All Features articles – Page 158
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FeaturesDrones: Something in the air
Put it this way: would you rather inspect the slipform of a tall tower by dangling off the 45th storey or by sending up a drone to do the job?
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FeaturesContractor's results: Fighting fit?
The annual results of the big contractors have shown an industry in somewhat shaky shape to withstand the inevitable challenge of exiting the EU
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FeaturesCPD 6 2017: Sustainable steel buildings
Steel offers sustainability credentials through the whole life-cycle of a building, and is an excellent choice of framing material to deliver high-scoring BREEAM projects. This CPD module, sponsored by Steel for Life, outlines the main points to consider
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FeaturesBush Theatre: Open audition
In its renovation of west London’s Bush Theatre, Haworth Tompkins was asked to make the building and the theatre it contains accessible and approachable to all the local community. The result, says Ike Ijeh, is full of twists and turns
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FeaturesBuilding intelligence: Q4 2016
The UK economy has enjoyed four years of uninterrupted growth and GDP is higher than its pre-crisis peak in 2008 but the outlook for the next two years has weakened following the Brexit vote
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FeaturesTracker: February 2017
Activity growth in the sectors was positive this month, as the residential and non-residential indices both increased, and the total activity index recorded a significant improvement
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FeaturesCPD 5 2017: BIM levels of detail
Levels of detail define the content of a BIM project at different stages. This CPD, sponsored by Vectorworks, outlines the main points to consider
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Homes at Dunstall Farm
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Niamh Hession, associate at Pad Design
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FeaturesImage of the week: Get a dollop of that
Two winners of the next commissions for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square announced on Tuesday
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FeaturesThis week in 2002
Building wrote that the construction industry had finally worked out how to get its voice heard by government 15 years ago
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FeaturesIs nuclear in meltdown?
Work on Hinkley C’s construction may be about to start but hopes for a whole new fleet of power stations are at risk after a ‘crisis’ in market confidence triggered by EDF’s Hinkley delivery problems
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FeaturesMarket review: Earning more for less
The total value of construction contracts increased in February but the number of projects went down. Michael Dall discusses the highlights of Barbour ABI’s monthly Economic Construction Market Review
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FeaturesCarrowbreck Meadow: Passivhaus rules
A settlement of 14 Passivhaus homes, designed by Hamson Barron Smith, has been built in a Norfolk woodland. Ike Ijeh explains why observing this small project could provide the key to a scheme of nationwide significance
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FeaturesInfrastructure update: Digital Railway programme
A look at the challenges the Digital Railway programme faces, and how they can be overcome by good management, supply chain collaboration and a strong investment case
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Flooring
This week, new flooring solutions include a vinyl range targeting the education market, Forbury Place’s choice of access flooring in Reading and an aluminium decking system at Manchester’s XYZ building
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FeaturesCPD 4 2017: Insulated suspended floor systems
Insulated suspended flooring systems can be used in place of conventional beam-and-block to meet higher energy performance standards. This CPD, sponsored by Springvale, outlines the design considerations
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FeaturesImage of the week: Getting down to business
Visitors to this year’s annual Mipim conference, on Tuesday
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FeaturesThis week in 1997
The end of the financial year 1996/97 also brought low-level panic over tax policy
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FeaturesManifesto: Working for a better Brexit deal
Our Building a Better Brexit campaign asked over 2,000 construction professionals what could make leaving the EU work for them
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Barbican Centre
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by architect Benjamin Wall at LSI Architects