More Focus – Page 75
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FeaturesParty conference season 2017: Any answers?
The shifting sands of this year’s political terrain have left a lot of questions. Will conference season deliver any clarity?
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FeaturesAn architectural side note
The £57m Birmingham Conservatoire’s quiet restraint has produced an anonymous facade that conceals rather than celebrates the elegant music spaces within
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FeaturesCost update Q2 2017
Materials cost inflation continues to rise, although the effects of sterling’s weakness are filtering out slightly and the increase in input costs has slowed.
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FeaturesBack to school: Summing up the savings
What effect will changes to funding have on the construction and education sectors, and what precedent it could set for the future?
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FeaturesBack to school: Funding formula
Universities’ investment in their campuses continues to be strong but for how much longer? Brexit and Labour’s election pledge to scrap fees are giving vice-chancellors the jitters.
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FeaturesBack to school: The human touch
OMA’s first science building, Lab City engineering school near Paris, humanises its rational grid structure through a system of streets and squares bathed in natural light.
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FeaturesCost model: Operating theatres
It is critical to ensure that surgical theatres are fit for purpose and appropriate for rapidly advancing medical practices
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FeaturesSafety in numbers
The Definitive Guideline to health and safety sentencing was brought into force last year, signalling larger and more discretionary fines. What is its impact so far on SMEs in particular and what does it signal for safety in the sector?
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FeaturesTracker: July 2017
The total activity index remained stable in July. The R M index grew and returned to positive territory and the orders index was one point up from June’s figure. Experian Economics reports
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FeaturesMarket review: Looking downwards
Construction activity has declined during the second quarter, despite overall UK growth, and contract values are decreasing
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FeaturesLondon's High Point: Race to the top
In creating the UK’s tallest build-for-rent development – Highpoint in London’s Elephant and Castle – flexibility, efficiency and speed were key concepts for contractor Mace and structural engineer AKT II
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FeaturesPFI: In the balance
With the risk of taking on work rising and the pipeline of promised projects yet to materialise, is the fate of PFI as a funding mechanism up in the air?
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FeaturesProcurement update: Uncertain markets
Clients are returning to package-based procurement to get better value from their supply chain, even though this involves taking on much more risk
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FeaturesShots in the dark
Commentators are starting to predict a gloomier picture for the UK economy and the construction sector due to the negative effects of constant political uncertainty
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FeaturesPassivhaus: Economy of scale
When it’s finished, Goldsmith Street in Norwich will be the largest Passivhaus scheme in the UK - but built as a 100% social housing scheme, it had to be delivered for a competitive price. But how is it being achieved?
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FeaturesNo place like home: Staycations, Part 3
Looking for a vacation without airport stress and high costs? Read the third part of a trip around the UK’s best holiday destinations
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FeaturesWild imaginings: Beach huts, Part 2
The humble British beach hut is being reconfigured for the 21st century, as Part 2 of our guide shows
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FeaturesNo place like home: Staycations, Part 2
Looking for a vacation without airport stress and high costs? Read the second part of a trip around the UK’s best holiday destinations
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FeaturesNo place like home: Staycations, Part 1
Looking for a vacation without airport stress and high costs? Read the first part of a trip around the UK’s best holiday destinations
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FeaturesWild imaginings: Beach huts, Part 1
The humble British beach hut is being reconfigured for the 21st century, as Part 1 of our guide shows