All Features articles – Page 197

  • Sketch of the week: Thames skyline
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    Sketch of the week: Thames skyline

    2015-04-24T06:00:00Z

    This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Amy Jones, an architect who works for Probyn Miers

  • Cameron and apprentice
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    Image of the week: 'Say what…?'

    2015-04-24T06:00:00Z

    Prime minister David Cameron (right) talks to an apprentice during a visit to a construction site in Leeds

  • Betting the house
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    Right to buy: Betting the house

    2015-04-24T06:00:00Z

    Joey Gardiner scrutinises the Tories’ plans to extend right to buy to housing associations

  • FMB breaks apolitical stance in 'vote Tory' call
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    This week in 1979

    2015-04-24T06:00:00Z

    As our pre-election coverage steps up a gear we look to past ballots

  • Election 2015
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    Floating voters: Five years on

    2015-04-23T14:14:00Z

    ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV catches up with a group of senior floating voters from the construction industry to ask them what they learnt from the last election

  • Ed Miliband
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    Ed Miliband’s letter to the construction industry

    2015-04-23T14:00:00Z

    Leader of the Labour party responds to ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV’s manifesto aims

  • Nick Clegg
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    Nick Clegg’s letter to the construction industry

    2015-04-23T13:59:00Z

    Leader of the Liberal Democrats responds to ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV’s manifesto aims

  • Locations of contracts awarded in March
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    Market review: Steady progress

    2015-04-22T06:00:00Z

    Construction activity increased in March against a backdrop of wider economic stability, with low inflation, low unemployment and forecasts for moderate growth. Michael Dall goes through the highlights of Barbour ABI’s monthly Economic Construction Market Review

  • Water
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    Water usage: To the last drop

    2015-04-22T06:00:00Z

    With every person in the UK using an average of 150 litres of water per day, the country’s water usage needs tempering. Ike Ijeh investigates the domestic inventions that could prevent us from running dry

  • A diverse approach
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    A diverse approach

    2015-04-21T09:50:00Z

    Despite an impending skills shortage, the number of women and workers from ethnic minority backgrounds in construction is woefully low. Joey Gardiner asks three employers what their companies are doing to increase workforce diversity

  • Electric showers
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    What to specify: Water

    2015-04-20T12:36:00Z

    This week’s water-based products include a limescale-reducing electrical shower, brass tap designs for The Ampersand hotel in London, and cast aluminium rainwater systems for two luxury Hertfordshire homes

  • David Cameron
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    Image of the week: Playing to a home crowd

    2015-04-17T06:00:00Z

    Prime minister David Cameron visits London building site earlier this week after Conservatives propose extending the right to buy

  • Astana storyboard
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    Sketch of the week: Astana storyboard

    2015-04-17T06:00:00Z

    This week’s sketch is by Mike Oades, director with Atomik Architecture

  • archive bim
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    This week in 1997

    2015-04-17T06:00:00Z

    The Nottingham Centre for Industrial and Medical Informatics has one of the first 3D CAD systems in the country

  • Attitudes to BIM
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    BIM survey results: Levelling off?

    2015-04-17T00:00:00Z

    The government is backing it. Firms are paying top dollar for people that can do it. So why does the number of firms using building information modelling actually seem to be falling?

  • Power up for Level 3
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    BIM: Power up for Level 3

    2015-04-16T06:00:00Z

    The strategy document for BIM Level 3 - Digital Built Britain - is big on aspiration but comes up a little short on the details

  • MF index
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    Market forecast: Growing pains

    2015-04-15T06:00:00Z

    Strong output demand has stretched the industry across the supply chain, with increased tender prices triggered by capacity constraints only the most salient sign of strain. Michael Hubbard of Aecom reports

  • Massing options for the East India Dock residential project in Tower Hamlets
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    BIM: Early adopters

    2015-04-14T06:00:00Z

    Ramboll has developed an early stage modelling process that combines the qualitative capabilities of parametric design with BIM’s algorithmic, analytical strengths. Ike Ijeh wonders where this leaves designers

  • Greenwich Creekside
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    Sketch of the week: Greenwich Creekside

    2015-04-10T06:00:00Z

    This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Sam Charles, practice illustrator with Assael Architecture

  • Holborn fire
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    Image of the week: London’s burning

    2015-04-10T06:00:00Z

    Underground fire rages for almost two days beneath pavement in Holborn