All Technical articles – Page 7
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FeaturesThe ICE Awards 2013
In 2012 London took on the huge logistical challenge of hosting the Olympics, but its ambitions did not stop there. Thomas Lane highlights the feats of engineering that are changing the face of the capital and that are this year’s winners of the ICE Awards
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FeaturesGreen for Growth: Zero-carbon homes
The industry needs some clarity on carbon reduction targets. Building looks at three examples of low and zero-carbon housing
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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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FeaturesStreatham Hub: How to build an ice rink above a swimming pool
Streatham Hub in south London contains not only a supermarket, apartments and a bus station, but a first-floor ice rink above a heated pool
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FeaturesLeeds Arena: Big noise in the city
How Bam kept the noise down in the 12,500-seat arena in Leeds city centre
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FeaturesRay of light
The Velux skylight brand is normally associated with the residential sector. But a collaboration with Foster + Partners could soon enable the company to break into commercial and public buildings
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FeaturesSouthend Pier Cultural Centre: Out on a limb
How do you carry out a construction project more than a mile out to sea during one of the wettest, windiest summers on record? Well, Kier’s approach to the £3m Southend Pier Cultural Centre job was to build it somewhere else
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NewsGovernment-commissioned report backs 'wood first' rule
Independent Panel on Foresty back councils’ use of planning law to drive increase in timber buildings
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NewsHSE figures show 49 construction deaths last year
Total deaths falls from 50 last year but construction still records highest fatalities of any industry
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NewsProtests over HSE move to scrap crane safety register
Safety precaution introduced after Building magazine campaign set to be axed after just two years
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NewsWhole life value guidance delayed a year
Government guidelines on how the industry should calculate the wider costs and value of a building to be published next year
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FeaturesRope trick: Thames cable car
An ambitious plan to build a cable car over the Thames was up against some seriously tough technical challenges, not to mention the dreaded jinx of the Greenwich peninsula. Building finds out whether they pulled it off. Photography by Tim Crocker
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FeaturesThe Mary Rose museum: Hidden treasure
The Mary Rose museum is ready for fit-out but to get to this point the contractor had to build around the ancient hull, keeping it at a constant temperature to allow restoration to be uninterrrupted. Thomas Lane found out how the team handled an historic gem
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FeaturesOffshore wind farms: Winds of change
Tidal turbine technology is changing fast and offshore wind turbines are getting bigger, so the government-backed firm Narec is investing £80m into its testing facilities to simulate the harsh conditions at sea. Thomas Lane explains
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News95% of homes fail to meet ventilation requirements
Rise in airtight homes prompts increase in mechanical systems
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FeaturesFrance's nuclear fusion reactor: The hottest and coldest place on earth
Building goes on the trail of the ITER - a £12.5bn multinational project that might just save the world …
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FeaturesBest supporting acts: The ICE awards
Beneath Londoners’ feet, on their roads and in their stations, the city is undergoing arguably its biggest transformation since the Victorian age. The ICE awards, held last week, celebrated the cream of this current wave of infrastructure projects. Thomas Lane rounds up the winners
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FeaturesSustainable supermarket: M&S's new Cheshire Oaks store
At this enormous store in Chester, M&S is putting its Plan A sustainability programme to the test. And from the zero-waste policy to the innovative use of natural materials, all the evidence suggests that this is one plan A that is actually working … Building reports
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FeaturesSteel insight: Cost planning through design stages
The second article in this quarterly series looks at the cost planning of structural steelwork