All Buildings, Design and Specification articles – Page 48
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NewsGovernment announces fire safety form exemption for buildings without cladding
Deal with RICS agreed over weekend
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NewsArchitects and engineers on notice for £600m Leeds hospital jobs
Shortlists due out next January
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NewsWork finally starts on viewing platform at York landmark
Controversial scheme at city’s 13th century Clifford’s Tower revised after original proposal prompted heritage backlash
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NewsDecision to manipulate test report for Grenfell insulation made by senior management, inquiry hears
Former Celotex employee admits he should have challenged move
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NewsFeilden Clegg Bradley wins Paradise office contest
Architect beats three others to land Birmingham job
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CommentA green industrial revolution implies radical change that we haven’t seen yet
Boris Johnson has admirable aspirations but we all need to up our game to make net zero a reality, says Cundall’s Alan Fogarty
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NewsNearly half of high-rise buildings fitted with Grenfell cladding still have some in place
Government data says 17 buildings still have no plan at all to deal with problem
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NewsGovernment’s ‘green industrial revolution’ does not go far enough, industry says
Longer term plan needed, trade bodies say
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NewsGrenfell insulation firm ‘took advantage’ of confused building control staff
Former Celotex product manager admits he did not correct misunderstanding made by LABC
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FeaturesWith design, the devil is in the detail
Seemingly straightforward facades like this one at Lincoln Square can develop into highly complex systems requiring extensive secondary supporting structures and bespoke fixings, explains Szerelmey
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Information - BuildingOn demand | In conversation with Jerry Tate
On demand | Building Design’s Elizabeth Hopkirk speaks to Tate Harmer partner Jerry Tate
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NewsGrenfell insulation manufacturer ‘completely unethical’, inquiry hears
Former Celotex product manager says company exploited ‘ignorance’ of construction firms
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NewsDozens of firms win spots on £800m energy efficiency framework
Four year framework launched by LHC
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FeaturesRethinking Design: How the pandemic transformed healthcare
In the second in our series on rethinking building design in the wake of the pandemic, Jordan Marshall reports on a booming healthcare sector and the government’s ambitious health infrastructure plans
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FeaturesHow the Grange University Hospital opened four months early
Using design for manufacture and assembly, Laing O’Rourke has delivered a major new hospital in Wales under budget and four months early – no wonder the government is looking to use it as a model for its hospital building programme. Thomas Lane reports
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NewsInsulation panels used on Grenfell failed fire test, inquiry hears
Manager at manufacturer Celotex admits marketing of product used in tower’s refurbishment was misleading
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NewsAHMM’s £200m makeover of historic Berkeley Square office building approved
Construction at Lansdowne House set to start in 2022