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The BBA’s amplified assessment process results in a new ‘Leader’ Certificate with more detailed content on structural stability and performance of the balcony connector.

AET Flexible Space, leading provider of Under Floor Air Conditioning systems has supplied forty of their innovative low energy Fantiles for the flexible meeting pods at the Sky Central media campus in Osterley, West London.

Wednesday, 10 May 2017 00:00

May 2017 issue

The May 2017 edition of Future Constructor & Architect.

As virtual reality continues to pique the interest of the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry, how will this sit alongside BIM when it’s still struggling to break into common use? Nigel Alexander, UK Managing Director at Tridify, looks at how both technologies can be applied simultaneously and how the use of VR may be the bridge needed to create a system that is faster, easier to use and more accessible to the AEC community.

Jim Fanning at Acheson + Glover (AG) examines how setting a clear SuDs vision at the beginning of the design process can maximise the solutions available and guarantee system success.

Incorporating natural light in office buildings has become a key trend. But work, rest or play, we can all benefit from a burst of sunshine. Here Chris Chaney, Managing Director of Sunsquare, explains how attention to daylighting should be paid to residential as well as commercial buildings.

The integrity of the fresh water supply to London has been stepped up with an array of cameras, high security fencing, vibration sensors and razor wire.

The Knowledge Center ARhus – meaning ‘open house’ – is a public information forum and meeting place. It houses Roeselare’s library and archive, as well as teaching facilities and meeting rooms, offices and social spaces.

The city of Istanbul has welcomed the addition of a new, out-of-this-world dining, shopping and entertainment complex. Watergarden, located in Istanbul’s Atasehir district, focuses on gastronomy, retail and entertainment.

It is fairly well-accepted that in adjudication proceedings, the parties will not recover their legal costs from the other side regardless of the outcome. It is a swift, temporarily binding process intended to keep cash flow moving and not interfere with projects as they progress. Here, Nichola Vine from Wright Hassall explains further.

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