All Buildings, Design and Specification articles – Page 44
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FeaturesProcurement update: increasing productivity
Design, procurement and construction processes have become more complex over time, and the added complications of covid-19 and Brexit have piled on the pressure. Steve Watts of Alinea examines in detail the factors affecting productivity and considers how we can bring about improvements to get more for less
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FeaturesSpecifier: Covid-safe technology
In the wake of covid-19, it is clear that infection control needs to become integral to buildings – as well as to construction sites. David Ludlow surveys some innovative products that can help protect against virus transmission
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NewsGreen light for TfL’s largest ever housing scheme
HOK-designed west London development will feature 850 homes
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FeaturesCost model: Repurposing offices to labs
The need for laboratory space is soaring, driven by the booming life sciences sector. For developers and landlords hit by declining demand for offices, this provides an opportunity. Aecom’s Alison Wring assesses the cost considerations of repurposing offices for laboratory use and provides a typical cost breakdown
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NewsMcAlpine finally set to start troubled £70m Leeds housing scheme
Scheme has been delayed by Brexit, the collapse of Carillion and covid-19
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NewsWates gets planning green light for Oxford uni’s biggest ever project
Work on £200m scheme to start this summer
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FeaturesBarts Square: a bold piece of history in the making
Barts Square is a mixed-use development in the City of London that features modern and traditional styles wholly in keeping with surroundings that date back a thousand years. It is almost as if it has always been there
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NewsFinal bill for Nightingale hospitals to top £500m
Government had previously only revealed a total programme build cost of £220m
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FeaturesRunning on empty: whatever happened to the Nightingales?
The Nightingale hospitals, built in record time, were a proud moment for construction. But with patient numbers overwhelming the NHS, Elizabeth Hopkirk asks why they never fulfilled their original promise
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FeaturesRethinking Design: what’s the word on the street with retail?
With the impact of the pandemic expected to last for years, retailers and shoppers will be adjusting to changes long after covid has been contained. Sector experts talk about what we can expect
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NewsModular housebuilder poaches Airbus executive for digital technology drive
Goldman Sachs-backed start-up says use of data will transform manufacturing process
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FeaturesIdentifying and mitigating roof fire risk
Will Wigfield, product manager for flat roofs at Rockwool UK, discusses the implications of roof fires and shares best practice advice on how to manage the risk
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NewsShot in the arm as Scott Brownrigg’s military medicine museum approved
Complex to relocate to Cardiff from current Aldershot base
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NewsBellway’s 500-home Ebbsfleet scheme approved
Development is latest approval for Ebbsfleet Garden City
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NewsGreen light for Manchester developer’s £50m apartment blocks
Mulbury to build 300 homes across two blocks close to the city centre
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NewsMore work awarded at £1bn Stratford Waterfront
Danish facade specialist HS Hansen wins £10m windows job
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FeaturesQatar gets Lean for the 2022 World Cup
Al Wakra will be a major destination during the 2022 World Cup
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CommentNet zero needs a design aesthetic
Would a modern twist on the Bauhaus vision help to inspire and transform, asks Elaine Toogood