All Features articles – Page 540
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FeaturesComing of age
In 1991, Building published a special supplement to mark the completion of the fledgling Canary Wharf development.
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Canary Wharf retail: Shop smart
It’s not all about the offices or even about lunch for the people in them. Canary Wharf is now a retail destination – complete with 51,000 m2 of high-street favourites and stylish boutiques
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Space is money
A project can be analysed in terms of the fundamental units of space, time and money. And every project has a solution that uses the first to minimise the second and maximise the third. Here's how to find it
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Movers and makers
The Environment Agency has teamed up with research company HR Wallingford to develop a British Standards Institution-approved Kitemark scheme for flood protection products. The Environment Agency said it believed this was the first quality standard in the world for flood protection. The first products to win Kitemark approval are Floodguard ...
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Local lowdown
Site managers and QSs can demand fat salaries in Kent and Surrey, where affordable housing is driving the market
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Handover heart
You work at it, you complete it, you celebrate it and you go home feeling warm and fuzzy. And the next morning your client moves into an office that's too hot and too cold. Architect Mark Way has a way to stop this happening. We find out how
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FeaturesFit for a king
Poundbury. The very name of this 21st-century housing model strikes fear into the hearts of specifiers everywhere, as it demands strict compliance with tough design rules – and under the watchful eye of a rather important man. We meet a valiant developer who wouldn't be deterred
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Lifetime costs: masonry walls
The higher costs of making sure your masonry wall complies with Part L are partially offset by annual savings in energy costs. But by how much? We do the sums
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Cost model: Supermarkets
Supermarkets are among the UK’s top 10 construction clients. In this cost model, Davis Langdon & Everest and Mott Green Wall examine the costs, specification and procurement of new build and existing stores
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Now for the science bit …
This composite crane's eye view of Zaha Hadid's Wolfsburg Science Centre in Saxony shows that laying a floor has rarely been more complex
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FeaturesTower of Babble
As the Swiss Re tower nears completion, the public is busy picking holes in the design and construction work. Building looks at how the erotic gherkin's dominant presence on the London skyline has inspired a wave of urban myths...
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FeaturesAfter the floodgates open
The biggest dam in the world, the Three Gorges in China, has started to turn the Yangtze into a 480 km long reservoir. As the water rises, Building considers the tasks still facing the Chinese: completing the dam and building three cities for 1.2 million displaced people
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Movers and makers
Brett Paving has opened its £6.7m block paving factory at Cliffe, in Kent. The company says the 2520 m2 facility is the largest of its type in Europe, and will increase the company's output by up to 60%. The company says the extra capacity is enabling it to launch several ...
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Just the job
Matthew Pullen of PFI consultant Rock explains why there's no time like the present to go into PFI work
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FeaturesGael warming
The forecast for the Hebrides is variable, to say the least. But for the inhabitants of the island of Tiree it is getting brighter, thanks to a sleek modernist ferry shelter
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Meet the board
Why is the construction industry facing a skills shortage? The answer may have something to do with the gentlemen at the top table