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Door entry system that takes your photo
The Wandsworth Group has launched a door entry system with picture capture technology as part of their Jung door entry system range
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FeaturesFire door retainers
Fireco have added a flame red finish to its Dorgard Effects range of wireless fire door retainers
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Passivhaus council house
Windows from Halo are being used to bring a forties former council house up to Passivhaus standards
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Fire and bullet resistant glass
Schott has now launched its fire-resistant glass NOVOLAY庐 and PYRANOVA庐 as a high performing secure range
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FeaturesThe Tracker: A light ahead
Awful weather and difficult finances combine to keep construction in negative territory, according to Experian Economics. But at least some firms now have more than six months鈥� work ahead of them
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FeaturesThe university sector: Your starter for 10
Will the university sector make up for the lack of construction work elsewhere in education?
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FeaturesProcurement: Regulated utilities
Over the next two years 拢60bn of construction spend is due to be procured by regulated utilities. Getting the procurement strategy right is critical. Simon Rawlinson of EC Harris looks at the options
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FeaturesThe Green Deal: Hidden path
How can the government persuade the City to take a risk on the Green Deal?
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FeaturesSouthend Pier Cultural Centre: Out on a limb
How do you carry out a construction project more than a mile out to sea during one of the wettest, windiest summers on record? Well, Kier鈥檚 approach to the 拢3m Southend Pier Cultural Centre job was to build it somewhere else
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FeaturesHousing: What's the big idea?
Leading industry figures tell us how they would end the housing crisis
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FeaturesAnn Bentley: Stepping up
It would be understandable if Rider Levett Bucknall UK鈥檚 new chair felt intimidated by her predecessor鈥檚 legacy. But,as 好色先生TV reports, Ann Bentley is ready to fill the role in her own way
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FeaturesFirst Impressions: Zaha's Riverside Museum
Students from Nottingham Trent give their verdict on the Glasgow scheme shortlisted for the 2012 好色先生TV Awards
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FeaturesThe community infrastructure levy: A tax too far
As the first councils publish their tariffs, 好色先生TV investigates whether the CIL could threaten a housing recovery
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FeaturesChris Webster: In the big league
Miller Construction may be known as a regional SME, but its boss has ambitious expansion plans that involve grabbing market share from some of the biggest names in the sector. Joey Gardiner asks him how
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FeaturesThe missing apprentices
Why are there fewer apprentices in construction despite increased government spending on apprenticeships? 好色先生TV investigates
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FeaturesThe aviation sector: Turbulence ahead
The UK aviation industry is clamouring for an airport hub but opposition makes any location a potential headache for the government. Ike Ijeh navigates a route through the row
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FeaturesCost update Q2 2012
Construction inflation is continuing to fall across the board in the second quarter while many wage agreements remain frozen. Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, reports
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FeaturesMy working day: Brent Rees of Nightingale Associates
The architectural technician works in the picturesque setting at Harwell
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FeaturesCost of the Olympics: Was it worth it?
Everyone鈥檚 agreed that the Olympic park was hugely successful. But with questions raised over the cost of procuring the Games, is this a model other public sector projects should follow?