All Features articles – Page 481
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The survey.
The government has been committed to the use of the PFI to deliver its grand ambitions for health and education, but as this recent survey by the RICS shows, many surveyors believe the procurement route is actually more expensive and long-winded than the traditional method
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FeaturesThe verdict.
Tony Blair has often said that he wants his legacy to be public sector reform. Key to this is the building of new schools and hospitals. But is Labour succeeding?
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Specifier Products
This week’s sustainability special takes in an underfloor central heating system that slashes carbon emissions, flexible fabric cladding that cuts out UV rays and a wealth of information on condensing boilers
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Costs: Condensing gas boilers
Condensing gas boilers have become the heating unit of choice for homes. Peter Mayer of Building Performance Group considers the options and examines their whole-life values
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FeaturesSustainability
A police headquarters that has turned to geothemal heating and cooling to meet its sustainable brief and give the constables year-round comfort
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FeaturesThe comment
How do the parties look from the point of view of a volume housebuilder? Here Redrow boss Paul Pedley looks at the three main parties’ proposals
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FeaturesSpecialist costs: Lifts and escalators
In the latest of our specialist market overviews, Robert Nicholson of Gardiner & Theobald looks at hot topics, lead times, key suppliers and costs in the lift and escalator sector – plus a specialist manufacturer is put under the Q&A spotlight
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FeaturesThe debate
Building and sister magazine Property Week joined forces with the RICS to host three debates with the three main parties’ housing representatives. Here’s what they had to say
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FeaturesWhen disaster strikes
The earthquake that struck Indonesia just three months after the Boxing Day tsunami should be a warning to us that in high-risk areas we need to build – and rebuild – with more than one type of catastrophe in mind. We examine the findings of a new report on disaster ...
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FeaturesThe future
Assuming the polls are right and Labour wins the election, there are still several major obstacles remaining.
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Local lowdown: Northern Ireland
Robert Smith of Hays Construction & Property looks at a revitalised Northern Ireland
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FeaturesThe verdict
In 2001, Labour made some big promises on housing, planning and regeneration and John Prescott held major conferences across the UK to prove he was serious. But did the government deliver in its second term?
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Koolhaas strikes again
For his latest trick, a £70m Portuguese concert hall, Rem Koolhaas has subverted the earnest business of concertgoing with another masterpiece of architectural surrealism
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FeaturesThe dragon tamed
Nearing completion, on time and close to budget, the Welsh assembly in Cardiff has managed to avoid the excesses of the Scottish parliament. But this welcome result belies an arduous, epic journey that involved the client ditching its original procurement route as costs started to escalate …
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FeaturesHow to get out of jail using a trowel
Inmates at Wandsworth are being given the chance to escape from a life of crime by building their own prison walls.
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FeaturesJust the job
Surveyor Gemma Petrie on raising the profile of Midlands women in the construction industry