All Features articles – Page 138
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Online poll: Carillion's dispute
Do fears over Carillion disputing bills with its suppliers justify renewed calls for project bank accounts on public sector jobs?
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Sketch of the week: Vertical workplace, Tooley Street, London
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Dan Cove, director at CoveBurgess Architects
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Image of the week: Blown away
Cork City FC’s football stadium was unfortunate enough to be in Hurricane Ophelia’s path of destruction
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CPD 20 2017: Specifying aluminium curtain walling
This module, sponsored by Reynaers, provides guidance on the different aluminium curtain walling systems available and their various merits
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Costing Steelwork 3: October 2017 - industrial
Costing Steelwork digital supplement - industrial focus
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Lara Poloni: Steady as she goes
As the new boss of Aecom’s EMIA operations, Lara Poloni intends to steer a course through uncertain waters by focusing on the firm’s development role and infrastructure opportunities
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Carillion: back to black?
Haemorrhaging both money and management, Carillion’s position evokes that of now-healthy Balfour Beatty three years back. What lessons can it learn from Balfour’s recovery?
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Project: Designer dome - the O2's recreation transformation
The original Millennium Dome’s latest incarnation is as a destination for recreation. Andy Pearson finds out how to build a retail outlet village in a tent
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Lead times: July-September 2017
Companies report being busier, and the lead times of several packages have changed but most have remained level, while little alteration is expected in the next six months
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Farmer Review one year on - how has the industry responded?
A year on from Mark Farmer’s dramatic warning that construction must modernise or die, how has the industry responded to the challenge?
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Sketch of the week: Duke of York Restaurant, King's Road
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Alan Dempsey, founding director at Nex Architecture
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Online poll: CITB reform
Do you think the CITB can reform enough to justify its renewed levy?
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Image of the week: Walk and talk
A ‘Smart Crossing’ prototype from Umbrellium, trialled at a tv studio in south-west London this week, could be the future of road safety
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Party conferences 2017 round-up: home truths
Did last week’s Conservative Party conference do enough to persuade the industry that the government has what it takes to solve the housing crisis?
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CPD 19 2017: Conflict avoidance and early intervention
Conflict is a common feature on construction projects, but addressing disputes as soon as they arise can reduce disruption and associated costs.
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Project: North West Cambridge Development
This £1bn development is Cambridge university’s answer to its critical housing shortage. Unusually, the university has taken on the role of developerÂ
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City focus: Kuala Lumpur
Elisabeth Selk and Girish Ramachandran of Arcadis consider the growth of Kuala Lumpur as an attractive FDI destination and its rapid transformation as Asia’s next major regional hubÂ
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Image of the week: The swing of it
Visitors get a playground-style workout on London’s South Bank at Tate Modern’s latest interactive installation