All Features articles – Page 645
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Let there be light
The provision of efficient and cost-effective lighting, both natural and artificial, is a major factor in avoiding sick building syndrome.
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Married to the job
Edgar Gonzalez and Cécile Brisac were already working day and night – so how did the couple cope when they won an international competition to design a £20m museum in Sweden?
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Readers tour JLE stations
In the third British Steel/Building tour, 20 visitors were shown around Bermondsey and Southwark Stations by the architects.
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Materials life costs
The life-span of profiled metal claddings, and their susceptibility to corrosion, is tackled in the fourth in this series on the whole-life costs of materials, which is compiled by Building Performance Group to assist specifiers and clients.
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Constructionline: Is it worth it?
The list of approved contractors and consultants is one year old. Has it succeeded in its aim to simplify prequalification for public sector work? And will firms pay to renew their subscription?
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Artists in hard hats
The idea of bringing an artist into the construction team might seem a little surreal, but they can add an extra dimension to a design – with or without an architect.
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Appointments
ContractorsGarry Hague has been appointed group communications manager at Willmott Dixon.Bob Headley has been appointed managing director of Doncaster-based MSI-Mech Construction. Mick Males has been made manufacturing manager and Sean Rhodes has become financial manager. Southern Electric Contracting has appointed Keith Lambert commercial manager.Gary Laxton has joined new interior contractor ...
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'What's a megabyte, again?'
Small builders depend on reliable advice when they go shopping for IT. But do they get it? To find out, Building took a small contractor on an expedition to his local high street.
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Adjudication vs the law
For the first time, an adjudicator's decision has been challenged on legal grounds, and the court's verdict went some way to sorting out how adjudication relates to the law.
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Access all areas
New legislation requires service providers and owners of public buildings to make their premises easily accessible for disabled people. Great news for disabled people – and builders.
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It’s all in the timing
Robert Smith of recruitment consultant Hays Montrose explains how to maximise your productivity
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Winning the West
Bristol’s loss of the £58m harbourside scheme seems to have done little to hurt the local economy, thanks to a few major projects, but firms still need a good plan to make it in a savagely competitive market.
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Measuring up
The performance measurement software system that has won accolades from the Movement for Innovation.
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Language lessons
Contracting or subcontracting with a company from another part of Europe can be fraught with linguistic and legal problems – as a recent case shows. It’s best to make sure the details are worked out first.
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Kate Priestley
A woman in a male domain, the head of NHS Estates has had to work hard to earn respect. Now the most powerful woman in construction, it is her job to ensure that the health building budget of £1.8bn a year is spent efficiently.
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Who needs experts?
Lord Woolf believes that limiting the number of expert witnesses in construction disputes will reduce the cost of litigation, but will it? And is it a workable solution anyway?
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The living daylights
It may look like a Bond villain's lair, but the gleaming glasshouse nestling in the Welsh hills is Foster and Partners' centrepiece to the £43.3m botanic garden.
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Cost study: Sustainable low-energy housing
Sixteen sustainable low-energy houses and flats were constructed in Glasgow for £60,900 each. This low capital price was achieved despite building in sophisticated environmental features that will significantly cut whole-life costs.
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Border skirmishes
A recent decision by a Scottish sheriff suggests that the court’s powers in Scotland are different to those in England and Wales.