All Features articles – Page 477
-
FeaturesBest Craftsmanship Award
There was obviously an excellent gang of bricklayers to hand with all work done in situ
-
FeaturesBest Export Award
The building sits beautifully on the waterside and represents a bold, confident use of brick
-
Features
Section through a blast resistant window
Section through a blast resistant window This drawing shows an example of a fixed perimeter blast resistant window manufactured by Frontline GB, a specialist blastproof doors and windows manufacturer. It has a double-glazed unit with a laminated pane used on the inner leaf. The plastic interlayer holds the glass ...
-
-
Features
Costs: Crime prevention
Want to reduce crime and improve whole-life performance of components? Secured by Design standards can offer a win–win option
-
FeaturesSecurity
Designing buildings to resist the worst effects of a terrorist bomb blast is becoming a key part of the specification process. Arup Security Consulting specialises in this type of work and has just won Security Consultant of the Year at the Security Excellence Awards 2004. It was also one of ...
-
Features
Exorcising the ghost town
Blitzed by the Luftwaffe, scarred by 1960s tower blocks, and abandoned by industry under Thatcher – Coventry has had its share of suffering. But now £4bn of regeneration is giving the city back its lifeblood
-
FeaturesConstruction gets cuddly
Buster the Bear is the latest soft toy to wear a hard hat while Janet the Joiner connects with the Under 5s.
-
FeaturesKing of the caption
Martin King's witty entry scooped top prize in Hansom's steam train caption competition.
-
FeaturesShuttleworth shuffled
Foster and Partners almost photoshops ex-colleague Ken Shuttleworth out of a team photograph.
-
FeaturesOne thing they’re not shoulder to shoulder on …
Bush and Blair stand united over Iraq, but on one particularly sensitive domestic issue they are worlds apart. We investigate the impact of Republican and Labour policies on housebuilding either side of the pond
-
FeaturesJourney to the end of the night
Five minutes after the red light of the night’s last train sinks into the inky dark of the tunnel, 60 men handicapped by a strange collection of objects begin a surreal race against time.
-
Features
Winding down
In this month’s Tracker, Experian Business Strategies division reports that growth in the industry is expected to continue but the growth rate is set to decline over the three months to November
-
FeaturesPresident Clinton
He may not yet be the international political force that Bill once was, but Colin Clinton knows how to use power to effect change – and not just at the ICE. We talk to him about his modernising agenda, globalisation and lawn mowing.
-
FeaturesTime for change
In the last of this five part series, CITB-ConstructionSkills explains how major breakthroughs in the drive for vocational and on-site training will benefit employers, government and training providers
-
Features
Rocking All Over The World
A few years ago, cost consultants were about as fashionable as tank-tops and Y-fronts. Now more and more countries are giving them rapturous receptions as QS mania sweeps the globe. We report on a new British invasion