All Features articles – Page 131
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Sketch of the week: Peak District cottage
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Félicie Krikler, director at Assael Architecture
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Online poll: Adapting to technology
This week’s poll: Is your organisation willing enough to adapt its working practices and embrace technological advancements?
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΢ÃÜȦ Your Future: The future of consultants
Artificial intelligence is set to play a major part in construction. Where does that leave the humans who work in the sector?
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CPD 7 2018: Movement joints in buildings and civil engineering structures
This guide, sponsored by NCC-Emseal, outlines different types of joints, seals and technical issues facing the project team
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Regulations: issues of control
Construction failings at Grenfell Tower have highlighted the need for an overhaul of building control to ensure inspectors pick up on breaches of the ΢ÃÜȦ Regulations, but how should this be done?
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Bring on the robots: the world's first 3D-printed house
It may still be sci-fi for some, but 3D printing is fast breaking down conventional barriers in engineering and architecture and changing the way the construction industry operates
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Tracker: March 2018
Activity is still rising, although more slowly in some sectors, while orders and enquiries are also on the up – although repair and maintenance is losing momentum
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Sketch of the week: Diss, Norfolk
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Manolis Sampson, an architectural assistant at ColladoCollins
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Team builder: Flan McNamara talks to ΢ÃÜȦ
Flan McNamara found himself overseeing the creation of the capital’s tallest tower. But it’s all down to the team, not him
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Image of the week: Behind every great city
Parliament Square’s first statue of a woman unveiled
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Apprenticeships: playing for keeps
While a great deal of focus is placed on encouraging people to become apprentices, less stress is put on actually retaining them once they join schemes
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Online poll: Footing the bill
This week’s poll: Should other housebuilders follow Barratt’s lead in footing the bill for cladding replacement?
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Local elections: could Labour force a shift in housing and planning policy?
The party’s push to the left could change housing and planning policy – but are the plans as radical as they sound?
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Projects: Villages Nature Paris - tourism au naturel
With its power coming from geothermal energy and its buildings being ecologically sound, could a French water park, nestled next to Disneyland Paris, lead the way in sustainable mass tourism?Â
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Lead times: January-March 2018
In this quarter, three packages report a shortening of lead times – reflecting the beginning of a decline in enquiries
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CPD 6 2018: Colour-considered design for the visually impaired
Our latest CPD, sponsored by Dulux Trade, explores why colour is important when it comes to designing for inclusivity and meeting the requirements of the Equality Act
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Procurement update: revolution
Two decades on from the Egan report and with a construction sector deal on the way, will 2018 be the year for construction’s procurement revolution?Â
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