All Features articles – Page 533
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Checklist: Floor coverings
Are your floors tough enough? Make sure you specify the right covering with our four-step guide. Kevan Brassington of the NBS explains
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FeaturesConfusion reigns
In the first of a monthly series of articles on urban regeneration, we look at the mess that the government has made of its part of the process, and suggests how it might start to clear it up.
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Lifetime costs: Entrance doors
There are more doors out there than in Monsters, Inc – so which offers the best value for your specification? Peter Mayer of Building Performance Group outlines the costs and performance of three entrance door types
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Lifetime costs: Structural floors
With so many ways to build structural floors, how do you choose the right one? Peter Mayer of Building Performance Group reviews the whole-life performance and cost of timber, concrete, steel and composite floors
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FeaturesDamage limitation
Richard Rogers' design for Heathrow Terminal 5 has a 43 m glass facade to flood his elegant interior with natural light and lift weary travellers' spirits. But would it be safe in a bomb blast? Alex Smith talked to Pascall + Watson about how to specify for terrorproofing
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The rules: Flooring details
Acoustic flooring standards for new dwellings have become much tougher. Alex Smith checks out the guidance and reviews BSI changes
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The rules: Doors and windows
All door-closing devices and door handles must comply with the new Disability Discrimination Act, says Alex Smith – plus, best practice U-values for windows
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FeaturesProducts - Doors and Windows
A combination of the best in doors, windows and flooring products, including framing an art deco gem and giving swing doors the silent treatment
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Be flexible
In the second part of our work-life balance series, Andrew Garbutt of Berkshire Consultancy explains how to negotiate effectively for flexible working arrangements
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Products - Flooring
High-pressure laminateAlloc Commercial says its flooring now has a thicker and stronger high pressure laminate surface and an integral Silent System sound absorbent underlay. Alloc says the surface resists damp, diluted chemicals and cigarette burns and has been designed to endure heavier impacts. Alloc has also launched the new StoneStructure ...
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FeaturesNigel Griffiths
A skills crisis, worrying accident rates, controversial contracts in post-war Iraq and a promotional mission to Brazil: our minister has got a lot on his plate. In fact, if you're interested, he could probably pop round one evening and take you through it. Say next Thursday? We try to keep ...
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FeaturesJohnny on the Spot
How does Tim O'Toole plan to upgrade the world's biggest underground system, using the most complex contracts in history, when he can't seem to keep its trains on the track?
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FeaturesRefurbishment of Plymouth Tinside Lido: Pool life
Closed for a decade, Plymouth’s Tinside Lido has finally been restored to the glory of its 1930s heyday. How could the council afford it? Alex Smith finds that it’s amazing how much you can save by intelligent specification
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FeaturesSeen my new mobile?
Young urban professionals like the idea of a £30,000 retreat in the country but hate the idea of owning a mobile home. So architect Buckley Gray has designed one that will change their mind for them.
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FeaturesBalancing act
In the first of a three-part series on achieving the right work–life balance, Andrew Garbutt of Berkshire Consultancy asks: what do you want to get out of life?
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FeaturesRepeat after me: 'yes, I can run your project'
Take a look at these people … Do you recognise the one who'll best be able to manage your scheme? We investigate
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FeaturesFurther and better particulars of … Richard Cuthbert chief executive of MouchelParkman
In the first of a monthly series on headline-hitting companies and leading industry figures, we chart the impressive rise of MouchelParkman's chief executive Richard Cuthbert
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FeaturesHow's this for a high court?
Richard Roger's design brief for Antwerp's law courts was to create a roof that would add interest to the city's monotonous skyline. So the project team put geometrical thinking caps on and came up with some tall and dramatic shapes, as we found out