All Features articles – Page 646
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Lowry Centre named best millennium project
Salford art gallery beats 100 entrants to win first Celebrating Construction Achievement awards.
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The conquest of space
A systematic benchmarking system for efficiently designing space in buildings has been devised by Amec Construction’s value management team.
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Spotlight on curtain walling
Lead timesLead times for bespoke panellised cladding have remained constant at about 41-42 weeks for the past year. In contrast, curtain walling lead times have fallen steadily over the past two years as a result of increases in efficiency and capacity.Manufacturing periods have increased by one week to eight, but ...
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Dangerous liaisons
In the second article looking at the latest FIDIC suite of international contracts, another form is found to be heavily biased against contractors – and it’s the clients that will pay.
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European Union
Aukett Associate managing director John Thake may not speak any foreign languages, but he’s not letting that get in the way of his plan for a cross-Europe designer.
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The Guggenheim gazebo
Welcome to the spiral of New York's Guggenheim Museum transplanted to the centre of a Kew Gardens greenhouse redesigned by Salvador Dali and built in Hanover …
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Learn to share
Project extranets are no longer a daydream. Information Channel, co-developed by Schal, is a state-of-the-art document exchange system that will soon support e-commerce and more.
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Louder than words
Hays Montrose's Robert Smith explains what your body language says about you.
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The right mayor or a nightmare?
Everyone who has anything to do with building in London will be affected by the outcome of the city’s mayoral race next month. What are the policies on offer and what is there to cheer or fear?
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Are we safer now?
Astonishing – European regulations that the industry is more or less happy with. But have they made building sites any safer?
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Wading into a sea of risk
What do you do if someone you’re working with suddenly sinks without trace? Well, if you’ve read Richard Davis’ book on insolvency you’ll already know. Plus a guide to the courts and the latest on adjudication.
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We hate to say it, but … Charles was right
The Prince of Wales’ Poundbury may not be cutting-edge architecture, but as far as John Prescott’s urban agenda goes, it’s bang on the money.
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Enter the green knight
Next week, Sir Martin Laing will launch a Construction Confederation report that aims to break the “vicious circle of blame” that is hampering sustainable building.
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Has he fixed it?
Rebuilding the construction industry’s image is Bob’s toughest job yet. In fact, he’s been at it a year now, and he’s still not sure if he’s got anywhere. Luckily, Wendy is there to help him find out …
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Peak practice
Architects have never had so much to do, at least since the fevered 1980s boom. So what’s driving the market – and is it downhill from here?
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Britain’s glass ceiling
Insurer Swiss Re spent 18 months working to get its new tower through planning, but it is still awaiting approval. Little wonder that the industry is crying out for clear and consistent guidelines on designing skyscrapers.
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Stefan Allesch-Taylor
The 30-year-old entrepreneur is turning his three-year-old property firm into an investment company and has just spent £85m on a stake in a US Internet business. So, why is he interested in quantity surveyor MDA?
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Appointments
Contractors Bob Nethery has been appointed senior business development manager at the Scottish construction division of MJ Gleeson. David Kay has been promoted to managing director of its new national construction division. Keith Shivers replaces Kay as managing director of the Northern construction division. Steve Landes has been appointed commercial ...
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Cost model: Building services
Services installations are crucial to the smooth running of construction projects, as well as the finished product, but their complexities are too often ignored. Mott Green and Wall, the specialist building services team within Davis Langdon & Everest, examines the specification, procurement and costs of a City office’s building services
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Clash points
Pay-when-paid has been outlawed at the end of the subcontract chain, but the industry is still passing risk to firms in the middle. Why not have stand-alone contracts with each party accepting its share of liability?