All Features articles – Page 213

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    Interview: Gary Sullivan

    2014-08-21T16:00:00Z

    Gary Sullivan, co-founder and chairman of Wilson James, explains what the army can teach construction

  • Location of contracts awarded (July)
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    Getting there

    2014-08-21T06:00:00Z

    While the economy is slowly returning to health, July did witness a slight decrease in construction levels

  • Lime pozzolan
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    The advantages of lime pozzolan

    2014-08-19T10:36:00Z

    Lime pozzolan concrete’s environmental and flexibility advantages could make it a revolutionary replacement to conventional concrete types. But the foundations of this ‘new’ material can actually be traced back to ancient history

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    Procurement update

    2014-08-18T10:10:00Z

    Construction is now 12 months into its recovery and project procurement has become much more challenging - even in the regions. SImon Rawlinson of EC Harris takes soundings from projects and considers the best options in a fast-moving market

  • Portland Place
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    Sketch of the week: Portland Place

    2014-08-08T06:00:00Z

    This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Félicie Krikler, associate director at Assael Architecture.

  • Shenzen International Airport
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    Airports: Flights of fancy

    2014-08-08T06:00:00Z

    Airports have become air-conditioned nightmares beset by security checks and endless queues. But some designers, intent on reviving the Golden Age of Aviation, have let their imaginations fly. ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV looks at five of the newest terminals

  • WWI index
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    This week in 1914

    2014-08-08T06:00:00Z

    This week, Britain commemorated the centenary of its entry into the First World War. See our article from 1914

  • Earls Court
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    Earls Court: That's show business

    2014-08-07T10:45:00Z

    Plans to redevelop 77 acres of prime real estate in Earls Court - entailing the demolition of London’s landmark exhibition centre - have become mired in political wrangling. But is there really any doubt as to how it will end?

  • Pavilion
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    What to specify: Housing

    2014-08-07T10:25:00Z

    This week’s housing products include the installation of Redland 49 roof tiles to prevent the vortex effect for homes under the Heathrow flight path and a 150 window replacement job for Kirklees council

  • Office
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    Cost model: The agile workspace

    2014-08-06T06:00:00Z

    Office work has changed beyond recognition since Dolly Parton’s Nine to Five. But only now are offices being designed with as much flexibility as the workforce that uses them, write Ciaran Timpson, Nicola Gillen and David Thornley of Aecom

  • Agenda15
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    Agenda 15: Your views

    2014-08-06T06:00:00Z

    The spotlight turns to sustainability policy and ways to promote longer-term infrastructure planning

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    Sketch of the week: The Harley Gallery

    2014-08-01T06:00:00Z

    This week’s ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV sketch is by Hugh Broughton of Hugh Broughton Architects.

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    This week in 1974

    2014-08-01T06:00:00Z

    Newly elected RIBA vice-president Sydney Champan wrote a column challenging the abandonment of plans for the Thames Estuary airport in ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV, 2 August 1974

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    Agenda 15: What you said

    2014-08-01T06:00:00Z

    ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV has been asking the construction industry what policies the next UK government needs to adopt - here we review your responses

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    The sum of their parts: Mergers and acquisitions

    2014-07-31T06:00:00Z

    There’s no guarantee that mergers will work out for the companies involved - we look at four of construction’s biggest deals

  • Zaha Hadid Softbridge project
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    Zaha Hadid: Softbridge Project, Oxford

    2014-07-30T09:48:00Z

    The groves of academe have been buzzing with debate about Zaha Hadid’s Softbridge project, now on site at St Anthony’s college, Oxford. But for Bam’s engineering team constructing its cylindrical form in a desperately constrained site was an education in itself

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    Tracker: June 2014

    2014-07-30T08:17:00Z

    Positive signs as the construction activity index remains unchanged at 57, while, at the sector level, both non-residential and civil engineering experience boosts. Experian Economics reports

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    Top 150 contractors and housebuilders 2014

    2014-07-25T06:00:00Z

    ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV’s annual list of the UK’s biggest performers in the construction sector shows that housebuilders have enjoyed the past 12 months most. But many predict the tides are ready to turn for contractors, as Joey Gardiner reports

  • Barbour ABI market report map July 2014
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    A sunny outlook

    2014-07-24T06:00:00Z

    Despite a slight blip in contract activity in June, construction looks stonger compared with last summer. Michael Dall presents highlights of Barbour ABI’s latest monthly Economic Construction Market Review, with a special focus on the residential sector which is largely responsible for driving growth

  • One Brighton
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    From the archive in ... 2013

    2014-07-24T06:00:00Z

    As One Brighton marks its fifth birthday, we take a look back to 2013 when it was profiled as a cost-effective model for sustainable living