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FeaturesCost model: Airport terminals
UK airport operators need to make substantial investments in infrastructure to prepare for continuing long-term demand for domestic and international flights. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon reports
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FeaturesAs bad as it gets: 好色先生TV the UK embassy in Harare
With violence, poverty, hyperinflation and disease halting work at every turn, how is it even possible to operate in Zimbabwe? Martin Spring asked those building a new UK embassy in its capital
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FeaturesGIA: Is this the UK鈥檚 grooviest building surveyor?
The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker 鈥� if they鈥檙e after second careers, they could do worse than apply to become building surveyors at GIA. Alex Smith talks to seven employees who all have wildly different backgrounds. Photography by Steve Schofield
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FeaturesUnderfloor heating
Raychem鈥檚 electric underfloor heating system has been installed in the recently opened spa at the Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire, Scotland.
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Energy saving lighting sensors
MK Electric has introduced a range of lighting controls, designed to deliver energy savings, for a range of commercial situations
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Heat pumps: GaeaTherm ground-source heat pump
Potterton Commercial has launched the GaeaTherm ground-source heat pump which it says can help reduce the carbon footprint of commercial buildings.
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Lighting controls
Flex Connectors has launched Flex 7, a range of lighting control products built into Flex 7 plugs to create a range of plug-in switches, dimmer switches, occupancy and absence sensors, daylight dependent switches, daylight-linked dimmers and manual dimmers, which can be incorporated without extra M&E works.Flex Connectorswww.flexconnectors.co.ukwww.building.co.uk/enquiries (305)
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Wall heaters
DRU Verwarming has launched a new range of commercial powered flue wall heaters to complement its existing balanced flue and conventional flue products
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Wiring accessories
Legrand has added to its Synergy Modern range of wiring accessories by launching two new finishes: matt black and black nickel.
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School lighting
Concord Lighting has provided the lighting for the Treetops special needs school in Essex.
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FeaturesAirport lighting
Sill Lighting luminaires have played a major role in the lighting of Heathrow鈥檚 Terminal 5
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FeaturesTop 150 Contractors and Housebuilders 2008
It looks like we鈥檙e in for nasty weather. Problem is, most of the the industry has only known bright, bright sunshiny days. So what can the people who went through the misery of the early nineties teach them?
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FeaturesLong way down
Sorry. The fun stops here. The steady and enjoyable climb of the past two decades, with turnover, pay and margins all rising to spectacular heights, is over.
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FeaturesSo Moorish: property developing in Morocco
24-year-old James Bailey just couldn鈥檛 get enough of the sun, sea and surf in Morocco, so 18 months ago he ditched his City job to try and make waves as a property developer near Agadir. Emily Wright finds out how he鈥檚 getting on
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FeaturesLearning through play: the Constructionarium
The philosophy behind Constructionarium is that taking notes in a stuffy classroom can never compare to real on-site experience. Emily Wright went along to find out if this was true
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FeaturesSweett smell of success: Cyril Sweett interview
Dean Webster and Francis Ives were the men who took Cyril Sweett public. Now they have their first set of results, and they make happy reading. Portrait by Wilde Fry
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FeaturesBattersea Power Station: the story continues
Yes, it鈥檚 on again, folks 鈥� the rescue and renovation of one of London鈥檚 most famous landmarks, that is. This time it鈥檚 Treasury Holdings鈥� turn to make what it can of the art deco power station. Thomas Lane looks at the scale of the job and the chances that this ...
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Cut-throat times
Soaring materials costs have driven up building costs and tender prices, but the economic slowdown is set to apply the brakes. Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon reports