All Features articles – Page 418
-
FeaturesThe testing of Kenneth Shuttleworth
How they made it It wasn’t easy, but a combination of 21-hour days and a decent helping of luck combined to make the man we know today.
-
FeaturesShould RICS withdraw its threat of legal action against the government over HIPs?
Ruth Kelly’s embarrassing climbdown over HIPs hasn’t stopped RICS from threatening to take the government to court.
-
FeaturesThe class of 1997
Tony isn’t the only one who had an eventful decade. These industry professionals all graduated in 1997 and have been climbing the career ladder ever since. Katie Puckett asks them if things really did get better, for them and for construction
-
Features
30dB acoustic seal
Intumescent technology specialist Mann McGowan has unveiled the DD1 acoustic threshold seal, which has a rating of 30dB.
-
FeaturesAylesbury and after
When Blair made his first speech as prime minister on south London’s Aylesbury estate, it was an illustration of the immense task Labour faced in regenerating Britain’s inner cities, and a symbol of its determination to tackle it. Overleaf, we look at what it did. But first, Mark Leftly returned ...
-
FeaturesWhere did it all go?
One of the things Blair’s tenure is certain to be remembered for is the surge of public spending that began in his third year in office. Here, Angela Monaghan, Mark Leftly and Sarah Richardson explain what it was spent on
-
Features
Aluminium high-capacity gutter
Serpentine 175 is the latest addition to Guttermaster’s range of aluminium gutters.
-
FeaturesShop lighting: A LED balloon?
They’re easy to maintain, last ages and don’t cook the food. So will LEDs knock fluorescent tubes off their pedestal in shop design? ‘That’s a laugh,’ detractors tell Alistair King
-
FeaturesFour big ideas
David Blackman looks back on the multibillion-pound initiatives that defined the era
-
Features
The Blair years
It’s always been said that construction does well under Labour, but when Tony Blair came to power in 1997 nobody would have dreamed just how well.
-
FeaturesBlair on Blair
Margaret Ford, our guest editor and a woman who was close to the business end of New Labour’s policies, quizzed the prime minister on his record on the built environment
-
Features
Blaironomics
We’ve seen where the money went. Now Peter Rumble of the Building Costs Information Service explores how Labour’s stewardship of the economy affected construction tender prices and output
-
FeaturesWonders & blunders
With lots of lottery cash, the PFI and a millennium to celebrate, the decade has been packed with new buildings – some good, some not so good. Martin Spring looks at the Blair era’s …
-
Features
Smaller security cameras
Premier Electronics has reduced the size of its AV1300 high-definition IP security camera from 127 to 64mm long, enabling it to fit into smaller dome formats.
-
FeaturesThe must-have ceiling for Redditch shoppers
A Luxalon aluminium open cell ceiling from Hunter Douglas has been fitted at the refurbished Kingfisher shopping centre in Redditch.
-
Features
Stone wool ceiling tiles
Rockfon has supplied its Pacific stone wool semi-concealed (E15) ceiling system to a Mercedes-Benz showroom in Blackpool.
-
FeaturesDecline and fall of the construction minister
The construction industry has never been one of the most glamorous portfolios in government, but there was a time when it carried some clout. Under Tony Blair it has been shunted between departments and given less and less ministerial time. Mark Leftly looks at the politicians who’ve taken it on
-
FeaturesThe fall from Eden
The Blair years began with wonderful attractions and tube stations, continued through drab PFIs and ended with creeping paranoia, says Gus Alexander
-
FeaturesAnd now, the end is near ...
On 1 July, England becomes officially smoke free, joining Wales and Scotland. From that date, smoking will be illegal in all public buildings and places of work and in vehicles used for business. The ban is set to have a big effect on the design, use and management of retail ...