All Features articles – Page 437
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FeaturesUnmasking Mr Morello
Remember that odd letter you got from an unknown Italian? This is who sent it
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FeaturesSpecifier - Regulations
SBEM, the official Part L software, was meant to make it easy to calculate the energy efficiency of any building, even ones like this. In fact, it struggles with anything more complicated than this. So what are the alternatives?
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FeaturesWhat to specify: regulations
Whether it’s for noise or fire or disability discrimination, the products here will keep your projects on the right side of the law
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FeaturesWhat to remember: Toilets
One of the more flagrant areas of discrimination between the sexes is the provision of toilets in offices. But not for much longer … Peter Caplehorn of Scott Brownrigg explains
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FeaturesTop 250 Consultants 2006: And they’re off!
Fasten your earmuffs … speed demons, classic saloons, green racers, nimble runarounds and hardy 4×4s are all on the starting grid for this year’s Top 250 consultants survey. Martin Hewes compiles the results and Katie Puckett does the commentary
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FeaturesSaved by a credit card
Tropus made it into business by the slimmest of margins – and is now worth £20m
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FeaturesWe wish to make a complaint
The supply of gas, water and electricity seems to present terrible problems to the companies whose sole business is to do just that – and things are getting steadily worse. Lorraine Cushnie finds out why
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FeaturesSustainability: Thermal insulation
Much of the energy consumed by buildings is lost through their fabric. Enhanced insulation could potentially make an ever greater contribution to long-term performance. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon examines the issues and costs
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FeaturesMore than just a QS
Paul Morrell will leave a big hole when he says goodbye to Davis Langdon
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Keeping out water since 1873
WHO MAKES IT - Germany’s FlachDach Technologie is a €70m-turnover company that manufactures waterproofing roofing membranes from polyisobutylene. For a full guide to suppliers of sustainability products, log on to www.building.co.uk/specifier
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Building intelligence Q2 2006: Slow start
Since the fall in output in 2005 – widely regarded as a blip – the industry has failed to bounce back at the speed predicted. But although public sector output declined in the first half of 2006, there has been an acceleration in the commercial sector
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FeaturesRaising the roof in Adamstown
HOW WE WORK TOGETHER — With an awkward site, a tight deadline and little room for error, spaceframe roof pioneer Mero UK was the obvious choice for architect BDP Ireland
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FeaturesWho’s going to clad all these?
After the collapse of Schmidlin earlier this year, the world of curtain walling has been in a state of unusual nervousness, with contractors wondering who they can turn to to do the work on major projects. Sarah Richardson looks at an uncertain future for cladding services
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FeaturesGods of the Plague
They gave Shepherd Construction a two-sheet brief and asked it to build a lab secure enough to test the most dangerous virus on Earth … inside six months. Thomas Lane reports on how the team took the test and triumphed
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Let the good times roll
This month’s survey reveals an optimistic mood among UK contractors, who are more willing to take on workers, particularly in the civil engineering sector
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FeaturesWelcome to Pete Waterman’s ‘institute for the mentally insane’
The Pop Idol panellist, and man behind Kylie and Rick Astley, opens the doors to his ‘creative village’ – a 300,000ft² redevelopment of London’s County Hall
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Features‘Maybe we are just waking up to a serious problem’
After two men died in a crane collapse in Battersea last week, the public suddenly started treating all cranes with suspicion. Sarah Richardson looks at whether they have good reason to
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FeaturesA light topping
Kicking off this week’s Specifier, Sonia Soltani found out why the intricate larch structure has been shortlisted for a Wood award