All Building articles in 27 January 2012 – Page 3
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FeaturesWill the Olympics mean other projects in London get delayed?
Traffic restrictions set for the six weeks of the Olympic and Paralympic Games are designed to help cope with unprecedented levels of visitors to the capital. But could London’s other construction projects end up in a jam?
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Comment
Legal issues with the Green Deal
Controversy around the Green Deal continues to make headlines, and from a legal perspective there are barriers that will need to be resolved
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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
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NewsSweett Group completes rebrand and continues to diversify
Chief executive says firm will continue to target new markets and sectors
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FeaturesCladding the Dorchester extension: The rich kid next door
When you’re building a hotel for the young and fabulously wealthy, bronze cladding may not sound excessive, but it was still proving beyond the means of the team behind the Dorchester’s new extension project - until they discovered a spray-applied alternative … Building reports
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FeaturesCharles McBeath on Ramboll growth: Why stop now?
For Charles McBeath, head of Ramboll UK, the secret to growth is acquisition and last year he doubled the size of his company by acquiring engineering firm Gifford, boosting turnover from £35m to £58m. But that, he tells Building, was just for starters
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News
Cavity wall insulation
Knauf Insulation has launched Supafil 34, a glass mineral wool insulation designed to be blown into existing cavity walls
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NewsShepherd loses first round of High Court case
In a judgement made last week the ruling went against Shepherd, which has launched legal claim against own lawyer Pinsent Masons
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NewsHousing stats: New build sales, starts and completions in December
The end of the year saw registrations down 31% on 2010 across all sectors
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Thermal break modules
Schöck says its thermal break modules have outstanding thermal efficiency
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CommentRip up the rule book
BIM is a radical way of ‘rethinking construction’ - don’t get left behind
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NewsBespoke double-skin facade
Wicona’s aluminium curtain walling was used for the headquarters building for KfW Bank in Frankfurt
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NewsRICS fee rise sparks social media backlash
Members took to LinkedIn, Twitter and Building’s website to complain about increased RICS fees and Sean Tompkin’s £98,700 bonus
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CommentChallenging awards of public sector work: Hold it right there
In 2009 rules were brought in to make challenging awards of public sector work more effective. Since then a number of cases show how the rules are being applied
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NewsDL appoints new Europe boss
Steve Waltho will replace John Hicks following an internal restructure
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NewsMace announces roll out of US cost consultancy business
Division will be based in New York and headed up by new managing director Greg Parker
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CommentHansom: Alternative lifestyle
Imagine a world where Olympic athletes excelled at board games, Britain considered surviving on a diet of ants and huge dogs rode around on top of cars … no, it’s not a bad trip, it’s this week in construction
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CommentChoosing an adjudicator: Eleven against twelve
Would you agree to play if the other side had chosen the ref? Neither would this disgruntled architect …
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CommentWonders & blunders with Ben Adams
Ben Adams finds spiritual inspiration in the staying power of the Temple Church but searches in vain for a lasting sense of community at the athletes’ village
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NewsBuro Happold and 3XN unveil Odenplan station entrance
Proposed structure in Stockholm will have curved concrete amphitheatre over underground concourse
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