More Focus – Page 49
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FeaturesDigital transformation: What workers want
The industry may be showing faith in new technologies, but uptake isn’t automatically keeping up
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FeaturesProjects: The Pavilion, Hardman Square, Manchester
The Pavilion in Spinningfields’ Hardman Square stands out among a sea of steel and glass. Ike Ijeh reports on how a modular CLT building has brought a high-end touch of green to Manchester’s financial district
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FeaturesHeathrow expansion: Getting it together
The expansion masterplan for Heathrow airport unveiled last week was the product of a most unusual design team – a multidisciplinary alliance of 800 individuals
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FeaturesDigital: let’s do it better
Everyone says they’re going digital, but are construction firms and their clients really making the most of the opportunities the process offers to increase efficiency?
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FeaturesQ&A with Lara Poloni: how can we drive digital change?
Aecom chief executive EMEA Lara Poloni on how to champion high-tech transformation from the top
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FeaturesHolding it all in: Containing radioactivity at Chernobyl
This article about work at the plant which blew up in 1986 is republished after news yesterday Russian troops seized control of the site
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FeaturesThe Hackitt consultation: Calling for culture change
The Hackitt report has laid out steps to improving safety in the wake of Grenfell – now action needs to be taken
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FeaturesHackitt explainer: What are the three 'gateways'?
As the Hackitt consultation launches, Building delves into some of the more technical aspects of the recommendations
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FeaturesHackitt explainer: What is the regulatory body?
As the Hackitt consultation launches, Building delves into some of the more technical aspects of the recommendations
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FeaturesExplainer: How do project bank accounts work?
Highways England’s Lloyd Biddell explains how project bank accounts work for contractors in construction
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FeaturesProjects: Hill House, Helensburgh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Hill House near Glasgow was just three years away from being destroyed by catastrophic water ingress
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FeaturesGrenfell two years on: what really has changed?
As the consultation on how to implement the Hackitt review’s reforms is launched, Joey Gardiner looks at the response to Grenfell so far
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FeaturesBritish Steel latest: how construction might be affected
Why the UK construction sector is concerned about the impact of British Steel’s collapse on the industry
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FeaturesResearch: Cladding costs
Massimo Chies of Aecom looks at how building regulation alterations are affecting commercial models by looking at different facade scenarios
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FeaturesProjects: Northampton International Academy
A previously reviled brutalist eyesore in Northampton has been transformed by Architecture Initiative into a light-filled, airy and dynamic academy school
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FeaturesTracker: April 2019
Overall activity kept falling but more slowly this month, with residential the only sector to see an actual rise
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FeaturesKeith Waller: Construction's improvement tsar
How will the Construction Innovation Hub spend £72m budget and four years to bring the industry into the 21st century?
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FeaturesInfrastructure policy: ‘Delay and procrastination’
But with the government paralysed by Brexit, what hope is there construction will get the clarity on infrastructure it needs?
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FeaturesProjects: The Compton, Regent's Park
An innovative choice of cladding material – cast aluminium – has created an unusual look for these luxury flats near Regent’s Park
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FeaturesSmart buildings – the case for smart enablement
Smart, intelligent, or integrated buildings have been a topic of conversation in the construction industry for at least the last 30 years. They have often been considered prohibitively expensive, with questionable return on investment due to perceived complexities, brittleness and high ongoing maintenance costs. This article aims to show ...