All Features articles – Page 139

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    Sketch of the week: Lower Park Row, Bristol

    2017-10-06T06:00:00Z

    This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is a ceramic piece by Martin Douglas, associate director at Pad Design

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    This week in 2002

    2017-10-06T06:00:00Z

    The ɫTV Awards projects shortlist display the “highest functionality and aesthetics”, but this design brief was something else…

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    Housing: the backlash begins

    2017-10-06T00:01:00Z

    A proposal to bring in an objective calculation of how many homes each council must build is ruffling feathers in Tory heartlands and traditional Labour councils alike. But will a politically fragile government risk pushing through a policy that’s unlikely to do much to boost housing growth?

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    Birmingham-Manchester corridor: our trends in the North

    2017-10-05T06:00:00Z

    As work on HS2 gathers pace, one regional venture aims to capitalise on the potential to build in the Birmingham-Manchester corridor

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    Online poll: Delivering homes

    2017-10-04T08:45:00Z

    Will the government’s proposed new calculation for housing need in each council area help deliver homes where they are most needed?

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    What to specify: Healthcare

    2017-10-04T06:00:00Z

    Colourful walls and glazing to cheer up hospital environments, a secure fencing system for a mental healthcare setting and a web-based key system are among the products featured this week

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    ɫTV Awards Project of the Year 2017 shortlist: Part 2

    2017-10-04T06:00:00Z

    The shortlisted entries for this year’s ɫTV Awards Project of the Year aspire to the very highest functionality and aesthetics

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    ɫTV Awards Project of the Year 2017 shortlist: Part 1

    2017-10-03T13:49:00Z

    The shortlisted entries for this year’s ɫTV Awards Project of the Year aspire to the very highest functionality and aesthetics

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    Tracker: August 2017

    2017-10-03T11:02:00Z

    The total activity index rose by four points in August. The R M index fell by a point, staying just inside positive territory 

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    ɫTV intelligence: Q2 2017

    2017-10-03T10:08:00Z

    Although uncertainty continues to mount since the Brexit vote, the private housing sector fared better in the second quarter

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    Sketch of the week: Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire

    2017-09-29T06:00:00Z

    This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Terry Morley, partner in Holder Mathias. 

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    Image of the week: How continental

    2017-09-29T06:00:00Z

    European Council president Donald Tusk and UK prime minister Theresa May greet at Downing Street

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    This week in 2007

    2017-09-29T06:00:00Z

    As we report on how government is failing to agree on the best way to renovate the Houses of Parliament while time and money mounts, ɫTV feels this little gem from 10 years ago is most appropriate

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    In pictures: ɫTV Awards 2017 shortlist

    2017-09-28T16:06:00Z

    Last week the companies and individuals shortlisted for the 2017 ɫTV Awards were invited to a reception at ɫTV’s HQ, 240 Blackfriars, to celebrate their achievements.

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    Palace of Westminster: stopping the rot

    2017-09-28T07:01:00Z

    The creaky old Palace of Westminster is now in a state of dangerous disrepair – but political concerns around the timing of renovation work mean a start date keeps slipping further into the never never. 

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    Play house

    2017-09-28T06:30:00Z

    Lego’s new showpiece attraction in Billund, Denmark, combines exhibition space and the Lego experience in a building designed by Bjarke Ingels Group to reflect the company’s core values and its concept of play.

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    Flick of a switch

    2017-09-28T06:00:00Z

    Making a change and pursuing a new career path can be daunting. How open is the construction industry to new recruits who have little or no sector-specific experience?

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    CPD 18 2017: Costing structural steelwork

    This module, sponsored by Steel for Life, outlines the key cost drivers that must be considered in order to tailor cost information on structural steel to specific projects

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    Sustainability - office energy saving

    2017-09-27T15:34:00Z

    As the introduction of the MEES regulations draws closer, it can be difficult to know which energy-saving measures offer the best returns in commercial buildings

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    Online poll: PFI problems

    2017-09-27T10:28:00Z

    Is it time to bring PFI contracts under government control?