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FeaturesIs Brown's plan for 3 million new homes by 2020 feasible?
The Prime minister this week announced plans to dramatically escalate housebuilding in England and Wales over the next 12 years.
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Lead times January-June 2007
Increased lead times for eight construction packages have been counterbalanced by reductions in eight others, reports Brian Moone of Mace Business School.
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FeaturesPyromania for beginners
Look around you at all the things that you can set fire to. Now imagine you can do that instead of paying your gas and electricity bills. Interested? Better listen to what Thomas Lane has to say 鈥�
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FeaturesHow to attract students
Lots of construction companies do university milk rounds, but which come away with the cream? Katie Puckett asked six why they chose their employer 鈥� and if they were ever let out early to go the pub
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FeaturesSlab happy
The inventors of SmartSlab describe it as an all-in-one, load-bearing, moving-image display slab. It鈥檚 also the only system that provides animated displays while retaining all the features associated with external cladding.
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FeaturesCurtain-walling for curved facades
Comar Architectural Aluminium Systems has launched a capped curtain-walling suite called Comar 6EFT in the UK. It is designed for glazing on high-rise, sloped and inclined facades.
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Features鈥楩rameless鈥� glass panels
Hunter Douglas has developed an effectively frameless version of its QuadroClad ventilated rainscreen facade, called QuadroMeleon.
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Perforated facade
Kalzip has launched a lightweight facade system, the Kalzip Perforated Facade.
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Colour-coated steel envelope
Steel cladding manufacturer Arval has launched a colour-coated steel building envelope called AR200XP.
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Aluminium and timber glazing
Velfac has extended its range of aluminium and timber glazing systems with the Velfac Plus window system.
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Wood veneers and metallic laminates
Formica has launched two ranges for internal vertical applications.
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Metal panels used to make 鈥榮ail鈥�
The KS 1000 Optimo facade system from insulated metal panel specialist Kingspan was specified at Shire House, a 拢3m office development in Bradford.
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More than a shade of difference
Solar shading is an option in Part L for limiting summer solar heat gains. Peter Mayer of 好色先生TV LifePlans takes a look at the options and life cycle costs.
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FeaturesMetal arithmetic
Phil Cook of Euroclad explains how his company is reacting to rapid changes in the market, and why metal cladding is on the up and up.
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FeaturesSkin grafting
Edward Whipp, preconstruction director at English Architectural Glazing, explains how his firm has coped with the high demand caused by a shortage of cladding specialists.
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FeaturesThe handover
When Mike Davies took over from James Wates as chair of the Strategic Forum earlier this week, the organisation got a quieter, more reserved leader. Mark Leftly spoke to both men to find out if this will also mean a change of direction
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FeaturesSpotlight on 鈥� critical systems
Martin Smith from Gardiner & Theobald reviews the lead times for major M&E components on critical systems projects such as data centres