All Features articles – Page 171

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    What to specify: Cladding and curtain walling

    2016-06-07T10:48:00Z

    High-performance aluminium curtain walling, solar control facade and high-strength laminated safety glass (the latter for a lion enclosure) are some of the products for specification featured

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    Cost model: Affordable housing

    2016-06-07T06:00:00Z

    As the UK housing crisis continues to escalate, those at the bottom of the market increasingly find themselves priced out

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    Sketch of the week: d'Overbroeck's College, Oxford

    2016-06-03T06:00:00Z

    This week’s sketch is drawn by architect Toby Martin of TSH Architects

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    Laing O’Rourke: Behind closed doors

    2016-06-03T06:00:00Z

    Following problem jobs, awkward financial signs and the departure of the chief executive for health reasons, 69-year-old Laing O’Rourke founder Ray O’Rourke has taken the reins once again

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    Image of the week: Look back, face forward

    2016-06-03T06:00:00Z

    US president Barack Obama and Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe

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    This week in 2006

    2016-06-03T06:00:00Z

    Following our look at France’s Euro 2016 stadiums, we revisit 2006 when Arsenal’s new home was almost ready to host its first match

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    Hays international salary survey 2016

    2016-06-02T06:00:00Z

    With an influx of huge construction projects being readied across the world, and a shortage of people to build them, working outside the UK seems like a sure-fire route to a better pay packet

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    Euro 2016: Le grand dix - part two

    2016-06-01T06:00:00Z

    Next week, Europe comes together for Euro 2016. But it’s not just sporting prowess that will be on display, as host France showcases a dazzling array of new and refurbished stadiums

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    Euro 2016: Le grand dix - part one

    2016-05-31T14:29:00Z

    Next week, Europe comes together for Euro 2016. But it’s not just sporting prowess that will be on display, as host France showcases a dazzling array of new and refurbished stadiums

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    Tracker: April 2016

    2016-05-31T10:22:00Z

    Activity has been increasing consistently for the past six months for the sector as a whole, with no imminent sign of a change in this pattern over the coming quarter

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    CPD 13 2016: Specifying softwood decking

    The latest in our CPD series introduces specifying softwood decking. This module is sponsored by Marley Eternit

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    This week in 1991

    2016-05-27T09:35:00Z

    The Cannes film festival came to an end last weekend and saw British director Ken Loach collect the top prize

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    Sketch of the week: Visitor centre, Druzhba Park Moscow

    2016-05-27T09:30:00Z

    This week’s sketch is by architect David Roden

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    Image of the week: Opening the doors

    2016-05-27T06:00:00Z

    The Modern Slavery Garden

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    The battle of Bishopsgate

    2016-05-27T06:00:00Z

    The Bishopsgate Goodsyard development in east London was put on hold last month when the city’s departing mayor Boris Johnson deferred a public hearing on the planning application. The decision now falls at the feet of Sadiq Khan, in what could set a precedent for the new mayor’s planning policy ...

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    Market review: Cooling off?

    2016-05-25T06:00:00Z

    Things are still on the up but are we witnessing a slowdown? And is there any way to rebalance the UK economy away from the service sector?

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    BIM: Cost vs benefits

    2016-05-24T12:14:00Z

    The industry is frequently told it must engage with building information modelling, but there is little information available on the cost versus benefit balance of integrating BIM into a construction project

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    What to specify: BIM

    2016-05-24T10:51:00Z

    The latest software tools and building products with BIM objects to help integrate data as part of the construction process featured in this week

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    Tate expectations

    2016-05-23T13:00:00Z

    Herzog and de Meuron’s much-delayed extension of the Tate Modern saw the architect handed the rare opportunity of returning to a project having worked on the original

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    Steel Insight 16

    2016-05-20T16:57:00Z

    Read the latest Steel Insight digital supplement