing big changes to the way they do business, with many predicting a wholesale switch to self-certification. But what will be the consequences of that? Thomas Lane took a peek at the future, and it doesn’t look good …
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FeaturesCost model: Student residences
The academic year has started and a fresh intake of students is moving into brand new housing. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon explores this dynamic and price-conscious market
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FeaturesThe invisible client
Repair work for insurers can be a lucrative income stream for small builders. But first, you have to unravel the enigma of who your real client is.
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Clay plain roof tiles
Imerys Roof Tiles has introduced a large clay roof tile measuring 20 × 30cm, which it says offers the versatility, design flexibility and appearance of smaller tiles, to create natural looking roofscapes cost-effectively.
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Alumasc: Ready for a rainy day
The price of raw metal is rocketing, says Geraint Jones of Alumasc. But its aluminium and cast-iron rainwater systems will last you a good 50 years.
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FeaturesYou can't have it all
Barratt chief executive Mark Clare is adamant that the government’s targets for fewer carbon emissions and more homes are contradictory. He tells Sarah Richardson why
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FeaturesIt's a people thing
Chris Oliver outlines the borough of Barking and Dagenham’s enterprising efforts to connect its inhabitants with the opportunities springing up around them
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FeaturesThree-part harmony
Mixed tenure high-density housing underpins the whole sustainable communities agenda - but can you really engineer social harmony? Richard Fairhead, project director at architects 3DReid explores the realities of getting people with a mix of incomes and lifestyles to co-exist side by side
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FeaturesAfter the flood
Building on the Thames Gateway’s floodplain involves risk, but with careful planning this can be minimised
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FeaturesHow hard can it be?
We can all recognise great leaders, but it’s a bit trickier working out what makes them special. PLACE, a new training programme, set out to discover whether the leadership X-factor existed in construction and found that four names kept cropping up. Lucy Handley spoke to each of them
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FeaturesThe fit-out philosophers
8build was formed by senior managers at ISG who spent years observing the follies and failings of the traditional industry – and set out to solve them with their own company. Katie Puckett finds out more about their thinking
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FeaturesIsis neutron facility
Thomas Lane goes to south Oxfordshire to find out why you need very big tweezers to pick up very small objects …
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FeaturesWhen will they ever learn?
The government is trying to renew 3,500 schools in 15 years using teams of confused officials, increasingly resentful contractors and a system that combines surreal bureaucracy with huge wastes in time and money. Eleanor Goodman and Katie Puckett explain why Building Schools for the Future continues to underachieve
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FeaturesHe’s cracked it
Paul Andreu’s Beijing theatre has been dubbed the Egg. But how do you get into it? And what do you see when you do?
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FeaturesSpecialist cost update: Envelope
The cost of a building’s envelope has increased 10% over the past 12 months, and a similar rate is forecast for the next two years. Gardiner & Theobald reports on the costs and lead times of curtain walling, roofing and stone construction and restoration