All Building articles in 26 October 2012 – Page 3
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NewsWeatherproof insulation
Foamglas clad a grade-II listed bookshop with its weatherproof and vapour-tight insulation material
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CommentA happy workplace
Happy workers are more productive than miserable ones, but what generates happiness in the first place? Here’s the secret according to Stephen Gee at John Rowan and Partners, which topped our Good Employer Guide this week
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CommentHansom: Rock and rile
While the mayor of Newham goads his audience at the London Property Summit, a director’s rousing speech is given from a table top and a gorilla-suited drummer gives a lesson on how to work a crowd
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Five years on …
Half a decade since the start of the economic crisis, output is still falling and tender prices continue to head south. Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, reports
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FeaturesPrivate rented sector: Heading for a fall
Is the private rented sector housing’s best hope?
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CommentSlimming down a giant
The announcement of Balfour Beatty’s restructure has certainly been long in the making, but whether it’s a reactive or proactive is less clear
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CommentMy digital life ... Rob Firth
The HOK practice building director on the BBC sport website, checking Twitter and why he prefers to meet face to face
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FeaturesInsurance special report: Trade credit
Trade credit insurance has returned to construction, having all but disappeared just when it was needed most. So do today’s new policies offer a good deal for firms?
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CommentCramped and loo-les
Victorian terrace houses had to accomodate larger families in smaller spaces
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NewsRainscreen cladding panels
RigiSystems has developed a range of rainscreen cladding panels using Alubond ACM
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NewsInsulated steel cladding
A total of 2,700 linear metres of Steadman’s roof panels were used on a Citroen dealership in East Yorkshire
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CommentCIL: Nice little earner
The Community Infrastructure Levy was brought in to speed up development but the tariffs being set seem so arbitrary – and so hard to challenge – that it could have just the opposite effect
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FeaturesSean Tompkins: Chartering new territory
With the RICS’ overseas membership up to 35,000, chief executive Sean Tompkins isn’t about to be blown off course by parochial critics back home
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FeaturesSteel Insight - Education Buildings
The fifth article in the Steel Insight series focuses on the key factors to consider when cost planning a steel-framed school, college or university building
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Building envelope
Wicona face solutions have been used to form a building envelope on a business centre in Slovenia
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NewsHousing stats: New build sales and completions in September
This month’s data shows registrations in both the public and private sector down on this time last year
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Facade boards
Cembrit’s board is designed to meet the emerging trend for wall cladding in stone and earth hues
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CommentWonders & blunders with Terry Tommason
The Middle East’s lack of planning rules gives architects an unparalleled freedom, which can result in a certain purity of design or ridiculous extravagances, says Terry Tommason
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FeaturesInsurance special report: BIM
The rise of collaboration software has created a lot of questions for insurers - not least how to divide up and assign blame if anything goes wrong
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