All Features articles – Page 402
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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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FeaturesIs the HSE understaffed?
Some agree with the Goverment's plans to shrink the HSE, others argue that this is directly responsible for the increase in construction deaths.
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FeaturesMeet our new advisers …
This youthful bunch are thrilled to be working in construction, and even more delighted to be on Building’s new graduate advisory board. You’ll be hearing a lot more from them over the next year, but first, Eleanor Goodman and Lucy Handley do the introductions
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FeaturesDomestic air-conditioning unit
Fujitsu General has introduced the AGYV, a split air-conditioning unit that it says is designed to fit unobtrusively into homes in general, and conservatories in particular.
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FeaturesFolkestone, mon amour
Source: Christian Nolle Roger de Haan, the former chairman of Saga, has found a new lease of life as the enlightened urban regenerator of his home town of Folkestone.
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FeaturesNorbord: Panel beaters
Norbord is a manufacturer of wood-based panels and the world’s second-largest producer of oriented strand board (OSB).
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Sustainable carpet range
Milliken Carpet Europe has launched a modular carpet collection called Plan A, which comes in a choice of six patterns.
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Prefabricated chimney
Schiedel Chimney Systems has launched a prefabricated chimney set for semi-detached properties.
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FeaturesCountry focus: Hungary
The Hungarian economy is struggling with a budget deficit and low growth, but with the offices and retail markets set to soar, the future is bright. Tibor Stahl and Judit Rohonyi of EC Harris report
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FeaturesCrossrail starts here
Eighteen years after the idea of a rail line running east to west through London was mooted, all that has actually been done is to dig this large hole. But, as Gordon Brown prepares to announce a funding strategy in his conference speech next week, that may be about to ...
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FeaturesLocks to help disabled people
Door lock maker ERA Products has extended its range of locks to include five that meet the needs of disabled people.
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Dual-control shower valve
Douglas Controls, a supplier of thermostatic controls and accessories, has introduced a dual-control version of its Avance Elite thermostatic shower valve called the Avance Elan.