All Features articles – Page 421
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Waste-reducing partition system
An addition to British Gypsum’s range of GypWall metal stud partition systems could reduce plasterboard waste around door openings by half.
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FeaturesQuestion time
Bucknall Austin’s graduate entry programme had a sting in the tail this year: a networking event where the challenge was to get as much information out of the guests as possible.
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FeaturesRight second time
Regulations Forget the dreary paperwork of old. The new CDM regulations are bigger, better and far more practical.
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FeaturesStackable weights for sash windows
Mighton Products has launched stackable weights for sash windows.
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FeaturesVertical sliding window
Comar Architectural Aluminium Systems has introduced a vertical sliding window.
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FeaturesWould you install a wind turbine on your home?
David Cameron is determined to install a mini turbine on his roof despite problems with planning – is he wasting his time?
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FeaturesSustainability: Domestic power masterclass
With wind turbines for sale at DIY shops and a stampede breaking out for renewables grants, has micro-power generation really arrived? Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon considers the options for domestic low and zero-carbon systems, and adds up the costs
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FeaturesDouble or nothing
Engineer Carolina Lameiras used to be a member of the ICE. Now she’s studying for an IStructE chartership. In the last of our series of heads to heads, she asked the presidents of both institutes the same tough questions
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FeaturesVeiled in emeralds: Zürich museum
This extension to a Zürich museum is a beguiling marriage of romance and modernism
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FeaturesGadgets, glorious gadgets
Thomas Lane takes a look at the latest high-tech site accessories, and discovers that 3D television is already working in the labs ...
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FeaturesGrace under pressure
You can throw what you want at the Currie & Brown chief executive – sackings, redundancies, takeover bids, irate shareholders, even a fire alarm – but he’ll never agree he’s got his back up against the wall. Emily Wright meets one cool customer
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Cost update: March 2007
Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon reports on the latest trends for materials and labour costs. And overleaf we have details of pay awards, including new deals for plumbers and electricians
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FeaturesThe final analysis
Tessa Jowell has now given us the final, definitive, official budget for the London 2012 Olympics, and it’s a huge increase on the 2005 figure. Or is it? Mark Leftly crunches the numbers
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FeaturesSheds: a new approach
Concrete industrial buildings are now an attractive and cost-effective alternative to the ubiquitous metal box, says Jenny Burridge, The Concrete Centre
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FeaturesA different beast
Aintree’s makeover doesn’t have much in common with the troubled Ascot redevelopment – or any other stadium for that matter. Martin Spring checks out the view from BDP’s flamboyant grandstands
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Top of the class
Now pay attention at the back – the government has made it clear that design is not to be neglected in its ambitious school building and refurbishment campaign. Swotting up on concrete’s advantages in education buildings could get you top marks, says Andrew Minson, director, technical services and head of ...
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FeaturesClass values
New independent research confirms that concrete offers big cost advantages to the schoolbuilder. On the different designs tested, concrete beat steel for cost and lead times every time, reports Francis Ryder, head of costs at The Concrete Centre
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FeaturesWhat has the RIBA ever done for me?
... asks architect Tarek Merlin, in the latest in our series of head to heads with leaders of the professional institutes. RIBA president Jack Pringle endeavours to provide some answers