All Features articles – Page 415
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FeaturesImproving the quality of affordable housing with off-site construction
Best Practic Case Study on Raines Court
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FeaturesFulcrum Consulting
Our objective is buildings that work; for the procurer, the user, and for future generations.
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Finn Forest
Fulcrum have a unique track record in built solutions that deliver the following: Comfort and performance Low through-life cost Simplicity in operation and maintenance We have established that sustainability is the natural result of the correct understanding of the potential compatibility between these objectives. We therefore find that ...
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FeaturesAre we really ready for eco-towns?
Do we have enough green experience to develop sustainable towns?
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FeaturesBMW Welt: How’s this for a car showroom?
Architect Coop Himmelb(l)au’s astonishing Munich creation is the latest blow in the battle between BMW and Mercedes-Benz
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FeaturesHave you seen BT’s new mobile?
BT’s property team don’t sit behind desks. They use the latest technology to work from home, clients’ offices and ‘touchdown’ points around the UK. And soon they’ll expect you to do the same
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FeaturesProcurement: Building services
The design and installation of building services needs careful management if a project’s M&E is to be delivered successfully. Simon Rawlinson together with Barry Nugent and Andy Dedman of Davis Langdon Mott Green Wall look at best practice in this specialist area of procurement
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FeaturesGetting heavy
What to do about site waste is construction’s 100 million tonne question. We gathered together some of the industry’s experts to try to find an answer.
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FeaturesA man on a mission
Arup engineer Daniel Rea tells Lydia Stockdale how he followed a path trodden by Dr Livingstone and ended up at the Building Awards
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FeaturesWho owns this place?
Some PFI consortiums have won leases on their hospital that run for almost a century after they finish their contract. Mark Leftly reveals the Department of Health’s risky gamble
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FeaturesWhat does the House of Lords ruling in Melville vs George Wimpey mean for the Construction Act?
Some would say the latest ruling by the House of Lords goes against the Construction Act-what does this mean for the industry?
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FeaturesAdjustable-depth pools: Out of the deep
A swimming pool contractor found itself in uncharted waters when it came up with a raisable floor system. Now all it had to do was find a suitable material
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FeaturesSzerelmey: The new stone age
Stone firm Szerelmey started out in 1855, specialising in stone preservation and restoration, and time has been good to it.