All Features articles – Page 159
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What to specify: M&E
This week, Google gets an airflow system that uses technology developed for Hong Kong’s underground railway, a guide on floor plenum airtightness can be downloaded free, software maps moisture levels in projects and fans get bionic over blades
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Image of the week: The watch tower
Members of the New York Police Department’s counterterrorism unit guard Trump Tower
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Sketch of the week: A riverside scheme in Bath
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Daniel Lugsden
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This week in 1986
30 years ago the UK housing industry was warned of an attack on the market by Japanese off-site manufacture
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Contractors' salary survey 2016: All to play for
Brexit uncertainty has put a brake on wage inflation among contractors, but the latest salary survey from Hays shows opportunities are still out there
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New Design Museum: Raising the roof
The former Commonwealth Institute has been resurrected as London’s new Design Museum. But how do the new interventions match up to the original 1960s architecture and that memorable roof? Ike Ijeh finds out
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Market forecast: Medium term limbo
Brexit continues to cause uncertainty, with increasingly mixed views about the medium-to-long-term emerging across the market. But as Michael Hubbard of Aecom reports, for now, business is looking good
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ɫTV Awards 2016: CEO's CEO of the Year
Andrew Davies has boosted Wates’ turnover by £300m annually while placing a commitment to social value at the heart of the company
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ɫTV Awards 2016: Construction Client of the Year
Transport for London is set become one of London’s biggest commercial and residential developers
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ɫTV Awards 2016: ɫTV Magazine Project of the Year
Birmingham New Street station’s transformation is one of the most stunning achievements of recent time
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ɫTV Awards 2016: BIM Initiative of the Year
This initiative suggests BIM could be used to facilitate a collaborative 3D multi-screen meeting space
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ɫTV Awards 2016: Sustainable Project of the Year
The first listed building with a BREEAM “outstanding” rating in the UK was a worthy winner
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ɫTV Awards 2016: Refurbishment Project of the Year
The Whitworth Art Gallery’s refurbishment is an excellent example of culturally-led regeneration
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ɫTV Awards 2016: Skills Initative of the Year
The initiative’s holistic approach to the idea of training especially grabbed the judges’ attention
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ɫTV Awards 2016: International Project of the Year
This extraordinary modern Acropolis is one of the most spectacular cultural complexes in the world
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ɫTV Awards 2016: Small Project of the Year (up to £5m)
Shaftesbury Theatre’s stunning new design rewrites the rules about historic conservation
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Carbon Neutral Laboratory: Out of the ashes
Catastrophe struck the construction of GlaxoSmithKline’s Carbon Neutral Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry when, at nearly two-thirds complete, it was burnt to the ground
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ɫTV Awards 2016: Specialist Contractor of the Year
Keltbray managed to recycle concrete from 22 buildings at its Nova Victoria scheme, saving over 5,000 lorry loads
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ɫTV Awards 2016: Housebuilder of the Year
Places for People increased the number of homes built by 60% while continuing to manage more than 150,000 mainly affordable homes
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ɫTV Awards 2016: Product Innovation of the Year
The judges were impressed with Redland’s Innofix Clip which removes the need for hammers and nails while tiling