More Focus – Page 150
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FeaturesGreen for Growth: Retrofit
A ring-fenced retrofit programme for public buildings would boost the economy, cut carbon emissions, and even pay for itself. So why isn’t it happening?
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FeaturesThe Green Fifteen
Building meets five new members of sustainability supergroup, the Global Clients Group
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FeaturesThe Place to be
The Shard may have attracted all the attention in the last year but its little sister, The Place, represents just as accomplished a technical feat
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FeaturesWelcome to hub city: Grimshaw's airport plans for London
Grimshaw is the latest architect with a scheme to expand the UK’s airport capacity. But its plan - revealed here exclusively - takes a different approach by placing London at the centre of it all
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FeaturesDavid Montague: Playing the numbers game
The head of London Quadrant, the capital’s biggest affordable housing provider, on the changing role of housing associations
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FeaturesSustainability: Priority School Building Programme
The Priority School Building Programme could provide opportunities to save money by reducing energy costs. But who will benefit? It depends on what source of data you choose
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FeaturesGreen for Growth: Display Energy Certificates
In the first of a five-part series on our Green for Growth campaign aims, Building asks industry figures why it’s so vital to make accurate measurements of energy performance public knowledge
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FeaturesGlass: Which is the fairest of them all?
Glass may have been about for thousands of years but in future its applications will extend well beyond glazing. Here are some innovative uses to look out for
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FeaturesEnforcing adjudication in Scots Law: SW Global Resourcing Ltd vs Morris & Spottiswood Ltd
This case examines whether the decision reached by an adjudicator breached the rules of natural justice
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FeaturesTop 150 European contractors: the Euro vision
We introduce the top European contractors and housebuilders league tables with an analysis of the overall health of the market
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FeaturesDavid Tonkin interview
Atkins’ boss on the gains from being the engineering provider for London 2012, and on returning the firm to growth
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FeaturesThe future of site reporting
How much time and money is wasted on writing up site surveys? GoReport® is a new tool aimed at streamlining the process and reducing admin costs by using the latest mobile technology to generate surveys or inspection reports
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FeaturesWhere did it all go wrong?
A week into our Green for Growth campaign, Building looks at why the government has gone cold on the green agenda
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FeaturesThe Tracker: Don't get excited
The activity index is on the rise for second month in a row, according to the latest figures from Experian Economics, but orders remain in negative territory and the bad news just won’t go away in the jobs market
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FeaturesBuilding Intelligence: Q3 2012
Construction’s seemingly inexorable decline continued in the third quarter of 2012, although infrastructure remained relatively buoyant. Experian Economics looks at the output figures
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FeaturesPayment guarantee: Wuhan Guoyo Logistics Group Co Limited & Others vs Emporiki Bank of Greece SA
This Court of Appeal decision reversed the Commercial Court judgement that a security document was a guarantee rather than an on-demand bond
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FeaturesGreen for Growth: Campaign aims
Five ways the government could stimulate investment in green construction and boost the economy
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FeaturesRooftop agriculture
Building looks at a relatively new movement using green roofs to plant our food
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FeaturesNext stop for Battersea
A century-and-a-half after the first London underground railway opened, Building looks at how the tube’s extension to Battersea could help regenerate the area
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FeaturesAecom/Davis Langdon: Culture shock
Aecom bought Davis Langdon in 2010. Building talks to those who left, those who stayed, and the firm’s clients on what has changed - and what the future holds