All Features articles – Page 423
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Features‘Start your day by making the call you don't want to make’
HOW THEY MADE IT - This month’s words of wisdom come from David Bucknall, one of the best known QSs in the industry and a man with nearly half a century’s experience
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FeaturesThe bicycle diaries
London mayor Ken Livingstone is trying to persuade people to undertake more cycle journeys, but how viable is it to rely on your bike in the capital? We challenged four readers to find out
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FeaturesAnthony Minghella
The director’s latest film stars Jude Law as a designer whose life twists out of control after he opens an office in King’s Cross. Sonia Soltani finds out what happens when Hollywood tackles love, crime and regeneration
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FeaturesAggressive treatment
Zaha Hadid’s Maggie centre is a steel-and-glass composition set in grassy parkland. Martin Spring admires the dynamism, but wonders if it’s quite what the brief called for …
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FeaturesTrench to bow out after WYG deal
One of Britain’s best known project managers prepares to retire after 30 years
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FeaturesWhat to remember: Cladding/curtain walling access
Access for repair and maintenence must be taken into account when specifying cladding and curtain walling. Peter Caplehorn of Scott Brownrigg outlines the considerations
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FeaturesFour months ago Building launched the 99% Campaign to improve energy efficiency in existing buildings.
Now two reports have backed our call for financial incentives for building owners. The question is: what would work?
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Lead times July-September 2006
In the latest quarterly update on lead times, Tony Gale of Mace reports on dramatic rises in two packages
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FeaturesCost model: Hotels
A hotel lives and dies on the quality of its service, but that relies on constructing the right kind of environment in the first place. Neal Kalita of Davis Langdon breaks down the costs
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Work in progress rules for accounts
How rules have changed regarding how work in progress is shown in company accounts
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Expiring CIS cards
What to do under new CIS rules if a subcontractor is employed with a CIS card which is due to expire in 2007
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FeaturesOff to a trying start …
The stadium is the subject of a row before its design is even begun and the client’s chairman has departed in mysterious circumstances … Vikki Miller reports on the difficult early days of the London Olympics
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FeaturesTools for schools
A mobile workshop is bringing an ‘Aladdin’s cave’ of tools to the chosen few at five Surrey schools, giving them a real taste of the building site
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FeaturesStepping out of the shadows
Mark Prisk’s pledge to overhaul the regs has shed some light on the Tory agenda
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FeaturesMoving message
Andrew Pears’ Cafe Van tours sites spreading the sustainable construction word with toasted sandwiches and tea
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FeaturesA man of principle
Broadcaster Jon Snow may be better known for his loud ties than his knowledge of architecture and sustainability, but that is what he will be speaking about at the RIBA conference in Venice this weekend. Vikki Miller met the man who had a say in the commissioning of the Tate ...
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FeaturesThis is madness
On the average job, contractors happily chuck away enough recyclable material to triple their profit. But not for much longer, if the DTI, environmental responsibility and economic sanity have any bearing on the matter.
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FeaturesHome from home
Squashed and sweating in protective clothing for 10 hours at the scene of an emergency was the final straw for Bob Jones. He demanded a refuge – a van he could call his own