All Features articles – Page 614
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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 ...
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Why grey and brown?
Sally Sullivan - Hospitals don't have to look so drab, but it will take manufacturers' help to brighten them up
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Chance of a lifetime
Peter Mason - It's time to put into practice the lessons we learned in the last recession, and add value.
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Whole-life cost model
Two years after the first Whole-life cost model, Citex has returned to the office sector, updating its occupancy costs for three model buildings and comparing it with this City of London office block
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Is prefab just a fad?
Last year, some housebuilders came to the conclusion that prefab was the future and started gearing up to meet it. Now many of the claims for factory housing are looking increasingly shaky.
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I can make your QS more interesting
This woman is a life coach, part of the latest management craze to be imported from across the Atlantic. But can wearing a coloured baseball cap really improve your construction project?
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Just the job
Lucia Graves talks to Andrew Holloway, director of Green Oak Carpentry Company and a former potter, about why he switched from ceramics to wood.
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Welcome to the jungle
Eden is the biggest greenhouse in the world and the most eagerly anticipated construction project of the year. With two weeks to go before it opens, Gus Alexander explored Cornwall's jungle in a bubble.
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Web watch
www.gecanderson.co.ukGEC Anderson has launched a new website for specifiers of stainless steel. The site includes product data, frequently asked questions, CAD downloads and technical details, plus images of the company's worktops, sinks, bowls, cabinets, shelving and sanitary appliances.www.callenders.co.ukCallenders Interactive Roofing Centre features the "SpecBuilder" to help in the specification of ...
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12 steps to a safer industry
Next week the construction industry will present its ideas for reducing site accidents to the safety summit demanded by John Prescott. In preparation, Building invited seven people with extensive site experience to our own mini-summit to find out what they are doing to improve safety – and what more could ...