All Features articles – Page 51
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Annual planning approvals by value to May 2021
Annual planning approvals were worth £109bn in the year to March according to Glenigan’s sector by sector league table
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Museum of the Home: making visitors comfortable
After the planning hoo-ha that saw Chipperfield’s original proposals dropped, Wright Wright has delivered a major yet subtle expansion of the former Geffrye Museum – now renamed Museum of the Home – that visitors may not even notice. Richard Gatti reports
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Survey results: How are companies supporting staff health and wellbeing?
Building Boardroom examines construction firms’ strategies on staff health and wellbeing in this latest HR survey, and asks Hays property and construction director Gaelle Blake for her views on the topic
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Social value survey: How much focus are construction firms really putting into social value?
Survey by Building, Atkins and Faithful + Gould raises questions about industry’s approach to social value
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Canary Wharf’s new chapter: Shifting focus to residential
The stepping down of Sir George Iacobescu has raised fresh questions about the future of the iconic business district. As new boss Shobi Khan hints at a fresh residential-led vision, we take a look at what the future may hold
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Joining the dots: how good data can help us build better
Gathering and analysing data on materials availability across the supply chain can greatly improve efficiency on construction projects. Building, with decision intelligence company Peak, gathered industry experts to discuss how good data can help the sector meet its challenges
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International cost comparison 2021
Agnieszka Krzyzaniak of Arcadis reflects on the resilience of the global construction sector in 2021 and some of the emerging short-term and long-term challenges the industry is facing as part of the recovery
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On site: HS2’s groundbreaking project under way beneath the Chilterns
Building took a trip to the railway’s single biggest site where work has begun on 16km of tunnels carried out by two 170m long tunnel boring machines and 1,000 workers
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How digital optimisation and collaborative planning can benefit construction projects
Explore three key ways firms can profit from BIM
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Achieve water regulation compliance with the right WC system
Here, Glen Peters, technical support manager at Viega looks at what specifiers need to consider when selecting a WC system. This includes how to ensure it complies with water supply regulations and the revised acceptance criteria for WRAS and KIWA certification with regard to filling valves.
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5 minutes with … Nicola Jones at Gleeds
The former gymnast and athlete is a senior project manager at hospitals where she was treated as a child
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Is the future of build to rent suburban family homes? An interview with Present Made
Apache Capital has set up a business specifically to develop traditional homes for families. We spoke to co-founder Richard Jackson about his plans
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Allies and Morrison choose 50mm format Vandersanden brick for award-winning Westbourne Park Baptist Church
Crème is created from a combination of different clay forms
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In Business: Alinea warns of aggressive bids in a slowing commercial market
Cost consultant’s Mark Lacey says contractors looking to replenish covid-hit order books are cutting prices
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5 minutes with … Ian Farmer at HB Reavis
The firm’s head of design on working on the 2012 Olympics, the industry’s issue with profits and how he can’t wait to play the guitar in the pub again
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Interview: Waltham Forest council on its £500m regeneration plans
This east London borough has a massive regeneration plan afoot, spending half a billion pounds over the next few years. Building Boardroom spoke with the council’s Simon Miller, Stewart Murray and Mark Brickell to find out more about their strategy and what they seek in delivery partners
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The ‘should cost’ model – its benefits and how to build one
While standard cost models are limited to initial delivery, this new, greener approach – recommended by the government’s construction playbook – extends to whole-life costs (and even carbon), providing a more comprehensive overview of what constitutes good value. By Jonathan Stewart, Sara Boonham, Nicola Herring and James Garner of Gleeds ...
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5 minutes with … Victoria Manston at HUB
The Spurs-supporting, pasta-loving development manager at HUB enjoyed regenerating the Ram Brewery in Wandsworth and is starting work on two sites in Leeds
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Annual planning approvals by value to April 2021
Annual planning approvals were worth £111.2bn in the year to April according to Glenigan’s sector by sector league table