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DesignMaster 5
Redland has launched DesignMaster 5, updating its free CD and web-based roof tile specification tool.
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Rigidal Systems
Rigidal Systems has launched a redesigned website to provide both specifiers and contractors with comprehensive information on all its products and services.
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Marley Waterproofing brochure
Marley Waterproofing has published a new brochure with information about its product ranges and system accessories, as well as providing an insight intoits services.www.marleywaterproofing.com
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Insulation board
Powerdeck F from Recticel Insulation is a closed cell, rigid PIR foam insulation board for use on warm flat roofs under built-up felt, mastic asphalt and approved single-ply membrane waterproof systems.
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Rooflights
Brett Martin Daylight Systems has launched a series of enhancements to its BBA-approved Mardome range of rooflights for flat roofs
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Waterproofing compound
Geocel has added a waterproofing protection compound to its Geochem range of building chemicals.
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Rooflights for insulated panels
Kingspan Insulated Panels has introduced the Kingspan Upstand Rooflight system, developed to increase the daylight provided by the company鈥檚 range of insulated panels, including the Kingspan Roof Tile system, Kingzip standing seam, Lo-Pitch and KS1000 FC Box Profile panel.
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Mastic asphalt screed
Permascreed is a new mastic asphalt screed from Permanite Asphalt which offers a speedy way to create drainage falls and a stable base for flat roof waterproofing systems and mastic asphalt car parks.
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FeaturesSpecialist cost update: Envelopes
Roofing:聽In our latest round-up of works packages, Paul Wootton of Gardiner & Theobald says 20% growth is still expected over the next five years
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FeaturesInterview: Tessa Jowell
Olympics minister Tessa Jowell may be catching much of the flak being fired at the preparations for the 2012 London Games, but it鈥檒l take a lot more than that to faze her. Dan Stewart reports
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FeaturesLast word in trainers: APC assessment guide
The people who brought you the APC Trainer have gone one better 鈥� Jon Lever is the man who trains the APC assessors and over the next two years he will guide you through each step in the process that leads up to the final assessment on building.co.uk. This week, ...
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FeaturesOkay, so there鈥檚 a downturn, but it鈥檚 never a bad time to bolt on a few extra skills 鈥�
Despite the cloud hanging over the industry, students are continuing to pile into construction-related postgraduate courses. And, as Debika Ray discovers, it may not be as mad as it sounds
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FeaturesWelcome to the machine: Le Corbusier鈥檚 Unit茅 d鈥橦abitation
Of all Le Corbusier鈥檚 buildings, perhaps the most influential is Marseille鈥檚 Unit茅 d鈥橦abitation. As a major exhibition of the great man鈥檚 works opens in Liverpool, Martin Spring visits this communal 鈥榤achine for living in鈥� to see what lessons it has for us
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FeaturesExpat survival guide to New York
New York is awash with work, but beware: going topless is permitted, but smoking near a public building isn't
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FeaturesRisk mitigation overseas: why a hard hat isn't enough
For contractors active overseas, meeting their duty of care to workers requires a much wider assessment of risk - including natural disasters and insurgent attacks
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FeaturesExpat survival guide to Libya
Tourism and retail are set for a development boom, but leave your tight trousers at home 鈥� and stay off the roads
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FeaturesExpat survival guide to the UAE
It鈥檚 the world鈥檚 biggest building site, a tank of petrol costs under a tenner and your salary comes tax-free