All Features articles – Page 435
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FeaturesRegs revisited
Building’s Reform the Regs campaign kicked off a year ago with the aim of defeating baffling, contradictory and constrictive red tape. Thomas Lane casts his eye over the progress made and finds that things are getting simpler, which can only mean better
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£320m Haden deal extends Balfour’s lead over industry
Contractor rides high on back of seven-year government services deal
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FeaturesBest access/disability innovation sponsored by LABC
Winner — Erewash council - Long Eaton library
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Why not work in . . . East Anglia
Hays Construction and Property propose a change of scenery
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FeaturesBest partnership with a designer, architect or consultant sponsored by IHS Engineering
Winner — Flintshire council and Blue Green Architects
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FeaturesArt of planning fire escapes
HOW WE WORK TOGETHER - When Snell Associates wanted an effective but stylish solution to fire escape at the Arnolfini Centre for Contemporary Art in Bristol, Clark Door’s sliding solution proved a masterstroke
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FeaturesBaxi and the Band A boilers
WHO MAKES IT - About 1.5 million people replace their heating systems every year, so business is good at boiler specialist Baxi. But what effect have the changes to Part L had on sales?
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FeaturesBest partnership with a client or housebuilder sponsored by Robust Details
Winner — Wandsworth council and Berkeley Homes
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FeaturesBest fire engineering innovation
Winner — Jeremy Gardner Associates - Chapelfield Regeneration Project
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FeaturesBest sustainability innovation sponsored by YBS Insulation
Winner — Therma and Solar buildings - East Midlands
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FeaturesBest housing or residential project sponsored by Wavin
Winner — Urban Splash - Lister Mills, Bradford
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FeaturesBest commercial project sponsored by Oval
Winner — E Bowman & Sons - The Burghley Brewhouse project
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FeaturesBest one-off house sponsored by Building Design
Winner — Lebberston Hall - Bramhall Blenkharn
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FeaturesBest public/community project sponsored by Calco
Winner — Snell Associates - Water activities centre, Whitlingham park
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FeaturesBuilding buys the popcorn
Yes, we’re branching out. Inspired by the success of ‘Building buys a pint’, we took a group from consultant WSP to see Al Gore’s eco-documentary An Inconvenient Truth. Lydia Stockdale forked out for the Butterkist …
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Features‘The more the OGC is decimated, the more celebration there will be’
The Office of Government Commerce spent the first six months of this year undergoing a review that questioned its very existence. Whether it lives or dies is unknown. What is certain is that it will never be the same again.
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FeaturesSpecialist cost update: Envelopes
Building envelopes account for up to £25bn a year in construction costs. In our latest specialist update, our expert team at Gardiner & Theobald examines the trends and costs in curtain walling, roofing and stone construction