All Features articles – Page 535
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Now for the science bit …
This composite crane's eye view of Zaha Hadid's Wolfsburg Science Centre in Saxony shows that laying a floor has rarely been more complex
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FeaturesTower of Babble
As the Swiss Re tower nears completion, the public is busy picking holes in the design and construction work. Building looks at how the erotic gherkin's dominant presence on the London skyline has inspired a wave of urban myths...
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FeaturesAfter the floodgates open
The biggest dam in the world, the Three Gorges in China, has started to turn the Yangtze into a 480 km long reservoir. As the water rises, Building considers the tasks still facing the Chinese: completing the dam and building three cities for 1.2 million displaced people
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Movers and makers
Brett Paving has opened its £6.7m block paving factory at Cliffe, in Kent. The company says the 2520 m2 facility is the largest of its type in Europe, and will increase the company's output by up to 60%. The company says the extra capacity is enabling it to launch several ...
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Just the job
Matthew Pullen of PFI consultant Rock explains why there's no time like the present to go into PFI work
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FeaturesGael warming
The forecast for the Hebrides is variable, to say the least. But for the inhabitants of the island of Tiree it is getting brighter, thanks to a sleek modernist ferry shelter
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Meet the board
Why is the construction industry facing a skills shortage? The answer may have something to do with the gentlemen at the top table
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FeaturesAn engineer's babelfish
We can create wonderfully powerful and detailed pictures of how buildings behave thanks to an irritatingly repetitive, tedious and costly modelling process. Now one company has found a way to make it all work better
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FeaturesSenseless acts of beauty Ltd
Britain's plazas are littered with bad public art commissioned by bureaucrats. Now, artists are collaborating with architects and developers right from a project's concept stage, and afterthoughts are being replaced by grand visions
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Cost update: June 2003
Davis Langdon & Everest focuses on how much to pay for structural steelwork and carcassing timber in three UK regions, and reports back on the latest pay deals – particularly for plumbers
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Movers and makers
Building products multinational Knauf has announced it intends to spend £20m on new drywall manufacturing facilities in the UK. The company said it was optimistic about the UK market, which is one of the largest drywall markets in Europe, and it anticipated increasing demand for plasterboard products as the industry ...
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Features(Where) The mummy lives
They may have taken longer to build than planned, but judging by their popularity, there's no curse on Crest Nicholson's Ingress Park homes. Josephine Smit talked to director Stephen Stone as he paid a call on one of the residents.
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FeaturesThe leveller
Julie Mellor, chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission, has construction's lousy record of recruiting women in her sights. But she's not out to give the industry a bashing: she has more subtle ways of making it see sense
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Learning the lingo
You hear those corporate catchphrases every day. You may even use them. But do you really know what they mean? Make sure with our jargon-busting guide to talking the talk
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FeaturesWe've got your results
The Cumberland Infirmary was the prototype PFI hospital, and therefore a test-bed for how well the private and public sectors work together. Building visited it three years after it opened and makes a disturbing diagnosis
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FeaturesHow low can he go?
Famed for an audacious, but failed, bid for Tay Homes, Country & Metropolitan boss Stephen Wicks had better luck with his acquisition of NorthCountry Homes. Now he's championing rock-bottom sale prices and planning his next buy. Josephine Smit met him.
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Steve Feery
Why break into the PFI market? It's too expensive and too risky – just stick to what you know