All Features articles – Page 624
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Sandbags are not enough
Climate change will happen whatever cuts are made to greenhouse gases, and that means floods, driving rain, mass subsidence – and a whole different way of building.
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Meet the expert
Tapping into the huge pool of information available from its magazines and databases, Building's publisher this month launches a huge new portal. Here's what to expect …
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Lead times
Mace tracks the lead times of 38 works packages and, Gardiner & Theobald takes a closer look at enquiries, orders and tenders in the stone cladding market.
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Seeking Western wisdom
Hong Kong's construction industry is still feeling the effects of last year's high-rise public housing scandal. The story began when the wrong type or wrong length of piles were found under two blocks owned and managed by the Hong Kong government's housing authority.In one of the blocks at Sha Tin, ...
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Wrapped up warm
Rockwool's R&D building near Copenhagen uses cutting-edge technology to meet likely Danish energy regulations in 50 years' time. Guess what they used for the insulation …
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The chickens fight back
Tony Bingham believes that Discain won't make a huge difference to the adjudication system. Not so, says Ann Minogue: the case will spawn a host of further challenges to adjudicators' decisions.
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Bilbao spreads its wings
Santiago Calatrava's spectacular airport is the resurgent Spanish city's latest architectural icon. We revisit Gehry's Guggenheim, the building that started it all.
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Cost model: Convention centres
A convention centre is a major asset to the economy of its host city, drawing well-stuffed wallets within the reach of local businesses. Davis Langdon & Everest looks at how to build a successful centre.
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Products of change
As the potential for e-commerce continues to grow, suppliers are facing a world of change in the way they do business – and, as a recent DETR report warns, not exploiting what the web has to offer could be fatal.
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Check out the policy
How can it be that a client ends up out of pocket when a subcontractor causes a fire on site? Someone wasn't paying close enough attention to the insurance clauses.
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Clash points
Defence Estates created prime contracting to integrate its supply chain and build strong teams. But can major contractors adjust to the culture of co-operation and equality that the new regime will rely on?
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Clash points
Rudi misses the point of prime contracting. It means that most main contractors are subcontractors, too. In any case, as the ultimate holder of risk, it will be in the prime contractor's interests to create a supportive team.
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The costcutter
This man is one of the most powerful people in construction. Some of the biggest clients in the industry do what he says. But who is Deryk Eke?
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The problem of existence
If you sign a letter of intent with a company that doesn't exist, do £1m of work and then it all falls through, whom, if anyone, can you sue? Architect HOK found out after it took on a job in Hanover.
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Suffering in silence: One man's story
John is a married 36-year-old, and the father of two young children. He is a project manager working in northern England on a prestigious operation."I think there are a lot of people struggling in this industry, but nobody wants to admit it. The company says we can go to them ...
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Rights and wrongs
Solicitor Michael Ryley tells employers how to avoid the pitfalls in the Human Rights Act.
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Still shining
Three years after its opening, the Guggenheim still dazzles visitors and has cast its spell over Bilbao. But the secret behind its success is proving a little more elusive.
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The stress timebomb
Yesterday was National Stress Day, but did you have enough time to do anything about it? Job insecurity, high technology and a frenzied marketplace have conspired to turn stress into a hidden epidemic, but construction is proving slow to act.
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Appointments
HousebuildersHousebuilder Charles Church has appointed Matthew Nash as sales manager for the area covering Hertfordshire, Essex, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.John Homer has been promoted to area construction manager at Twigden Homes. He will be responsible for the East and West Midlands.Dean Dye, Jason Towers and Brian McDougall have been promoted to ...
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I can't believe it's not Foster!
Ten years on, BAA is extending London Stansted Airport. Would the construction team be able to respect Norman Foster's ground-breaking design yet still deliver substantial cost savings?