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Whose BIM is it anyway?
Faithful + Gould project manager Jane Foulkes was a BIM sceptic until she was faced with a complex prison design project and a three-month deadline…
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The route to BIM in 10 steps
The industry will have to put its foot down to meet the government’s BIM deadline. Here, five experts break the route in 10 key stages
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Joie de vives
Zaha Hadid’s Pierresvives council building in the French city of Montpellier relies on concrete to solve a range of structural and environmental challenges, as well as providing a spectacular geometric facade
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Roundtable debate on going green: "It is happening"
AIS gathered together design and fit-out experts at St Mary Axe in September to compare notes on the pros and cons of going green. We report from the SAS International-sponsored event
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Biophilia: Natural resources
Big windows, natural light, pot plants… Sometimes the simplest things in life make the most business sense. We explore the value of biophilia in the office environment
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Lease is more
With capital budgets still tight and limited finance available from other sources, leasing companies believe their moment may have come. We do the sums
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Inside Vinci's technology centre
High impact: Discover a place where building materials are tested to their absolute limit
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Steel Insight - Education ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTVs
The fifth article in the Steel Insight series focuses on the key factors to consider when cost planning a steel-framed school, college or university building
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Whirl pool
From the swirling, curving walls and diving boards to the pools themselves, concrete makes a big splash at Zaha Hadid’s awe-inspiring aquatics centre
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Star jumps: how the diving boards took shape
Variously likened to the stamens of an exotic flower, a splash or even poised cobras, the dramatic lines of the aquatics centre’s six diving boards have attracted much interest – not only as a natural centre of attention during the Games, but because they are visually fascinating in themselves.
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Wall-to-wall coverage
The curving concrete walls of the aquatics centre are one of its defining characteristics. They are first seen in the centre’s welcome area and provide a top and tail to the competition pools, as well as a stylish backdrop to television coverage of the diving.
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Contractors named for London student-housing sites
Mace, Elliott Thomas and Morgan Sindall land slices of  £300m development pot
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Steel insight: Cost planning steel-framed multi-storey buildings
The fourth article in the Steel Insight series focuses on the various factors to consider when cost planning a steel-framed multi-storey building
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Caught in the rain
Waterproofing strategies have a high failure rate and can lead to costly repairs. Specialist RIW has some tips on keeping a project dry
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Interiors Focus: Top tips on installing ceilings
A new AIS guide to top fixing aims to bring some much needed clarity to the secure installation of ceilings
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Steel Insight: Multi-storey Offices
The third article in this series looks at the cost planning of multi-storey offices
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Steel insight: Cost planning through design stages
The second article in this quarterly series looks at the cost planning of structural steelwork
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Steel insight: Structural steelwork
Structural steelwork accounts for about 70% of multi-storey building frames built in the UK. Steel Insight will appear quarterly to provide a source of reliable information for users of this key material