More Focus – Page 111
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FeaturesTop 150 Consultants 2015: Work in progress
In the UK’s newly recovered economy there is plenty of work for this year’s top 150 consultants, allowing them to pick and choose what they bid
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FeaturesLittle Britain Challenge Cup 2015
The 28th annual industry yachting event takes place at Cowes, Isle of Wight
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FeaturesConference season: Get the parties started
What do the four main parties have to say on construction?
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FeaturesTop 150 Consultants 2015: Engineers
Building’s full Top 150 consultants 2015 survey is out tomorrow, but we’re releasing the results showing the top 50 engineers online today
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FeaturesTop 150 Consultants 2015: Architects
Building’s full Top 150 consultants 2015 survey is out on Friday, but we’re releasing the results showing the top 50 architects online today
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Features3D-printed glass: Print me off another Shard
Glass has resisted the technological advancements in 3D printing, but now a team from MIT has invented a technique for printing fully transparent glass. The breakthrough, says Ike Ijeh, could revolutionise the way we make windows, cladding and even full facade systems
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Doors and windows
This week’s residential products include timber sliding sash windows for Alain de Botton’s A House in Essex project, and an external wall insulation that better suits the Georgian and Victorian brickwork often found in northern cities
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FeaturesConstruction on hold
Alarmed by the pace at which construction costs are rising, more and more clients are putting their projects on hold
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FeaturesInternational costs 2015
Economic recovery in the UK and currency fluctuations have triggered big movements in the relative construction cost rankings of cities around the world
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FeaturesHousing associations: Going it alone
Housing associations are being forced to find efficiencies, with some taking repairs and maintenance work in-house and leaving private contractors out in the cold
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FeaturesTall buildings: Height vs heritage
London’s lack of a coherent tall buildings policy has led to controversial ‘carbuncles’ such as the Walkie Talkie crowding its skyline
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FeaturesSchool places: Do the math
The Department for Education is scratching its head over how to meet the demand for 25% more school places at a time of rising construction inflation and a dearth of available urban land
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FeaturesUniversity challenge
With contractors more choosy about the projects they bid for, and inflation eroding HE’s fixed tuition fee income, can universities remain attractive to the industry?
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FeaturesThe Plimsoll Building: Close encounters
The incorporation of two schools into a residential building is an example of school designers becoming more responsive to the changing physical and political environment
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FeaturesTracker: July 2015
The construction activity index took a leap upwards after contraction the month before, while the UK composite index saw its largest increase since 2012
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FeaturesCrossing the line
With the Calais crisis still a hot media topic, the government is on the warpath against construction companies employing illegal workers. But is the sector doing enough to make sure it doesn’t get caught out?
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FeaturesA day at the office: Your guide to human happiness
How can you use design to actively influence and improve people’s lives? British Land is using its own headquarters as a test bed for incorporating wellbeing principles that it hopes will foster a happier, more productive workforce.
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FeaturesMarket review: Regaining momentum
July saw construction activity levels pick up, in a reflection of the wider economy during the spring months
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FeaturesCost update Q2 2015
Materials cost inflation falls again but construction weekly earnings continue to outperform those of the wider economy