More Focus – Page 116
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FeaturesElection special: Now listen here...
Company chiefs and heads of industry bodies from across the sector set out their messages to the prime minister
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FeaturesElection 2015: What happens in a hung parliament?
With all predictions pointing to a hung parliament, what could happen after the election?
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Walls, ceilings & partitions
This week’s walls, ceilings and partitions products include curtain walling for an Eiffel-tower inspired building in Singapore and external wall insulation for a residential estate in Clackmannan
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FeaturesInterview: Robin Butler
Developer Urban Civic plans to build 40,000 homes on difficult, large sites - and after a key acquisition, looks well on the path to achieving that. We meet MD Robin Butler as he scours the land for housebuilders
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FeaturesFloating voters: The next government’s priorities need to be …
This week two members of our panel of floating voters highlight vital areas of construction policy that will require the attention of the next government, whatever its political make-up
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FeaturesLead times: January - March 2015
Lead times continue to increase with eight trades on the rise and no reported decreases. Some packages have increased more than once in the last 12 months
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FeaturesParliamentary renovations: Houses of cards
The Houses of Parliament are in desperate need of repair. With just 20 years of life left within their crumbling walls, proposals for renovation are being drawn up
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FeaturesElection special: The parties compared
With less than a week to go until the election, and all parties having finally published their manifestos, how do the parties line up on the key issues for construction?
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FeaturesFloating voters: Which way are you leaning?
This week we catch up with our panel of floating voters, first selected during the 2010 election, to ask what they think the different parties offer the industry and who they are intending to vote for this time around
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FeaturesEric Pickles' letter to the construction industry
Conservative party’s secretary of state responds to Building’s manifesto aims
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FeaturesNigel Farage’s letter to the construction industry
Leader of UKIP responds to Building’s manifesto aims
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FeaturesBuilding Award Winners: Specialist Contractor of the Year
All of the nominees for this year’s specialist contractor category have experienced impressive growth in recent years, with the winner showing true innovation in its work
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FeaturesBuilding Award Winners: Building Magazine Project of the Year
This category included a number of high-profile schemes but was ultimately won by a refurb project that has transformed a dated office building into a landmark ‘business hotel’
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FeaturesBuilding Award Winners: Small Project of the Year (up to £5m)
The overall winner of this category was a pioneering London housing project, built over an old garage court, which aims to replace anonymity with intimacy and connectivity
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FeaturesBuilding Award Winners: International Project of the Year
These projects from around the world demonstrate exceptional design, innovative sustainability measures and aim to inspire the cities they inhabit - as this year’s winner did in Canberra, Australia
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FeaturesBuilding Award Winners: CITB Training Initiative of the Year
This year’s shortlisted training initiatives take focus on safety, customer satisfaction and leadership aspects of development, with the results of one scheme proving particularly impressive
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FeaturesBuilding Award Winners: Sustainable Project of the Year
A broad portfolio of major projects, bumper financial results and a commitment to staff training and development have given Core Five the entrepreneurial clout to take the top prize
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FeaturesBuilding Award Winners: BIM Initiative of the Year
This category acknowledges those companies that have gone the extra mile to integrate BIM into the everyday fabric of their business, with the winner ensuring that all staff get hands on with the technology
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FeaturesBuilding Award Winners: Construction Client of the Year
Argent has become synonymous with high-profile city centre regeneration projects, such as London’s King’s Cross, which it pulls off with style - so not surprisingly the best in the industry are lining up to work with this client
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FeaturesBuilding Award Winners: The Test of Time
These projects employed bold design features that have seen the finished articles flourish, particularly when it comes to meeting their ambitious sustainability targets