All Features articles – Page 254
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FeaturesProjects of the year: Biggest false dawn
The new-build City office market promised a lot at the start of the year but projects have since stalled or remain empty
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FeaturesProjects of the year: Best boat-inspired building
There were three big boat-related events in 2012 but the award for the best themed building has to go to the Mary Rose Museum
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FeaturesProjects of the year: Most austerity-friendly project
There can be few more appropriate models for the straitened times in which we live than standardised schools
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FeaturesProjects of the year: Most ambitious railway project
The King’s Cross western concourse marked a milestone for the UK railway sector
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FeaturesProjects of the year: Most technically ambitious project
Temperatures of 150,000,000ºC are just one challenge the world’s first commercial nuclear fusion reactor faced
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FeaturesReview of the year: Acquisitions, restructures and collapses
A look back at the reshuffles of Balfour Beatty, Davis Langdon and in government; plus the major collapses and acquisitions of the year
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FeaturesTriumph and disaster: The 2012 review
In 2012, the UK construction industry faced up to an onslaught of cuts, U-turns, stalled projects and financial collapses, while also demonstrating how to put on the greatest show on Earth. Building looks back on an extraordinary year
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FeaturesQuotes of the year 2012
The year’s best quotes from Building, including Berkeley MD Rob Perrins on working with Tony Pidgley, Mott MacDonald’s Keith Howells on Star Wars, and Ray O’Rourke on UK work culture
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FeaturesBIM special report: The clouds roll in
Autodesk reckons that cloud-based products are ‘the biggest thing to happen in computing since the PC’ and could transform the use of BIM. Ike Ijeh went to the software company’s recent conference in Las Vegas to find out more
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FeaturesJoie de vives
Zaha Hadid’s Pierresvives council building in the French city of Montpellier relies on concrete to solve a range of structural and environmental challenges, as well as providing a spectacular geometric facade
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FeaturesSustainability in India: Growing pains
Construction is booming in India, but what chance is there the country can build sustainably?
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FeaturesThe tracker: Delicate recovery
Activity is increasing at its highest rate since May 2010, but bad weather and labour shortages are taking their toll, according to the latest figures from Experian Economics
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FeaturesHousebuilders' pay: Quite a bonus
Housebuilders are bucking the trend and doing rather well - in fact, they’re even getting bonuses
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FeaturesRamboll interview: Back to black
For a man who has a one million pound hole to fill, Steve Canadine, boss of Ramboll’s UK arm, doesn’t seem particularly worried
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FeaturesHousebuilders Salary Survey 2012: The results
Check your salary against the national average, compare bonuses with previous years and discover the market sentiment
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FeaturesGlobal Clients Group: Now we're 10
The Global Clients Group now has four prestigious new members. So who are they, and how are they addressing sustainability?
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FeaturesDesperately seeking funding
Will the promising romance between pension funds and infrastructure projects work out?
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FeaturesCost model: London prime residential
The top end of the capital’s residential market is booming. Joseph Blythe of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, with contributions from CBRE and Darling Associates, looks at the factors that are driving the market and the key financial considerations for future developments
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FeaturesInterview: Rob Tincknell, Battersea Power Station
Rob Tincknell is the man tasked with bringing an end to decades of disappointment at Battersea Power Station
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FeaturesTop Specialists 2012
Are things getting better for specialists or are there just fewer firms around to compete? Our tables reveal who’s won what this year