All Features articles – Page 353
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FeaturesThe dream factory: Architectural innovation in New York
From the days of the first skyscrapers, architectural innovation has always found a home in New York. Martin Spring looks at the latest eye-openers from the city that never sleeps
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FeaturesDear Alistair: Building's spending plan for the chancellor
The chancellor might be getting that sinking feeling, but there’s no reason to despair. In fact, his plan to bring forward 2011 spending might just work. Here Sarah Richardson and Stuart Macdonald offer him a few suggestions on how it would make all the difference
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FeaturesThe incident on 51st: Crane safety in New York
Since January, nine people have died in crane collapses in New York. The response? Tough safety rules, which the city council says will prevent death, and the industry says will make life impossible.
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FeaturesForeign cash builds up Kurdistan
Successful efforts to attract overseas investors have created a construction boom in this autonomous region of Iraq
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FeaturesDubai to tighten up its act on green regulations
Dubai is tackling its poor environmental image with a stronger line on sustainability
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FeaturesExpat survival guide to Portugal
Portugal has wads of EU cash to spend on infrastructure, and the salted cod balls are apparently delicious
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FeaturesSpotlight: Utilities
As a recent NFB survey has found, connecting your site to gas, water and electricity can be a real headache for contractors. Brian Moone and Bob Hollingsworth explain the form
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FeaturesData centres: pruning energy consumption
The next time you use Google, think of the vast amounts of power data centres use – 20 times that of a normal office. Stephen Kennett looks at what companies are doing to prune their consumption
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FeaturesPhase One Bristol: the west is the best
Phase One allows the industry’s latest recruits to make contacts, learn about its most exciting projects and, in the case of this one at Bristol, consider the building as enormous artwork.
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FeaturesWebmaster review: Eric Kuhne Associates website
Website civicarts.com shows off all the architect’s latest projects, including the giant Kuwaiti City of Silk
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Lead times: August-October 2008
The downturn continues to wield a considerable influence on lead times, with only concrete works reporting an increase since July. Brian Moone of Mace crunches the numbers
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FeaturesBuilding's 2008 Poker Kings tournament: three of a kind
Building’s 2008 charity poker tournament ended in a dramatic contest between the final trio of players
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FeaturesGeneration gripe 24.10.08
Fed up with eager young pups at work who don’t know they’re born? Or had enough of hearing how it was back in the old days? Email us with what’s bugging you about the other generations…
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The tracker: Still in the woods
Although some regions’ fortunes are looking up, activity continues to decline and it’s showing no signs of getting better, warns Experian Business Strategies
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FeaturesTreat your staff with honesty and humanity
Thousands of people have been made redundant in the past few months and more will probably follow. How should a good employer handle this painful process? Josephine Smit found out
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Rising damp
Manchester-born developer Urban Splash made its name building funky flats for trendy Northerners but the current climate hasn’t suited its business model. Muireann Bolger examines how it’s keeping its head above water
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FeaturesPlenty of countries for old men
Building’s second Good Employer Guide, published with this week’s issue, looks at how firms can help their staff to find their feet overseas. And, as Dean Gurden reports, this has become an increasingly tempting option for more experienced professionals
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FeaturesLean machine – Southwark council HQ
So many commercial developers crank out the same old generic office space. But here’s one that dares to be different. Stephen Kennett visits Southwark council’s low-energy headquarters in London – and, no, there’s not a false ceiling anywhere
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FeaturesCrumbling cookies
Your wallet may feel a bit light right now, but that’s just the way things are sometimes. Cheer up, put on a cuppa and mull over Guy Browning’s creative economies, starting with …
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FeaturesWe want to make a complaint – ConstructionSkills’ Mark Farrar interview
It seems that the industry is deeply unhappy with ConstructionSkills. Roxane McMeeken tells its new boss why – and asks him what he’s doing about it. Photographs by Tom Harford Thompson