All articles by Thomas Lane – Page 15
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FeaturesBirmingham New Street: Quite a journey
Getting the trains to run on time is one thing, but running to the timetable on a project the size of the £700m refurbishment of Birmingham New Street - while keeping the existing station fully operational - is something else entirely. Thomas Lane jumps on board
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FeaturesHouse of straw
An affordable co-ownership scheme made of straw is proving highly energy efficient
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FeaturesThe ICE Awards 2013
In 2012 London took on the huge logistical challenge of hosting the Olympics, but its ambitions did not stop there. Thomas Lane highlights the feats of engineering that are changing the face of the capital and that are this year’s winners of the ICE Awards
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FeaturesSustainable Project of the Year
Eight buildings are competing for the title of Sustainable Project of the Year in the 2013 Building Awards. Here’s this year’s shortlist
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CommentEcobuild: A great deal to talk about
Ecobuild 2013 will tackle a range of urgent issues, but the Green Deal will take centre stage
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FeaturesGreen for Growth: Zero-carbon homes
The industry needs some clarity on carbon reduction targets. Building looks at three examples of low and zero-carbon housing
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FeaturesThe Place to be
The Shard may have attracted all the attention in the last year but its little sister, The Place, represents just as accomplished a technical feat
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FeaturesSustainability in India: Growing pains
Construction is booming in India, but what chance is there the country can build sustainably?
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FeaturesStreatham Hub: How to build an ice rink above a swimming pool
Streatham Hub in south London contains not only a supermarket, apartments and a bus station, but a first-floor ice rink above a heated pool
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CommentGreen is gold
Next year’s Ecobuild will be the biggest yet, with an added focus on commercial property
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FeaturesSiemen's Abu Dhabi HQ
Technology giant Siemens developed one LEED Platinum-rated office in London, and is now trying to replicate this success - in the Abu Dhabi desert
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FeaturesPassivhaus for dummies
An off-site Passivhaus solution has been developed that can, its maker claims, be put up by anyone able to hold a hammer. Thomas Lane reports
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FeaturesLeeds Arena: Big noise in the city
How Bam kept the noise down in the 12,500-seat arena in Leeds city centre
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FeaturesSouthend Pier Cultural Centre: Out on a limb
How do you carry out a construction project more than a mile out to sea during one of the wettest, windiest summers on record? Well, Kier’s approach to the £3m Southend Pier Cultural Centre job was to build it somewhere else
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FeaturesBIM: The inside story one year on
Building caught up with the team on the Manchester library refurb project to see if BIM was everything they hoped it would be
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FeaturesRetrofit reality check
A test to measure heat loss in refurbished homes shows a worrying gulf between predictions for energy efficiency and reality
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NewsFuel cell-powered home on market
Crest Nicholson development offers first home powered by fuel cell, whilst E.ON looks to distribute system
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FeaturesHousing Design Awards 2012: Quality streets
Our technical editor’s take on the five winning schemes in this year’s Housing Design Awards
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FeaturesRope trick: Thames cable car
An ambitious plan to build a cable car over the Thames was up against some seriously tough technical challenges, not to mention the dreaded jinx of the Greenwich peninsula. Building finds out whether they pulled it off. Photography by Tim Crocker
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FeaturesThe Mary Rose museum: Hidden treasure
The Mary Rose museum is ready for fit-out but to get to this point the contractor had to build around the ancient hull, keeping it at a constant temperature to allow restoration to be uninterrrupted. Thomas Lane found out how the team handled an historic gem