All Features articles – Page 218

  • Heathrow T2
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    T2: Touch down

    2014-06-06T11:34:00Z

    Heathrow’s new Terminal 2 building is open for business

  • BIM BUNDLE PAGES
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    BIM research bundle

    2014-06-06T09:00:00Z

    Download this in-depth specialist research on ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Information Modelling from ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV’s archive for free

  • Brasilia National Stadium
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    The beautiful game

    2014-06-06T06:00:00Z

    Busted budgets, poor planning and co-ordination, horrendous delays, cancelled transport schemes, laborious bureaucracy, corruption, mass protests and onsite fatalities - apart from that, preparations for the 2014 World Cup seem to have gone very smoothly

  • archive 2006 world cup
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    This week in ... 2006

    2014-06-06T06:00:00Z

    This week’s football coverage continues with a look back at a ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV feature from the archive on office celebrations during the 2006 World Cup

  • Arena das Dunas
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    Brazil's World Cup stadiums: Arena das Dunas, Part 1

    2014-06-06T06:00:00Z

    While the football on the pitch will be making headlines in Brazil this month, it’s the host nation’s stadium construction that has been highly scrutinised in the build-up. ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV reviews the 12 showcase stadiums that have seen groundbreaking design as well as serious set backs during the build, starting with ...

  • international salary survey map
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    Hays international salary survey 2014

    2014-06-06T00:00:00Z

    As memories of the dark days of recession in the UK fade, working abroad may no longer be a necessity, but is often still an attractive option.Jim Dunton looks at Hays’ International Salary Survey 2014 for regions that are on the up

  • 4Projects by Viewpoint was used as a collaboration tool on the Olympic stadium, linking up more than 60,000 project documents and more than 100 organisations
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    CPD 14 2014: BIM - collaboration and the common data environment

    2014-06-06T00:00:00Z

    The latest in our CPD series examines the data-sharing requirements of BIM projects, and the various online tools that can help to meet them. This module is sponsored by 4Projects by Viewpoint

  • Stonehenge sketch 2
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    Sketch of the week: Stonehenge Visitors Centre

    2014-06-05T08:58:00Z

    This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Barrie Marshall, found partner at Denton Corker Marshal

  • Eric Pickles
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    The Alan Cherry Debate 2014: Pickles goes back to the future

    2014-06-05T08:00:00Z

    The communities secretary used this year’s Alan Cherry debate to argue that the way to increase housing supply is through a full-blown return to off-site manufacture. But not everybody was convinced, as Joey Gardiner reports

  • Tracker 5 April 2014
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    Tracker: April 2014

    2014-06-04T08:00:00Z

    Construction activity showed a slight fall in the third month of the year but remained in positive territory, pointing towards a period of sustained expansion. Experian Economics reports

  • JJ Lorraine sketch
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    Sketch of the week: Morrow + Lorraine

    2014-05-30T06:00:00Z

    This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by JJ Lorraine at Morrow + Lorraine.

  • London skyline
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    The London housing problem

    2014-05-30T06:00:00Z

    Best estimates suggest that London needs to be creating between 42,000 and 52,000 homes each year to keep up with demand. But with only 17,000 built in the last year, what chance is there of closing the gap?

  • Self-service developers B
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    This week in... 1979

    2014-05-30T06:00:00Z

    This week we pull a story about the development of large-scale supermarkets from the ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV archives

  • OSB3 is suited to applications that are exposed to humid conditions, such as roofing
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    CPD 13 2014: Specifying oriented strand board

    2014-05-30T00:00:00Z

    The latest in our CPD series examines the applications and benefits of OSB wood-based panels, as well as the various standards governing their use. This module is sponsored by Coillte

  • National Graphene Institute, Manchester
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    National Graphene Institute, Manchester: Graphene content

    2014-05-29T06:00:00Z

    As the place of study for what is potentially the most groundbreaking scientific discovery in manufacturing of recent times, it seems fitting that the construction of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute should be a testament to modern science itself

  • Aecom indices
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    Cost update Q1 2014

    2014-05-28T10:00:00Z

    New housing construction is primary reason for total construction increase since Q3 2013. Total employment figures increase year-on-year

  • Locations of contracts awarded in April
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    On track for a good year?

    2014-05-27T11:07:00Z

    Indicators for Q1 2014 show the economy began the year strongly, but the challenge remains to ensure the growth is sustainable. Michael Dall presents highlights of Barbour ABI’s latest monthly Economic Construction Market Review, with a special focus on the infrastructure sector

  • Luxor
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    Sketch of the week: Luxor

    2014-05-23T06:00:00Z

    This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch was drawn by Bryan Avery, principal of Avery Associates Architects

  • Agenda 15 light bulb
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    Agenda 15: What's the big idea?

    2014-05-23T06:00:00Z

    Want a say in shaping the future of the construction sector? With Agenda 15, ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV is gathering the most important policy proposals for the next UK government to address. From infrastructure to environmental issues, it’s a chance to have your voice heard - but hurry, submissions close on 13 June ...

  • London Underground projects
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    ICE London Engineering Awards winners: Capital schemes

    2014-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Transport infrastructure projects feature heavily among the winners of this year’s ICE London Engineering Awards. Thomas Lane reports on the ambitious engineering and sheer inventiveness of the developments that aim to make life easier for Londoners