All Features articles – Page 614
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Brand new sports kit
At last, a solution to poorly designed lottery-funded leisure facilities – an off-the-peg sports hall that's cheap and cheerful
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No change there
Not all the Building Regulations are being rewritten. This is the essential guide to the rest of the rules that govern the way we build
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Dear Robert
This month, is it always a good idea to move to a better paid job, and which should you choose: a company car or a car allowance?
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Turn that down!
Housebuilders and manufacturers are less than delighted with the beefed-up Part E. But will the proposals really hurt their businesses?
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Foster's station at the heart of Europe
Dresden wanted to establish itself as the centre of Central Europe, so it called in Foster and Partners to do something dramatic with its 19th-century station. This is what it got …
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How to survive MIPIM
Heading off to Cannes next week for the MIPIM property fair? If you want to keep your cred and be seen at all the coolest hang-outs, you'd better read this first
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Lead times
Mace tracks the lead times of 38 works packages and, Gardiner & Theobald analyses in detail movements in the market for mechanical and electrical contractors.
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FeaturesWhy Regulations matter
Paul Everall, the DETR's head of Building Regulations, explains why and how the government reviews its rules
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Noises off
The DETR's revisions to the acoustic regulations are set to cost the industry £75m a year. Here's how they would work, and overleaf, how materials firms and housebuilders are reacting to the proposals
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A school of one's own
Richard Saxon - explains how Building Design Partnership became a PFI consortium
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Panic over
Manufacturers are confident that the new Part L will not spell the end for brick-and-block construction. Here's how they and their timber-frame producing rivals are gearing up for the change
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Twin peaks
Despite the disasters, delays and last year's crane tragedy that left three men dead, the race to complete Britain's second tallest buildings is nearing completion. The twin monoliths that will be HSBC and Citigroup's HQs, now jostle for space in the London skyline
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The right stone
Nick Schumann - How to prevent a disaster when specifying natural materials
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The 2001 Entrepreneur of the year award
Are you the construction industry's James Dyson? Have you taken an embryonic or failing business and turned it into a multimillion-pound success story, just like John Morgan (see the Building Business supplement free with this issue)?
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There's something strange in the attic …
From the street, it's a listed Victorian warehouse. But up on the roof, a weird £250,000 extension is being built to showcase the latest building technologies.
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Adjudication: What's the verdict?
Adjudication was introduced in 1998 as a drastic remedy to a drastic problem. Now memories of the bad old days are fading and industry surveys show that some are wondering if the cure is worse than the disease. What's more, the issue is in Nick Raynsford's in-tray.
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Alan Howarth
The arts minister's passion for better design has won high marks, but does his culture department have enough clout to make it happen?
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Appointments
ContractorsJohn Sisk & Son has appointed Julian Armitage training manager. Hotel and leisure contractor Ramparts Interior Contracts has made Gary Crosbie sales and marketing director. HousebuildersDavid Cummings (right) has been appointed construction director in the Northern Home Counties division of Fairclough Homes.ConsultantsAndrew Henry has been appointed regional sales and ...
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Five of the best places to network
Manchester:The Atlas bar (376 Deansgate) is a favourite watering hole for designers, as is Loaf (5-6 Deansgate Locks, Whitworth Street West). On a more professional note, check out the Centre for Understanding of the Built Environment, or CUBE, (113 Portland Street), which is becoming a key networking location.Bristol:The bars and ...