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FeaturesBuilding pathology: Off-site manufacture
Off-site construction techniques have moved on quite a bit since the post-war prefab days, but this method is not without its problems. Peter Mayer of BLP Insurance explains what to look out for
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Cladding for airport stands
Building envelope specialist Lakesmere has come up with an off-site solution for two stands at Heathrow airport. The Airbus A380 has two decks of passenger seating and an extra wide body, which means it cannot be accommodated at any of the existing stands at the airport
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Off-site school building
Yorkon has completed a building for Christ College in the Brecon Beacons National Park – one of Britain’s oldest educational establishments – in just five months
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Timber-frame accommodation
Zed Factory has produced the LandArk, a timber-framed structure that swoops up like a ship’s hull to provide outdoor storage space
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Offsite online
The off-site sector is worth about £2bn in the UK but the supply chain is highly fragmented and made up mainly of SMEs
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FeaturesRoof cassettes
SpeedDeck has launched an insulated structural cassette roofing system called SpeedForm
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FeaturesTea kiosk module: Trustworthy
A mass-produced tea kiosk may sound like a humble job for an architect, but it’s a bit more tricky when it has to grace some of the National Trust’s grandest properties
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FeaturesJust landed: Philip Bray goes to Dubai
Who in their right mind would go to Dubai amid the current turmoil? Well Philip Bray for one. He reckons there is still excellent business to be done in the troubled emirate. Bray joined UK project management and cost consultant, Millbridge in 2008 to develop the business throughout the Middle ...
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FeaturesWill Alsop's Peckham library revisited
Source: Astrid Kogler The front elevation, complete with giraffe-leg columns
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FeaturesCountry focus: Hungary
Hungary had hoped to be a safe haven for investors but since September it’s been hit by record negative growth and a plummeting currency. Tibor Stahl of EC Harris in Budapest tells a familiar tale
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FeaturesThe market in Mexico: What are you afraid of, gringo?
The Mexican government is planning PFI projects worth more than £200bn. The problem is it doesn't really know how to do them, so it's desperate to find British firms to help it out - so far without much luck. Emily Wright took a little trip to find out why...
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FeaturesRecession architecture: 'The icon era is over'
And about time too, many will say. But the question is, what kind of architecture are we going to build in a time of recession? One thing’s for sure: there are going to be far fewer twisty, spiky, blobby towers going up
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FeaturesBrentwood Community Hospital: Operation sunlight
Sheppard Robson’s redevelopment of a PFI hospital in Essex aimed to maximise views for patients. But how did it square this rather pricey ambition with the need to keep costs down?
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FeaturesSteel sanitaryware
Pland Stainless, the Leeds-based maker of stainless steel washrooms and sanitaryware, has supplied a range of products to the new King’s Mill hospital in Sutton-in-Ashfield
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FeaturesPaul Hamer: saving White Young Green
After swallowing 18 companies in five years, the consulting engineer was bloated with debt and stranded in rapidly receding markets. Now its new boss, Paul Hamer, has to mount a rescue. Tom Bill asks him how he’ll do it …
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FeaturesGraduates: What you can do in the recession
Now is not the best time to be a construction graduate, but if you make the most of what opportunities there are, you can still stand out from the crowd. Michael Willoughby has some suggestions
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The Tracker: Hitting an all-time low
The news is pretty bad for January, with activity lower than it’s ever been before – as are tender price inflation, workload in the south of England and employment, says Experian Business Strategies
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FeaturesBathroom solutions
The problem of designing and providing a cost-efficient, accessible toileting or bathing facility in hospitals, nursing homes and elderly persons homes is simplified with a new approach from Manchester company Total Hygiene.
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FeaturesLED panels
Lighting designer and supplier Havells Sylvania has added a range of slim modular LED panels to its Concord portfolio.