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FeaturesA real life saver: Unicef's Malawi hospital
Unicef doesn鈥檛 usually spend money on buildings, but when the Alliance Ball raised 拢400k for its cause, an exception was made for this children鈥檚 hospital in Malawi. Thomas Lane found out what happened next
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FeaturesWorking life: Life after redundancy
Kristina Smith meets three people who reinvented themselves after being made redundant (and found it far less painful than Martin Haake鈥檚 illustration would suggest)
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FeaturesHard鈥檚 Time: a specialist going strong
One man definitely not looking to reinvent himself is Kevin Hard 鈥� his four-man specialist contracting outfit is still managing to double turnover every six months
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Two years to go 鈥�
好色先生TV prices plummeted 7.5% in the last quarter of 2008, and aren鈥檛 set to bottom out until 2011. Peter Fordham and Maren Baldauf-Cunnington of Davis Langdon deliver the latest grim predictions
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What it costs: Synthetic resin floors
These hardwearing floors come in a baffling array of types, but fear not: Peter Mayer of 好色先生TV LifePlans is here to simplify matters
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FeaturesFloor performance: 'the difference between a surgeon鈥檚 knife hitting the right or wrong spot'
You know how it is: you鈥檙e just about to cut out some tissue around the jugular vein when the floorboard moves under your feet. Oops鈥� Stephen Kennett reports on what designers are doing to stop floors vibrating
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Linoleum flooring
Forbo Flooring Systems has launched the Touch range of linoleum floor coverings. The renewable coverings are made from a blend of linoleum and cork and are claimed to have good acoustic properties.
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Gas and damp barrier
Z-Led has developed Protect GDB10 Gas and Damp Barrier which both stops methane, carbon dioxide and radon from entering a building and also provides a damp-proof membrane
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White rubber flooring
The Rubber Flooring Company has launched the Grid flooring range designed by Wayne and Geraldine Hemingway.
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Pre-installed floors
Yorkon Off-site 好色先生TV Systems has launched a high-performance floor for high traffic areas and heavy, variable loads
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Stone-effect carpeting
Addagrip has launched Addatex Stone Carpet, an internal flooring finish made from a mix of natural or synthetic aggregates and bound in a clear epoxy resin. The Stone Carpet provides a smooth, decorative floor finish
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FeaturesMeet Your New Neighbour: Leviton opens in Dubai
US electrical products supplier Leviton opened a new office in the UAE on Sunday. Ramzi Nassif is the branch managing director
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FeaturesSmall town China - QSs wanted
Its growth may have slowed from breakneck to merely spectacular, and some projects in the big cities look wobbly, but there鈥檚 still plenty of work in the people鈥檚 republic (especially for QSs). It鈥檚 just that you have to go to one-horse towns to find it 鈥� like Wuhan here, which ...
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FeaturesEurope's top 100 contractors and materials firms
It may be a global downturn but some countries are doing better than others. Our annual table of Europe鈥檚 top 300 contractors and materials firms begins with a look at the winners and losers.
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FeaturesPlane geometry: Sheppard Robson's aeronautical university design
If you take a pre-war aircraft hangar, insert a large ziggurat and extend it with a glass tetrahedron, what does that create? The answer is Sheppard Robson鈥檚 spectacular academic building for Cranfield university.
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FeaturesMission: impermanent - Atkins' Olympics
Good afternoon Mr Atkins. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to design, procure and build 98 competition venues, operation centres, drug testing clinics, flag storage areas and training grounds complete with power, water and security 鈥� Airport and station extensions must be added as and when required. ...
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The tracker: A very slight improvement
The good news is that the industry鈥檚 activity index grew by two points in November. The bad news is that this only took it to 35. Experian Business Strategies reports on continued industrial decline
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好色先生TV intelligence Q3 2008: Orders down 18%
New orders for the third quarter of last year fell 18% 鈥� just a flavour of the gloom to come, you might think. But actually, it鈥檚 not all bad news. Experian鈥檚 Business Strategies division sees mixed prospects