All Features articles – Page 417
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Smoke and heat alarm
Aico has launched a smoke and heat alarm system with a remote control switch.
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Lead times October-December 2006
Most lead times are holding steady in the latest quarterly update by Tony Gale of Mace. Overleaf, Gordon Malcolm from the Museum of London Archaeology Service and Paul Barker of Gardiner & Theobald examine archaeological digs on construction sites
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FeaturesHello world, we are Nokia
Nokia’s global network of high-tech outlets is about to hit London. Katie Puckett went to Finland to see if they really make the Apple store look like ‘Little House on the Prairie’
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Features‘How could this happen in a civilised country?’
Last September, Liliana Alexa’s son Michael died while he was washing his car – the first member of the British public to be killed in a tower crane collapse. Angela Monaghan explains why a public register of crane safety checks is needed to ensure that he is the last.
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FeaturesDealer’s choice
As head of joint ventures at HBOS, Bruce Anderson has been busy building up stakes in housebuilders, and now has his sights set on Crest Nicholson. But if he’s right that in a few years’ time there’ll be only three housebuilders left, he may have the chance to spend more ...
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FeaturesWhat the sea brought in
Heatherwick Studio wanted its design for a beach cafe to look like something washed up on the shore. Beachcombers – plus the odd passing dog – will be handsomely rewarded.
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FeaturesProcurement: Employer’s agents
Many cost consultants and project managers have extended their involvement on projects by acting as the employer’s agent – a job that introduces a wide range of responsibilities. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon examines the role
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FeaturesEnergy rating issues: The window – a 21st century solution
Last week Building revealed that air-conditioned buildings could face a D rating when non-residential energy certificates are introduced next year. So does this mean the end of air-con? Or will tenants simply ignore the certificates when choosing their offices?
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FeaturesWhat to specify
Up on the roof, we’ve got glossy black tiles and red cedar shingles, cold roof systems and products to keep in the heat and block out the noise – and that’s before we even reach the dogs’ home ...
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FeaturesNorthern soul
Erick van Egeraat’s glass-fronted Institute of Modern Art has rejuvenated Middlesbrough’s barren public quarter
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FeaturesWho makes it
Jonathan Clemens, the managing director of Kalzip, explains why the firm justifies the title ‘the daddy of standing seam roofing’. For a full guide to suppliers of sustainability products, log on to www.building.co.uk/specifier
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FeaturesA rough guide to working life
Q: A group of students is staying behind at school to carry on studying. They say it’s a breath of fresh air and like the exams. Are they:
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FeaturesHave you got what it takes?
Clients have got a new way of testing the mettle of a bid team – by simulating a project that’s going up in smoke and down in flames and watching what happens next. Katie Puckett finds out how the process works – and how to beat it
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FeaturesGeorgious Washington
Roofing If you liked the British Museum’s Great Court roof, you’re going to love its designers’ spectacular covering for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
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FeaturesThe drive of your life
Breaking the stereotype of multistorey car parks as concrete monstrosities, Wilkinson Eyre’s latest project is as visually exciting as it is functionally efficient.
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FeaturesHere’s one way to cut traffic
A consolidation centre in south-east London has improved site efficiency and dramatically reduced vehicle movements. Thomas Lane looks at how it did it, and the chances of the idea catching on
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FeaturesWhat it costs: roof coverings
Reducing wind damage to roofs is one key to meeting the challenge of climate change. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans considers the whole-life costs of materials
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Buoyant mood
Last year ended with the construction industry in a buoyant mood and all signs point to further growth in 2007
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FeaturesOut of the blue ... and into the red
A furious argument is brewing in the Treasury over a surprise change to accounting rules that could suddenly dump billions of pounds of PFI liabilities in the government’s lap. Mark Leftly looks at what the rule says, and what it could mean for Gordon Brown
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Appointments
HousebuildersAntler Homes Southern has appointed Duncan Morris and Paul Osborne as land directors. Morris was previously with Michael Shanly; Osborne joins from Gladedale Homes.Consultants project management consultant ChandlerKBS has promoted Dylan Davies and Chris Hunt from associate to partner, and Julian Kelly from senior cost manager to associate. Faithful + ...