All Features articles – Page 19
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The challenge and opportunity of 15-year structural warranty
In the introduction to the four-part special experts and industry react to potential 15-year warranties
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5 minutes with … Lee Parkinson at Efficiency North
The group’s chief executive on starting out as a YTS apprentice, surviving the pandemic and why the finest seafood should be simply served
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Does the latest RAAC research mean remediation could be easier and cheaper than all the panic suggests?
A Loughborough University expert has identified the primary cause of failure – and suggests RAAC has the potential to be safe if properly managed
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‘I don’t seek permission, I ask for forgiveness’ – Muyiwa Oki on his plans for his RIBA presidency
RIBA’s first black president - and its youngest - did not tell his bosses at Mace that he was running for the role. He wants to do things his own way.
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My route into construction … Michelle Zompi, head of RLB Digital
The industry includes an impressive variety of roles – but it can be hard to know how to break in. In this new series, we talk to professionals about their career twists and turns
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5 minutes with … Gemma Pont at CPMG Architects
The associate architect on making the right choices, working collaboratively, the importance of cheese and the first book she ever read
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As Ukraine cautiously eyes reconstruction, UK firms await
Ukraine cannot wait for the war to end before planning its rebuild. But there is much to do before the country can attract the foreign businesses it will need to build back better.
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As Buckingham teeters, rivals wonder what has gone wrong
A firm with a turnover of £700m is on the brink of collapse. How? Dave Rogers reports
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The chaotic life of ɫTV founder and architect Joseph Aloysius Hansom
To celebrate ɫTV’s 180th anniversary, Tom Lowe talks to historian Penelope Harris ahead of the publication of her biography of the magazine’s founder
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5 minutes with … Katia Polidoro at Tp Bennett
One of the firm’s principal directors on designing inclusive places to live and work, trusting her instincts and learning to row at the age of 49.
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What digital solutions are there for a water industry under pressure?
Water companies will have to adopt a ‘one-water’ strategy if they are to overcome the complex challenges of water quality and availability, and data will be at the core
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Will Gove’s latest local plan reforms have a positive impact on delivery?
Matilda Battersby talks to industry players about the local aspect of the housing secretary’s long term strategy, and what it might mean.
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Long process: How compliance with the new products code will be verified
The CPI has been set up to verify manufacturers’ compliance with the Code for Construction Products Information. Chief executive Amanda Long explains how she intends to scale up its activity
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5 minutes with … Simon Arnott at Morgan Sindall
The managing director for the firm in the North-west on the importance of working hard and being inquisitive – but also on striking the right work/life balance
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The battle SMEs face in reducing their emissions - and proving it
What is holding back small firms that want to reduce their carbon emissions? Tom Lowe reports for the ɫTV the Future Commission.
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From the archives: The great San Francisco earthquake, 1906
The Builder warms to the idea of steel-framed buildings after the “peculiar” structures survive a tremor which flattens 80% of the city
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‘The fines are massive.’ The NFDC’s boss on that investigation and why demolition firms are the binmen of construction
The trade body’s new chief executive Duncan Rudall has had a lot to deal with in two months. He talks to Dave Rogers
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The innovations to tackle construction’s carbon problem
In the last of four features on innovations, we look at how the industry can mitigate upfront embodied carbon impacts
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From the archives: The construction of Westminster Cathedral, 1895 - 1902
The Builder reports on the progress of the UK’s largest Catholic church and the tragic death of its architect