All Commercial articles – Page 6
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Construction output falls in December
Purchasing managers’ data shows new orders decline quickest for three years
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The Co-op's HQ: Have you heard the buzz?
3D Reid’s beehive-inspired HQ for the Co-op in Manchester is not simply another new office block with a slightly unusual form. It is the top BREEAM-rated office in the UK and might just have redefined the corporate atrium
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Sustainable supermarket: M&S's new Cheshire Oaks store
At this enormous store in Chester, M&S is putting its Plan A sustainability programme to the test. And from the zero-waste policy to the innovative use of natural materials, all the evidence suggests that this is one plan A that is actually working … ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV reports
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The Games are just for starters
Once the Olympics are over, all eyes will be on the Games’ legacy. Olympic Park Legacy Company chief executive Andrew Altman says it will be this that will change the face of London
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Velodrome's timber success
Samantha Connolly, senior sustainability consultant at CH2M Hill
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Mixed-use scheme in Enfield gets green light
Scheme will include affordable housing and commercial space
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Boris approves Make scheme after Derwent pays £1.6m Crossrail tax
Mayor of London took on application after Camden Council rejected scheme
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Westfield Stratford City: Maxing out
Westfield Stratford City in east London - dead handy for the Olympic park - is Europe’s biggest urban shopping centre, a retail behemoth so large it is really a city within a city with more than 300 shops and 2 million ft2 of retail and leisure space. Ike Ijeh goes ...
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Tall building design: Is it safe?
Ten years ago the world watched two of New York’s most iconic towers come crashing to the ground. Since then the industry has changed the way tall buildings are built in an attempt to make them terror proof. ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV takes a look
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Retail kiosks
Yorkon has launched a new design for retail kiosks, which it claims can be open to serve customers less than 24 hours after their arrival.
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Handrail systems
Kalzip has introduced two new handrail systems to improve safety conditions for people working on Kalzip standing seam roofs.
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Natural slate flooring
Kirkstone has supplied natural stone for the Icon ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV, an office and conference centre in Daventry
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Demand control ventilation
Elta Fans has supplied its SPP500/4/2 DCV fan for the new ventilation system in the kitchen at The Three Crowns Inn
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Compact operators
Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies has launched the Compact Operator for sliding doors
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Dyson airblade
Dyson supplied 8 Dyson Airblade hand dryers for the Environmental Agency’s office in Preston, Lancashire.
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Steady as she goes
Things might - just might - be getting better for construction. But don’t get carried away - anything from raw materials inflation to spending cuts could knock us off course
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Live debate: Is Code Level 6 pricing zero-carbon out of the market?
Join a live online debate on the Code for Sustainable Homes at 11am GMT on Friday 18 March sponsored by H+H
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Under construction: the apprentice experience
ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV magazine in association with CITB-ConstructionSkills launch the first in a series of three short documentaries exploring the contribution apprenticeship schemes make to construction
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Hammerson profits up 11%
Net Asset Value per share increases 17.6% as the group wrote up the value of its assets by £447m
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Construction activity keeps growing slowly
Only housebuilding fails to rise, while overall confidence reaches a five-month high