All Features articles – Page 157

  • Marley-Alutec
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    What to specify: Roofing

    2017-01-05T06:00:00Z

    Manufacturers are keeping on top of roofing trends with products to suit all projects, from glass roof glazing to a ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Award-winning innovation

  • Manchester Victoria station was upgraded between 2013-2015
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    City focus: Manchester

    2017-01-05T06:00:00Z

    Ciara Walker and Jonathan Moore of Arcadis consider how the city that has ‘everything except a beach’ is leading by example in the northern powerhouse

  • Economic Construction Market Review - December 2016
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    Market review: A bumpy ride

    2017-01-04T11:08:00Z

    The Autumn Statement put its money behind infrastructure projects - but forecasts warn that difficult times lie ahead

  • Hinkley
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    2017: The mists of time to come…

    2017-01-03T15:32:00Z

    It’s been a long time since the industry has faced such uncertainty

  • Sketch for Welaker's Court, Soho, London by Martha Enthoven
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    Sketch of the week: Walker's Court, Soho, London

    2016-12-21T07:00:00Z

    This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Martha Enthoven, studio manager at Soda Studio

  • Prefab Housing
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    2016: Back to the future - part two

    2016-12-21T06:00:00Z

    A 1980s office went back to nature and housing went beyond postwar with 21st-century prefabs 

  • Wavin's AquaCell used at Barton Park, Oxford
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    Sponsored feature on flood risk: Troubled waters

    2016-12-20T13:06:00Z

    As the UK prepares for the next wave of winter storms, there is growing awareness of the need to improve the resilience of properties to protect against devastating floods. Andrew Brister reports on the action plan devised by the recent Bonfield Review and looks at some of the emerging solutions ...

  • Archive 161216
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    This week in 1986

    2016-12-20T07:00:00Z

    Thirty years ago 60% of ‘unemployed’ construction workers were believed to be earning off the books

  • Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre, Athens, Greece
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    2016: Back to the future - part one

    2016-12-20T06:00:00Z

    The Tate Modern extension provided a warped contrast against the former power station and the Design Museum gained a historically sensitive 1960s rebuild

  • desk-inteiror-render-21
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    CPD 23 2016: BIM levels of detail

    Levels of detail define the content of a BIM project at different stages. This CPD, sponsored by Vectorworks, outlines the main points to consider

  • tape
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    2016 untangled - part two

    2016-12-19T06:00:00Z

    Even people who like surprises are likely to end 2016 wondering if there isn’t something to be said for ‘boring and predictable’. The ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV team reports on the rollercoaster highs and lows of one of the weirdest years on record

  • Shard Lights
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    Image of the week: Turn on the Christmas lights

    2016-12-16T07:00:00Z

    The top of The Shard, in London, is illuminated on Monday

  • tape
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    2016 untangled - part one

    2016-12-16T06:00:00Z

    Even people who like surprises are likely to end 2016 wondering if there isn’t something to be said for ‘boring and predictable’. The ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV team reports on the rollercoaster highs and lows of one of the weirdest years on record

  • ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV's Christmas cocktail making
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    Christmas charity challenge: Good mixers

    2016-12-15T06:00:00Z

    Nothing is better to round off an unsettling year than a nice stiff drink. So ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV invited three teams from the construction industry to find out who could make the best festive cocktail, as part of our Christmas charity appeal for Crash

  • New York
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    How is New York dealing with Trump?

    2016-12-09T06:00:00Z

    New Yorkers are still in shock at the idea of a Trump presidency

  • Sketch of the week
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    Sketch of the week: Housing layout in Oxfordshire

    2016-12-09T00:00:00Z

    This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Hannah Smart from West Waddy ADP

  • New York christmas tree
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    Image of the week: Festive cheer

    2016-12-09T00:00:00Z

    In New York this week, the world’s tallest digitally-animated Christmas tree - a full 204ft - is lit up in Times Square

  • Archive
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    This week in 2001

    2016-12-09T00:00:00Z

    15 years ago New York’s authorities wanted to redevelop the area devestated by the 11 September attacks

  • Exchange rates
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    Cost update Q3 2016

    2016-12-08T16:34:00Z

    ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV costs rose overall, with materials cost inflation increasingly contributing to this - labour costs are rising too but at a lower rate

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    Neil Martin: Steady as he goes

    2016-12-08T06:00:00Z

    Since Neil Martin took over at the helm of Lendlease’s European construction operations he has returned the firm to profit and steadied the ship. So the question everyone wants to know is how he did it