All Features articles – Page 306
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Features2012 countdown: The stadium
One year from now, the 80,000-seat Olympic stadium has to be ready. Will it make it?
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2012 countdown: It starts here …
Forget the World Cup. The biggest show on Earth is the Olympics, and the good news is we’ve already won it
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Features2012 countdown: Jonathan Edwards and the Olympic village
Don’t worry. Jonathan Edwards hasn’t fallen on hard times since winning gold at Sydney in 2000. Rather, Locog is using his expert knowledge to help with the delivery of the £1bn Olympic village, right down to the fixtures and fittings
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Features2012 countdown: The velodrome
The plan with the velodrome was to make it as lean as a racing bike, says Chris Wise, one of its designers
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Features2012 countdown: The Games in numbers
The sheer scale of the 2012 project makes it a statistician’s dream. Here are a few figures, from the biggest buildings to the barest bones …
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FeaturesGreen FIZZ: Coca-Cola's Spanish HQ
Coca-Cola’s new Spanish HQ is refreshingly eco friendly and even boasts a LEED ’gold’ certification
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FeaturesCosts and challenges of biodiversity planning
Dormice are protected, frogs need water and bats return after removal – just some of the challenges in dealing with British fauna and flora
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FeaturesElectrical Contractors Association: Precedent Johnson
Diane Johnson is the ECA’s first woman president.What’s she got planned for her year at the helm?
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FeaturesCan you arrange these tiles to make a coherent company?
Bovis UK has just lost its third chief executive in four years, its relationship with its Australian parent is difficult and talk of a sale is in the air. Sarah Richardson looks at what is going wrong
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FeaturesThe 2010 consultants’ salary guide
This year’s Building/Hays Construction & Property pay guide tells a familiar story of cuts and freezes. Roxane McMeeken finds out who’s getting by on economy baked beans, and why employers might be about to get a lot of belly aching
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FeaturesMillennium projects: 10 years of good luck
From the wobbly Millennium Bridge to the infamous Spinnaker Tower and the runaway success of Tate Modern, fortune smiled on some millennium projects more than others. Ike Ijeh celebrates their 10th anniversary
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FeaturesIs it a crane? Is it a mobile access platform?
It’s both, apparently – or so these workers seem to think
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FeaturesFirst Impressions: Thomas Heatherwick’s Shanghai pavilion
Kingston University/Design Museum student gives his first impression direct from Shanghai
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FeaturesSealing strips
ISO-Chemie, maker of foam sealants, has launched ISO-Connect HB-Band, a permanent horizontal seal to prevent moisture transfer and rising damp between wall sole plates and foundation walls or floor slabs in timber-framed buildings
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Mechanical ventilation
Itho has launched a compact mechanical ventilation and heat recovery unit suitable for two to three bedroom apartments and houses
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Soffit insulation
Promat has launched Promat TLFR Board to complement its existing range of soffit insulation solutions
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FeaturesWoodfibre insulation
Natural Building Technologies’ Diffutherm woodfibre insulation system has received BBA accreditation for both masonry and timber-frame constructions
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Gas membrane
Construction membranes specialist Icopal has extended its range of gas membranes with the launch of the Monarflex CO2 membrane
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FeaturesThe Prince’s Trust: Helping young people Get into Construction
Construction wants to attract a diversified workforce, and many would-be workers are trying to get away from unemployment and crime. Sarah Richardson meetsMike Peasland, who’s helping the Prince’s Trust to help them do just that
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Precast concrete structure
Structherm Fastbuild is being used for the construction of 10 low-energy homes on the outskirts of Edinburgh