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Batten grading system
Timber importer John Brash has developed a quality control system that pre-grades roofing battens at the sawmill.
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FeaturesGrowth spurt
Green roofs are a rapidly expanding business for Greenfix. Its managing director, Mike Cottage, explains how they work and why the future is actually brown roofs.
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FeaturesTake a breather
DuPont Tyvek, part of the DuPont global conglomerate, was founded in Luxembourg in 1962. Its headquarters is still in Luxembourg City. Its UK business, which has operated since the late eighties, employs more than 20 people and its main market is for breathable roof membranes. Tim Smith, the UK鈥檚 national ...
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FeaturesGearing up
As the government prepares the ground for its long awaited nuclear new-build programme, engineers, programme managers and consultants are picking their teams to compete for the UK鈥檚 fastest growing market. Sarah Richardson looks at the main players
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Welsh wins keep Bovis on top of contractors table
Business barometer 鈥� Cardiff malls keep Australian firm clear of second-placed Laing O鈥橰ourke
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FeaturesComing to a universe near you
The Peter Harrison Planetarium is about to bring the mysteries of the cosmos to Greenwich park
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FeaturesThe testing of Kenneth Shuttleworth
How they made it聽It wasn鈥檛 easy, but a combination of 21-hour days and a decent helping of luck combined to make the man we know today.
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FeaturesSaving St George
Purcell Miller Tritton鈥檚 lavish 拢22m restoration has returned Liverpool鈥檚 grade I-listed St George鈥檚 Hall to its glorious past 鈥� just with fewer prisoners and hopefully more tourists.
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FeaturesCountry focus: France
With President Sarkozy newly instated, Patrick Leniston, country manager for EC Harris in France, reports on the construction issues that may affect the country鈥檚 future leader
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Pootling along
Activity in March may have been less buoyant than a month earlier but it鈥檚 still running along quite nicely. Civil engineering continued to dominate, putting the residential and non-residential sectors in the shade. And, according to Experian Business Strategies, order books were healthy
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FeaturesShould RICS withdraw its threat of legal action against the government over HIPs?
Ruth Kelly鈥檚 embarrassing climbdown over HIPs hasn鈥檛 stopped RICS from threatening to take the government to court.
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Blaironomics
We鈥檝e seen where the money went. Now Peter Rumble of the 好色先生TV Costs Information Service explores how Labour鈥檚 stewardship of the economy affected construction tender prices and output
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FeaturesSplash out
Architect Feilden Clegg Bradley recently completed the 拢6m Formby pool in Lancashire. Part-funded by the Land Trust, the building had to reflect its woody surroundings, so sustainably sourced timber was used for large parts of the structure, including its roof and supporting columns.
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FeaturesShop lighting: A LED balloon?
They鈥檙e easy to maintain, last ages and don鈥檛 cook the food. So will LEDs knock fluorescent tubes off their pedestal in shop design? 鈥楾hat鈥檚 a laugh,鈥� detractors tell Alistair King
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FeaturesThe must-have ceiling for Redditch shoppers
A Luxalon aluminium open cell ceiling from Hunter Douglas has been fitted at the refurbished Kingfisher shopping centre in Redditch.
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30dB acoustic seal
Intumescent technology specialist Mann McGowan has unveiled the DD1 acoustic threshold seal, which has a rating of 30dB.
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Twist-and-lock light
Ansell Lighting has launched Twistlock, a range of luminaires designed to ease lamp replacement and to cater for halogen lamps and LEDs.