All Features articles – Page 192

  • Birmingham
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    BES: Birmingham or bust

    2015-10-15T06:00:00Z

    Birmingham council has scrapped its energy efficiency drive. We look at how the £1bn Birmingham Energy Savers scheme and the Green Deal’s fates were inextricably bound, and what the city’s options are now

  • hacking
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    ڶ hacking: Who's in control?

    2015-10-14T06:00:00Z

    As building management systems become a greater part of our daily lives, their susceptibility to cyber attack is ever increasing. How would your building handle getting hacked?

  • A “spirit of mutual trust and cooperation” is mandatory under NEC forms of contract
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    CPD 23 2015: Avoiding contract disputes

    2015-10-13T12:29:00Z

    Unless all parties understand where key responsibilities lie, a project can quickly unravel. This CPD, sponsored by QUALSURV International, highlights the major project roles, and areas of misinterpretation, under NEC contracts

  • Archive
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    This week in 1990

    2015-10-09T10:08:00Z

    Haymills’ chairman puts his questions to Tony Blair

  • San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
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    Sketch of the week: San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane

    2015-10-09T10:00:00Z

    This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Gian Kundi, partner in The Tooley and Foster Partnership

  • Manchester Victoria
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    Image of the week: North of Eden

    2015-10-09T09:30:00Z

    The revamped Manchester Victoria station reopened on Tuesday after a £44m upgrade

  • Nova Victoria
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    Victoria’s super Nova

    2015-10-09T06:00:00Z

    The £2.2bn Nova Victoria scheme was always going to be a star project. But, on a hemmed in space, it needed some special solutions to make it shine

  • Mark Leftly
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    Not plane sailing

    2015-10-08T06:00:00Z

    Labour conference showed the party is currently split into three significant factions

  • INDY
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    Can Corbynomics get Britain building?

    2015-10-08T06:00:00Z

    As the major influence on Jeremy Corbyn’s economic policy, Richard Murphy has had a lot to talk about over the last few months. But what might the much-trailed people’s QE mean for the construction industry?

  • Ducting
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    Bringing it all back home

    2015-10-07T12:46:00Z

    With some main contractors taking delivery expertise back in house in the hope it will reassure clients they can get the job done, Joey Gardiner asks if the subcontracting model has had its day

  • tarkett
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    What to specify: Healthcare

    2015-10-07T12:04:00Z

    Hospitals and healthcare facilities make very particular demands of products specified in their buildings

  • On this project for an insurance company, TP Bennett used Newforma software to allow its global team to collaborate using distributed data and systems
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    CPD 22 2015: Collaborative information management

    2015-10-06T15:46:00Z

    This CPD focuses on how one architecture practice, TP Bennett, addressed the challenges of managing project data. It is sponsored by Newforma

  • old-plant-room
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    Sustainability: Energy performance contracts

    2015-10-06T12:13:00Z

    Energy Performance Contracts are increasing in popularity as a way of delivering large-scale energy savings in existing buildings

  • Features

    The life of Riley

    2015-10-02T14:00:00Z

    Firms working with 125-year-old consultancy Henry Riley can expect more than personal service and quality - the relationship can last a lifetime

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    Nuclear haste

    2015-10-02T09:23:00Z

    The Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant is edging closer to reality, with backing from China. But the nearer it gets to going ahead, the greater the opposition gathering against it. Can the industry finally start believing it will happen?

  • Sketch London
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    Sketch of the week: Sky Garden view

    2015-10-02T09:21:00Z

    This week Philip Buckingham sketches a view of London from the Walkie Talkie’s Sky Garden

  • archive a dog nose best
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    From the Archives in 1990

    2015-10-02T09:21:00Z

    ڶ gets to know Sam, Scrappy and Goldie

  • Tate
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    Image of the week: Tate expectations

    2015-10-02T06:00:00Z

    Set to open in June 2016

  • uk housing © alamy
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    1 million homes: Hitting the mark

    2015-10-01T06:00:00Z

    Housing minister Brandon Lewis has publicly stated that he wants to see over one million homes built in the next five years. But can the sector meet this challenge?

  • Features

    ڶ intelligence: Q2 2015

    2015-09-30T11:36:00Z

    The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show that total construction output remained flat over the quarter, but registered above levels recorded for the same period last year. Experian Economics reports