All Features articles – Page 225
-
FeaturesOn track for a good year?
Indicators for Q1 2014 show the economy began the year strongly, but the challenge remains to ensure the growth is sustainable. Michael Dall presents highlights of Barbour ABI’s latest monthly Economic Construction Market Review, with a special focus on the infrastructure sector
-
FeaturesSketch of the week: Luxor
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch was drawn by Bryan Avery, principal of Avery Associates Architects
-
FeaturesAgenda 15: What's the big idea?
Want a say in shaping the future of the construction sector? With Agenda 15, Building is gathering the most important policy proposals for the next UK government to address. From infrastructure to environmental issues, it’s a chance to have your voice heard - but hurry, submissions close on 13 June ...
-
FeaturesICE London Engineering Awards winners: Capital schemes
Transport infrastructure projects feature heavily among the winners of this year’s ICE London Engineering Awards. Thomas Lane reports on the ambitious engineering and sheer inventiveness of the developments that aim to make life easier for Londoners
-
FeaturesCPD 12 2014: Reducing NOx air pollution
Across Europe, levels of air pollution remain unacceptably high. This CPD module, sponsored by Icopal, examines air quality targets and the role that building designers can play in hitting them
-
FeaturesIs BIM ready to stand alone?
The industry has made great strides in adopting BIM since the government said it would be a compulsory part of public sector work by 2016. However, news the task group driving uptake is soon to be wound down is shaking confidence that the deadline will be hit
-
FeaturesGlobal infrastructure: Comparing costs across countries
Calculating what projects cost in different parts of the world can be fraught with problems, including difficulties in comparing like for like across regions and fluctuating exchange rates. Turner Townsend has adopted a purchasing parity power methodology to arrive at intelligent comparisons of international costs
-
FeaturesVideo: Ecobuild 2014
Watch highlights from this year’s Ecobuild event which took place 4-6 March at the ExCeL, London
-
FeaturesUp where the air is clear
Heneghan Peng’s new Department of Architecture and Landscape for the University of Greenwich will host 14 roof gardens, including ponds, teaching spaces, beehives and even a couple of vineyards
-
FeaturesWhat to specify: Roofing products
This week’s round-up of roofing products and materials takes in PV panels on a primary school in Wales, an aluminium roof on a venue for the Sochi Winter Olympics, and refurbishment of Edinburgh University
-
FeaturesWhat next for Balfour Beatty?
The UK’s biggest contractor appears to have slipped into crisis with a profit warning, the departure of the chief executive and £400m wiped off the firm’s value. So, what is Balfour Beatty’s next move?
-
FeaturesInfographic: Future of the office
How much space do tenants in different industries need and how is this changing?
-
FeaturesWhy is talking about mental health taboo in construction?
As Building launches its Building A Better Balance initiative, shining the spotlight on the hidden concerns of construction workers, we focus on a serious health and safety issues facing the industry: depression, anxiety and stress-related illness
-
FeaturesCPD 11 2014: Specifying rooflights
The latest in our series of CPD modules examines the key issues when selecting a rooflight, including the different types of glass and operating systems, as well as relevant standards and testing procedures
-
FeaturesSketch of the week: the Shard (in Melbourne)
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch comes from engineering consultant AKT II
-
FeaturesWhitmore Park Primary School, Coventry: Examination time
All eyes are on the newly opened Whitmore Park Primary School in Coventry, the first completion under the government’s Priority School Building Programme. So how exactly was it built in just 47 weeks, for £4.8m?
-
FeaturesCountry focus: France
The pace of recovery, both in construction and in the wider economy, remains stubbornly slow across the Channel. Charlotte Ho-Souto of Arcadis EC Harris and Barbra Carlisle of EC Harris examine the dynamics driving the French building sector
-
FeaturesInterview: Colette O'Shea
Land Securities’ Colette O’Shea is about to take over the presidency of the British Council for Offices. And she has a thing or two to say about how parts of the development industry have lost sight of the most important people - the occupiers of the buildings themselves
-
FeaturesSketch of the week: The Reorganisation of Homs City Centre
Ammar Azzouz submits a drawing from his days studying architecture in Homs, Syria, before the war brought death and destruction to the city
-
FeaturesThe new Part L: Small steps and giant leaps
The delayed changes to Part L have come into force at last, but debate rages over whether they go far enough and what their impact on the housebuilding and insulation industries is likely to be. Chris Wheal examines the drawbacks and the benefits