More Focus – Page 367
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FeaturesA sunny reception
Building’s annual meeting of politicians, peers and top executives at the House of Commons
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FeaturesA profession on the rise
Five years ago, project managers were regarded as pen-pushers – now they are seen as indispensable. So how much work is out there and who is winning the bulk of it?
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FeaturesTalking shop
Three young and thrusting managers at Bovis Lend Lease chat to Victoria Madine over coffee
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FeaturesHead first
Former headmistress Valerie Bragg has been a leading player in implementing Labour’s schools strategy. Here she tells us about why architecture doesn’t really matter – and how she got on with Norman Foster at the Bexley academy.
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FeaturesNational treasure
Feilden Clegg Bradley’s headquarters for the National Trust is a model of crisp, functional architecture wedded to sustainable design. Martin Spring takes the train to Swindon to explain how it was done.
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Lead times
Despite strong order books and activity levels, most lead times are staying put, says Rob Darrow of Mace.
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FeaturesBuilding triumph at Highbury
Building magazine win the Willmott Dixon London 5-a-side cup at the fifth time of asking.
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Costs: Lighting systems
Good lighting design can give retailers a competitive advantage as well as being energy efficient. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans looks at the whole-life costs of common lighting options
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FeaturesThe eternal brick
Dan Cruickshank recalls discovering in his travels ancient brick buildings that are testament to the material’s incredible durability
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A building in a bag
Two students at the Royal College of Art have come up with a brilliant idea for erecting durable, lightweight housing in disaster areas using a footpump and a sackful of ‘Concrete Canvas’
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FeaturesThe £30m baby
Bison’s new Derbyshire factory contains (probably) the most advanced hollowcore flooring equipment in the world. So what’s so special about it? And why is this the right time to bring it on stream?
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FeaturesSpecial brew
As work draws to a close on the third and final stage of Barratt’s three-year, £60m Brewery Wharf apartment development in Leeds city centre, Paul Russell examines the challenges that were overcome to create this striking monument to contemporary urban living
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FeaturesL stands for Elcon
A concrete building system that died a death in Britain in the 1970s, and then proved immensely popular in the rest of the world, is about to be given a second chance
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FeaturesUnder fire
How good is structural steel at resisting fires in high-rise buildings? The destruction of the Windsor Torre skyscraper in Madrid and the latest findings into the collapse of the World Trade Centre throw new light onto this crucial question.