All Features articles – Page 136
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ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Awards 2017: Housing Project of the Year
Carrowbreck Meadow proves Passivhaus can still be achieved with a rustic architecture within a rural setting
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ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Awards 2017: Product Innovation of the Year
Leica Geosystems has made scanning ’easy and accessible’ to people at every level
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ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Awards 2017: Engineering Consultant of the Year
WSP’s pre-tax profit increased by 227% and it is a leader on the environmental agenda
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ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Awards 2017: Architectural Practice of the Year
JTP increased turnover in the face of Brexit and came third in ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV’s Good Employer Guide 2016
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ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Awards 2017: Construction Consultant / Surveyor of the Year (fewer than 100 staff)
Alinea’s income has grown by 28% to £10.5m in the last year
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ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Awards 2017: Construction Consultant / Surveyor of the Year (100 staff or over)
Ridge and Partners has worked on a range of impressive projects including a £330m Proton Beam Therapy developmentÂ
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ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Awards 2017: in pictures
This year’s ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Awards 2017 welcomed a full house to the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. Here’s a snapshot of the evening
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Online poll: The future of AI
This week’s poll: Will artificial intelligence ultimately help industry develop and innovate, or is it purely another method to cut costs?
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Sketch of the week: Marina Piccola, Capri
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Martin Douglas, associate director at Pad Design
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Budget 2017 preview: Something's gotta give
As the chancellor gears up for the Autumn Budget, he is under pressure to ease austerity, potentially taking the focus away from big-ticket construction projects. David Blackman reports on what the industry wants from the Budget versus what it is likely to see
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CPD 25 2017: Introduction to metal ceilings
Metal ceilings can be specified for a wide range of applications. This CPD, sponsored by Armstrong Ceiling Solutions, outlines their benefits, manufacture and installation
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This week in 2002
Interactions between government and home building firms in 2002 were a little more heated
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BIM survey 2017: Model answers
ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV’s annual BIM survey shows a growing gap between those embracing its potential and those still holding back. After a spike in interest coincided with last year’s BIM Level 2 mandate, take-up has slipped. But, Debika Ray reports, experts remain convinced that digitisation will continue apace
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Image of the week: Open house, but for offices
Source: McLaren McLaren Technology Group’s Woking headquarters, home to McLaren Racing, is one of 20 offices in and around London to open its doors next week in aid of Children in Need. Workplace Week, now in its sixth year, is an Advanced Workplace Associates (AWA) initiative. ...
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Construction 4.0: where are we now?
From drones that do site inspections, to exoskeletons that save construction workers from back injury, to algorithms that crunch building codes to churn out thousands of design variants, artificial intelligence is ushering in a fourth revolution in construction.
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Cost model: Office fit-out
Office occupiers and their employees are demanding space that supports new, more efficient ways of working, with a range of environments within a building tailored to different activities. What are the implications for workplace design and fit-out? Martin Kellett and Nicola Gillen of Aecom explain
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Online poll: Clean Growth Strategy
Should more construction companies follow Lendlease’s example and publish gender pay gap data before next April?
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CPD 24 2017: Automatic sprinkler systems and building design
This CPD, sponsored by the Business Sprinkler Alliance, assesses the impact of automatic sprinker systems on different building types
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Interserve counting the cost of energy-from-waste exit: where did it go wrong?
Interserve has admitted that the cost of quitting the energy-from-waste sector would cost it close to £200m. How on earth did it get into this mess?