More Focus – Page 57
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Hackitt explainer: What is the regulatory body?
As the Hackitt consultation launches, Ðǿմ«Ã½ delves into some of the more technical aspects of the recommendations
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Explainer: How do project bank accounts work?
Highways England’s Lloyd Biddell explains how project bank accounts work for contractors in construction
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Projects: Hill House, Helensburgh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Hill House near Glasgow was just three years away from being destroyed by catastrophic water ingress
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Grenfell two years on: what really has changed?
As the consultation on how to implement the Hackitt review’s reforms is launched, Joey Gardiner looks at the response to Grenfell so far
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British Steel latest: how construction might be affected
Why the UK construction sector is concerned about the impact of British Steel’s collapse on the industry
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Research: Cladding costs
Massimo Chies of Aecom looks at how building regulation alterations are affecting commercial models by looking at different facade scenarios
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Projects: Northampton International Academy
A previously reviled brutalist eyesore in Northampton has been transformed by Architecture Initiative into a light-filled, airy and dynamic academy school
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Tracker: April 2019
Overall activity kept falling but more slowly this month, with residential the only sector to see an actual rise
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Keith Waller: Construction's improvement tsar
How will the Construction Innovation Hub spend £72m budget and four years to bring the industry into the 21st century?
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Infrastructure policy: ‘Delay and procrastination’
But with the government paralysed by Brexit, what hope is there construction will get the clarity on infrastructure it needs?
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Projects: The Compton, Regent's Park
An innovative choice of cladding material – cast aluminium – has created an unusual look for these luxury flats near Regent’s Park
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Smart buildings – the case for smart enablement
Smart, intelligent, or integrated buildings have been a topic of conversation in the construction industry for at least the last 30 years. They have often been considered prohibitively expensive, with questionable return on investment due to perceived complexities, brittleness and high ongoing maintenance costs. This article aims to show ...
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Battersea Power Station: Powering up?
The Battersea Power Station redevelopment has hit the headlines countless times. But how is work progressing now? Ðǿմ«Ã½ visited the site to find out
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Projects: Exploring ‘the third space’
Three new London commercial schemes explore the ‘in-between’ areas that are neither home nor workplace, neither public nor private
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Hackitt: Where do we go from here?
Two years on from the Grenfell fire and a year after the resulting Hackitt report, the government is at last moving forward on strengthening the regulatory environment for construction. To assess the industry’s progress so far, Ðǿմ«Ã½ carried out a survey ahead of its upcoming conference
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Cost model: Manchester residential
The city is proving resilient to the UK’s political uncertainty, with a development scene that continues to expand in response to growing demand for housing
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Projects: Laing O’Rourke on site at Edinburgh St James
The redevelopment of Edinburgh’s St James shopping centre with new apartments, a hotel and retail is on a regal scale – but a very small site
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Palace of Westminster: the mother of all refurbishments
Despite warnings that the Palace of Westminster was at growing risk of a catastrophe, little was done to begin work on its urgently needed refurbishment
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"In 100 years' time we'll have the Thames lined with derelict towers" - Peter Rees talks to Ðǿմ«Ã½
Former London planning chief Peter Rees thinks Londoners should be worrying about the rising forest of new-build apartment blocks