All Features articles – Page 445

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    Checklist

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    One of the reasons small is beautiful is that it's usually a lot less hassle. Which brings us to the specification of an apartment block … Scott Brownrigg and Barbour Index explain

  • The planetarium resembles an alien space ship half buried in Greenwich park after a crash landing
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    Curved space – the Peter Harrison Planetarium

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Greenwich park is about to get a strange and beautiful adornment: a weird bronze cone through which the heavens will be made manifest. Thomas Lane found out how it's being made

  • The house performs 40% better than the Part L carbon emission target
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    Housing

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Contractor Osborne wanted to push the boundaries of sustainability, so it built a demonstration house packed with green features, from solar panels on the roof to heat pumps under the floor. Sonia Soltani paid a visit

  • Angus Robertson
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    Just the job

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Angus Robertson tells Sonia Soltani how he followed his heart to the city that never sleeps

  • Geothermal energy
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    Products

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    A range of items to bring out the interior designer in everyone, including belle époque bathrooms and pool lighting. Plus, the more pressing matters of efficient boilers and greywater recycling

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    Where in the world?

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    From the salmon runs of British Columbia to the golf courses of Hong Kong, the white rum of Antigua to the jade green pastis of southern France … there's a whole world waiting for you. Hays Construction & Property and Building's international salary guide helps you take off the blindfold ...

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    Cost update: June 2006

    2006-06-09T00:00:00Z

    In this quarter's focus on the costs of industry materials and labour, Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon reports on the impact of record global commodity prices

  • Martin Goss
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    OSC Think tank - The challenge ahead

    2006-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Ten of the leading experts and exponents of off-site construction gathered in Birmingham last month to debate the 10 key issues facing the more widespread adoption of the techniques that can revolutionise the building industry. The topics debated were: cultural change, product innovation, globalisation, industry collaboration, mass customisation, capacity, education, ...

  • Jeff Ashwell
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    Appointments

    2006-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Who's got a new job this week?

  • Why not work in ... Edinburgh
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    Why not work in … Edinburgh

    2006-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Scotland's capital is going to be a boom town for at least 10 years, according to Robert Smith of Hays Construction & Property

  • Arsenal fans should have plenty to celebrate next season
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    Gunning for glory

    2006-06-09T00:00:00Z

    At least one world-class football stadium in London is on schedule, on budget, and in time to stage its first match … 1-0 to the Arsenal

  • Left to right: lawyer Dominic Helps, carbon coach Dave Hampton and the CIC’s Graham Watts consider their carbon output – as represented by Dave’s giant purple balloon
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    Let's see how they got on

    2006-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Back in February, Building challenged three industry figures to repent their sins and adopt low carbon lifestyles. One hundred days later, Katie Puckett gathered them together to find out how they coped - and finds that things aren't going quite to plan.

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    Labour

    2006-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Building and civils operatives are about to enjoy a 14.5% rise over three years - but it's not quite the 60% they had in mind … Plus the latest labour rates for plumbers and more

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    Materials

    2006-06-09T00:00:00Z

    The latest look at materials and energy costs shows that manufacturers' input prices are still through the roof - partly because gas is 60% up on this time last year …

  • Modules are lowered into place at Berkeley First’s 17-storey tower. It will be completed in September, after just 21 months on site
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    The only way is up

    2006-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Berkeley First had a mere 21 months to house 1000 students and key workers on a tight west London site. There was just one solution: the tallest modular construction the UK has ever seen. Sonia Soltani found out how it was built

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    A quick recovery

    2006-06-09T00:00:00Z

    After March's nosedive, Experian Business Strategies reports that construction activity is now back up and running - plus why civils are enjoying the most growth but employment prospects are falling

  • Credit: Elliot Thoburn
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    Shouldn't you be at work?

    2006-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Will Mr Jerk be able to provide enough Trinidadian food for everybody at Reid Architecture? Will the Scott Brownrigg beer keg be big enough? Will Lord Foster ‘do the Crouch'? With the answers to these questions and many more besides, George Hay presents a definitive guide to World Cup office ...

  • Side view of the Arup-engineered “bird’s nest” stadium.
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    Beijing 832 days to go

    2006-06-02T00:00:00Z

    If you believe the hype, you probably think Beijing is a lick of paint away from hosting the 2008 Olympics tomorrow. Graham Watts took a look for himself and found that not a single building has been finished - so maybe it's time all the London Olympic doomsters took a ...

  • Catherine Brooking
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    Just the job: from academia to QSing

    2006-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Mother of three Catherine Brooking tells Josh Brooks why she left academia for hands-on QSing

  • Rob Phelps
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    Appointments

    2006-06-02T00:00:00Z

    This weeks appointments ...