All Features articles – Page 219
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FeaturesCPD 17 2014: BIM for small practices
As of 2016, all centrally procured government construction projects must implement level 2 BIM. Our latest CPD module, sponsored by Vectorworks, defines levels of BIM
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FeaturesWhat did Scotland ever do for architecture?
Scotland’s architectural pedigree goes back well before the 1707 Act of Union, and whatever the result of the referendum, its architects will continue to transform the built environment well beyond the bonnie braes of their homeland
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FeaturesProcurement on trial
Construction firms are increasingly emboldened to take the government to court over its procurement decisions, but who’s to blame?
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FeaturesSketch of the week: South Bank
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Roger Fitzgerald for charity Article 25’s annual 10x10 event
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FeaturesInterview: Gary Sullivan
Gary Sullivan, co-founder and chairman of Wilson James, explains what the army can teach construction
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FeaturesGetting there
While the economy is slowly returning to health, July did witness a slight decrease in construction levels
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FeaturesThe advantages of lime pozzolan
Lime pozzolan concrete’s environmental and flexibility advantages could make it a revolutionary replacement to conventional concrete types. But the foundations of this ‘new’ material can actually be traced back to ancient history
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FeaturesProcurement update
Construction is now 12 months into its recovery and project procurement has become much more challenging - even in the regions. SImon Rawlinson of EC Harris takes soundings from projects and considers the best options in a fast-moving market
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Portland Place
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Félicie Krikler, associate director at Assael Architecture.
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FeaturesAirports: Flights of fancy
Airports have become air-conditioned nightmares beset by security checks and endless queues. But some designers, intent on reviving the Golden Age of Aviation, have let their imaginations fly. Building looks at five of the newest terminals
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FeaturesThis week in 1914
This week, Britain commemorated the centenary of its entry into the First World War. See our article from 1914
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FeaturesEarls Court: That's show business
Plans to redevelop 77 acres of prime real estate in Earls Court - entailing the demolition of London’s landmark exhibition centre - have become mired in political wrangling. But is there really any doubt as to how it will end?
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Housing
This week’s housing products include the installation of Redland 49 roof tiles to prevent the vortex effect for homes under the Heathrow flight path and a 150 window replacement job for Kirklees council
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FeaturesCost model: The agile workspace
Office work has changed beyond recognition since Dolly Parton’s Nine to Five. But only now are offices being designed with as much flexibility as the workforce that uses them, write Ciaran Timpson, Nicola Gillen and David Thornley of Aecom
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FeaturesAgenda 15: Your views
The spotlight turns to sustainability policy and ways to promote longer-term infrastructure planning
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FeaturesSketch of the week: The Harley Gallery
This week’s Building sketch is by Hugh Broughton of Hugh Broughton Architects.
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FeaturesThis week in 1974
Newly elected RIBA vice-president Sydney Champan wrote a column challenging the abandonment of plans for the Thames Estuary airport in Building, 2 August 1974
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FeaturesAgenda 15: What you said
Building has been asking the construction industry what policies the next UK government needs to adopt - here we review your responses
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FeaturesThe sum of their parts: Mergers and acquisitions
There’s no guarantee that mergers will work out for the companies involved - we look at four of construction’s biggest deals
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FeaturesZaha Hadid: Softbridge Project, Oxford
The groves of academe have been buzzing with debate about Zaha Hadid’s Softbridge project, now on site at St Anthony’s college, Oxford. But for Bam’s engineering team constructing its cylindrical form in a desperately constrained site was an education in itself