All Building articles in 28 March 2014 – Page 4
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Features
Creating the Design Museum's new home
The iconic Commonwealth Institute needed a new tenant - and the iconic Design Museum needed a new home. But adapting a fragile and low-spec sixties building to house a visitor attraction meant using some serious technical know-how
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News
Gatwick’s construction boss steps down amid restructure
Exclusive: Derek Hendry to leave role with airport operator after two years as part of wider senior management shake-up
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News
Bam favourite for Aga Khan’s first King’s Cross project
Contractor lined up for £20m Stanton Williams-designed student accommodation block
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News
Labour looks to increase 200k housing target
Sir Michael Lyons says England needs to “go well beyond” 200,000 homes a year target
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Features
What to specify: Refurbishment
Renewing existing buildings from top to bottom is easier with innovative products to suit a range of projects, from cost-effective acoustic ceiling tiles to slip-resistant flooring
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Comment
BIM and the dark arts of insurance
Insurers are begining to adapt to BIM and to see its opportunities
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Features
Building 17: Refurbishing Cromford Mill
The historic but neglected Victorian factory buildings at Cromford Mill in Derbyshire were overdue a refurb. But decontaminating the timber from chemicals used in industrial dyeing proved a test of modern ingenuity
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Comment
It's a people problem
Built environment professionals can only do so much to cut carbon emissions, the rest is down to the behaviour of the people who occupy our buildings
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Comment
Clients are missing out on half the benefits of BIM
Many clients think they are getting the best out of BIM, but most are not even scratching the surface
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Comment
We must look East to fund UK infrastructure
China and South Korea are likely to stump up much of the £300bn we need to fund National Infrastructure Plan projects
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Comment
Need to achieve local and competitive supply?
Small businesses are important but it is important also to attract businesses with larger balance sheets and working capital to contribute to the economy
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Features
Making steady progress
As Barbour ABI launches its latest monthly Economic Construction Market Review, Michael Dall presents highlights, including sector and regional statistics with a focus on the residential sector
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Comment
A lack of resource will bite us where it hurts
Construction is facing a skills crisis - it’s time for some self-help
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Comment
Holding back the tide
Advanced simulation and building techniques are essential to the UK’s flooding response
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Comment
The foresight of negligence
From a frightening beginning, this claim around negligence would appear to reach a fairly sensible conclusion
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Comment
Caps on liability?
Liability caps have been around for a long time but are they the hot topic for 2014?
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Comment
Lincolnshire council vs Mouchel Business Services Limited and R.G. Carter Building Services Limited: Pre-Action Protocol
This case, before Mr Justice Stuart Smith, looks at the Pre-Action Protocol for Construction and Engineering Disputes when issuing proceedings to protect a limitation period
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Comment
Women in construction: Can we bridge the gap?
With skills shortages threatening the sector how can we make sure that the best and brightest women are being encouraged to join the world of construction?
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