More Focus – Page 143

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    Roofing products

    2013-11-08T06:00:00Z

    This week’s roofing products cover hot melt waterproofing, Tudor downpipes, roofline profiles and, to top it all off, a Cornish hotel in Nairobi

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    HS2: Obstacles ahead

    2013-11-07T06:00:00Z

    What does the Labour Party’s ambivalence towards HS2 mean for those looking to work on the £43bn project?

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    Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre roof, Athens

    2013-11-07T06:00:00Z

    Athens’ vast £500m Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre is being crowned with a 10,000m2 ferrocement canopy, designed by Expedition Engineering. Why did the UK practice settled on this unusual choice of material?

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    Mean streets: Cyclists' safety

    2013-11-06T09:07:00Z

    Construction vehicles are responsible for a disproportionate number of cycling accidents each year - many of them fatal. What can the industry do to prevent more deaths?

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    Tracker: September 2013

    2013-11-04T11:56:00Z

    Indices for activity, orders and enquiries are all still in positive territory, but the growing problem of material and equipment shortages needs keeping an eye on

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    WWF HQ: 'Stringent is an understatement'

    2013-10-31T11:46:00Z

    At the World Wildlife Fund’s new HQ in Surrey, Willmott Dixon has taken sustainable construction to new levels of rigour, forensically tracking the carbon content of every single element, and even building an FSC-certified workshop on site. So has the result been worth it?

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    Fuel wars: Review of green charges

    2013-10-31T06:00:00Z

    The prime minister surprised everyone last week when he announced his desire to ‘roll back’ green charges on energy bills. So where does this leave the government’s energy efficiency policies?

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    Uphill all the way: Pre-commencement conditions

    2013-10-30T10:32:00Z

    Housebuilders are up in arms about councils’ use of pre-commencement conditions, which they say are holding back schemes that have been granted planning permission

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    Interview with Munish Datta, M&S

    2013-10-30T09:47:00Z

    Fresh from the success of the flagship Cheshire Oaks eco store, Munish Datta, the head of M S’ sustainability strategy, is thinking smaller…

  • AECOM Index Series (formerly Davis Langdon)
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    Market forecast: A confidence shift

    2013-10-30T06:00:00Z

    Leading indicators highlight renewed optimism. But don’t break open the champagne just yet …

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    Cladding products

    2013-10-25T06:00:00Z

    Our round-up of the latest solutions includes curtain walling for guide dogs, a flagship regeneration project in suburban Surrey and a cover-up at the Scottish Crime Campus…

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    'The Treasury still have a completely outdated view of sustainability'

    2013-10-25T06:00:00Z

    How should the government kick-start its stuttering sustainability policy? Building, Ecobuild and the UKGBC held three roundtables at three party conferences - and three common themes emerged

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    Good Employer Guide 2013: Seeds of contentment

    2013-10-25T06:00:00Z

    Despite the financial drought, many businesses have still found a way to nurture their best talent. We look at what the best companies are doing, and how

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    Good Employer Guide 2013: Small in size, big on ideas

    2013-10-25T06:00:00Z

    SMEs may not offer the fullest range of employee benefits and they certainly can’t sustain huge HR departments, but these restrictions can in fact make them very attractive employers

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    Foreign investment in housing

    2013-10-24T12:36:00Z

    With London house prices rising 10% this month and alarm that more people than ever are being priced out of home ownership, pressure is growing to clamp down on foreign investors

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    Cladding at Birmingham New Street

    2013-10-24T10:23:00Z

    Birmingham New Street station is being transformed by a curving steel cladding system, but attaching such an instantly iconic facade to an existing frame has thrown up a variety of structural challenges

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    Lead times: July - September 2013

    2013-10-24T06:00:00Z

    Most works packages continue to be unmoved, but increased activity means that some rises are expected in the months ahead. Brian Moone of Mace Business School summarises the data

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    Interview: Andrew Ridley-Barker, Vinci

    2013-10-23T11:53:00Z

    Vinci’s construction boss on why the firm is putting airports at the centre of its growth strategy

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    Danish Maritime Museum: Method in the Madness

    2013-10-21T17:15:00Z

    Bjarke Ingels Group Architects’ £34m Danish Maritime Museum has been built entirely underground - in a former dock in Elsinore. The challenge was building underneath the water level without Hamlet’s old castle sinking into oblivion

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    The commercial sector: Ready, steady …

    2013-10-18T06:00:00Z

    Optimism that the private commercial sector is bouncing back is growing - all we need now are some projects