All Supplements articles – Page 29
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NewsPutting the rules to work
Green legislation will be pointless if it isn’t enforced. But how best to do it? Traditional council building control or self-certification? Paul Everall And Dave Baker argue the toss …
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NewsPFI/PPP Project of the Year
These projects prove that the PFI can deliver almost any kind of public sector project, from barracks to schools, and the winner may have changed the way we go about designing hospitals in the future
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NewsPersonality of the Year
This award goes to a man who almost never appears in the pages of the British press, but has been a principal factor behind the success of Sir Robert McAlpine over the past 40 years
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FeaturesPhase-change materials: Phase to stun
Phase-change materials that can store and emit energy might transform the way we design and specify buildings. As the first products come to market, Jan-Carlos Kucharek finds out how they work
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NewsManufacturer of the Year
A building is only as good as the stuff it’s made from, so the industry relies entirely on the firms that make it. This year’s winner has helped everybody out with the quality and innovation of its designs
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NewsPart L, one year on
Project teams have spent the past 12 months grappling with the new toughened-up version of part l of the building regulations. the result has been a lot of struggle, a lot of misunderstanding, and a lot of valuable experience … Martin Clowes of Elementa Consulting tells the story
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NewsMajor Housing Project of the Year
This category proves beyond doubt that Britain’s elite housebuilders can tackle the most problematic brownfield schemes and produce innovative and intelligent solutions to them
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NewsHousebuilder of the Year
Four firms battled it out in this category, each setting new standards in sustainability, community involvement, growth and regeneration, but the one that clinched it combined all these with aesthetic appeal ...
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NewsMajor Housebuilder of the Year
These mighty businesses have demonstrated that being big does not necessarily make a company less nimble or less innovative or less close to its customers or less aware of its social responsibilities ...
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FeaturesFibre optic solar lighting
Swedish company Parans is introducing the Parans System to the UK. The system enables natural sunlight to be piped deep into buildings in thin, flexible fibre-optic cables. Unlike traditional sun pipes, which take up space and usually have to be installed during construction or disruptively later, the Parans System’s optical ...
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NewsEntrepreneur of the Year
This award honours the business brains who are willing to put their own money on the line to create the companies that the rest of us are happy to work in. And this year boasts one of our best ever line-ups
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Engineer of the Year
One area in which British construction has traditionally led the world is its engineering, so it’s good to see that its reputation is the safe hands of our six finalists, all of whom have been responsible for world-class projects
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Innovative electrical production
EC Power has developed the XRGI, a micro combined heat and power (CHP) generator.
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NewsWater efficiency
Often overshadowed by energy, water efficiency is about to get its own tough rulesJohn Tebbit, industry affairs director of the Construction Products Association
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District heating system
Heat exchanger specialist Alfa Laval has introduced a district heating substation to provide and regulate heating and hot water for single-family homes.
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NewsOutstanding Contribution To The Industry
This award goes to a man who has just left full-time employment after a career spent quietly transforming everything that he’s turned his formidable mind to.
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NewsContractor of the Year
The cream of Britain’s contractors showed up in this year’s shortlist, and any of them could plausibly have walked away with the trophy. But a mix of innovation, achievement and best practice made it Simons’ year