All Features articles – Page 431
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FeaturesFive days in June
Although it’s mostly a question of hobnobbing and hats, the punters at Royal Ascot do like to see the races as well. Mark Leftly and Tom Broughton report on why its new grandstand was built with restricted views, and what’s being done to put it right
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FeaturesIf you go down to the woods today …
WHO MAKES IT — Coed Derwen was set up last year to make doors and windows from local Welsh hardwood. And its green credentials have already attracted the attention of Prince Charles.
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FeaturesEastern promise
We all know London will benefit from the 2012 Games, but the ripple effect is expected to reach miles out towards the east. David Blackman looks at the possibilities for this neglected area known as the Thames Gateway
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FeaturesFoster joins the pod people
This Toronto university faculty looks like a tribute to Will Alsop, but it’s a very Foster building, too
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FeaturesHow will this man make the Games safe for workers?
By enforcing a zero tolerance policy on sloppy practices. So if contractors wish to win work they’ll first have to acquaint themselves with Lawrence Waterman and his exceptionally high standards.
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Features“Once in a while you pinch yourself and realise how lucky you are to be working on such a great project …”
For construction professionals 2012 is a once-in-a-career opportunity. Katie Puckett talks to three of the fortunate ones about the thrill of masterplanning the Lower Lea Valley, tunnelling power lines and decontaminating land
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FeaturesToday India, tomorrow the world
Cyril Sweett boss Dean Webster on the firm’s plans for international growth
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FeaturesThe land of opportunity
Poisoned by gasworks and left derelict, the Lower Lea Valley is crying out for regeneration. But before that happens one of the biggest compulsory purchase orders in history has to be given the nod. Mark Leftly reports on how this unprecedented land deal is taking shape
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FeaturesPutting Stratford on the map
The £4bn redevelopment of Stratford City was always going to be big, but when London won the Games last year it ballooned. By 2012 the two projects, which are now inextricably linked, will have created an urban centre with transport links to rival Waterloo. Mark Leftly reports on the transformation ...
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FeaturesPeters plan
He’s long been one of construction’s enthusiastic modernisers, but now the London Games has spurred Peter Rogers to redouble his efforts. In fact he and his 2012 task group have come up with a 12-point manifesto for change
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FeaturesWhat's your carbon footprint?
After an amazing response to our online Carbon footprint estimator, now readers can find out which professions are the environmental angels and which are gas-guzzling sinners...
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FeaturesBeer, cannabis, glue and a generous helping of lime
No, not a recipe for a quiet night in, but rather the ingredients of Adnams’ deep green distribution centre. Thomas Lane went to Suffolk to meet a brewer with a difference
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FeaturesInside the Hall of Fame
Construction’s stars turn out for the unveiling of Building’s celebration of the industry’s finest
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FeaturesThrough the keyhole
The lengths that modern fit-out specialists go to capture the essence of their client is inspiring, inventive and occasionally surreal. So, in inimitable Loyd Grossman fashion, we go behind the bricks and mortar to ask: who would work in an office like this?
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FeaturesStarting out
For managers on site, taking responsibility for health and safety can be a matter of life and death. And for graduates in their early twenties, that responsibility can weigh very heavily indeed.
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Lead times July-September 2006
In the latest quarterly update on lead times, Tony Gale of Mace reports on dramatic rises in two packages
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FeaturesFour months ago Building launched the 99% Campaign to improve energy efficiency in existing buildings.
Now two reports have backed our call for financial incentives for building owners. The question is: what would work?