More Focus – Page 306

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    Lens for recessed luminaire

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Zumtobel has launched a lens for its semi-recessed luminaire, Mellowlight IV.

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    Waterproof tubular light

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Pracht Lichttechnik and Sill Lighting UK have joined forces to launch a waterproof tubular light fitting called Tubis.

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    Fire protection fan and vent sleeves

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Firecap CFS100 is a new range of recessed fan and vent sleeves designed to restore the fire ratings of ceilings penetrated by fans and ventilation ducts.

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    Stone wool ceiling tiles

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Rockfon has supplied its Pacific stone wool semi-concealed (E15) ceiling system to a Mercedes-Benz showroom in Blackpool.

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    Smaller security cameras

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Premier Electronics has reduced the size of its AV1300 high-definition IP security camera from 127 to 64mm long, enabling it to fit into smaller dome formats.

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    Aluminium high-capacity gutter

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Serpentine 175 is the latest addition to Guttermaster’s range of aluminium gutters.

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    North London fashions

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Various Kingspan insulated panels have been used at the Harringay shopping park, an £8m retail development in north London.

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    Through the looking glass

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Mirona, launched by Schott, is a decorative glass that switches from transparent to reflective according to the lighting conditions.

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    Spinning lights

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Lighting designer iGuzzini has launched two products: Tecnica and Deep Surface.

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    Turf’s up

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    TigerTurf has made artificial turf for sports, leisure and landscaping in the UK since 2001.

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    And now, the end is near ...

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    On 1 July, England becomes officially smoke free, joining Wales and Scotland. From that date, smoking will be illegal in all public buildings and places of work and in vehicles used for business. The ban is set to have a big effect on the design, use and management of retail ...

  • Sir Crispin Tickell
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    Where did it all go?

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    One of the things Blair’s tenure is certain to be remembered for is the surge of public spending that began in his third year in office. Here, Angela Monaghan, Mark Leftly and Sarah Richardson explain what it was spent on

  • Ben Stevenson
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    The class of 1997

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Tony isn’t the only one who had an eventful decade. These industry professionals all graduated in 1997 and have been climbing the career ladder ever since. Katie Puckett asks them if things really did get better, for them and for construction

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    Decline and fall of the construction minister

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    The construction industry has never been one of the most glamorous portfolios in government, but there was a time when it carried some clout. Under Tony Blair it has been shunted between departments and given less and less ministerial time. Mark Leftly looks at the politicians who’ve taken it on

  • Colin Harding
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    It started so well …

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    … but then Nick Raynsford left, laments Colin Harding

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    Aylesbury and after

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    When Blair made his first speech as prime minister on south London’s Aylesbury estate, it was an illustration of the immense task Labour faced in regenerating Britain’s inner cities, and a symbol of its determination to tackle it. Overleaf, we look at what it did. But first, Mark Leftly returned ...

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    The return of urban living

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Tom Bloxham on the recolonisation of the city centre

  • Tony Blair, June 1997: "There must be no forgotten people, no no-hope areas"
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    Four big ideas

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    David Blackman looks back on the multibillion-pound initiatives that defined the era

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    The Blair years

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    It’s always been said that construction does well under Labour, but when Tony Blair came to power in 1997 nobody would have dreamed just how well.

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    Blair on Blair

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Margaret Ford, our guest editor and a woman who was close to the business end of New Labour’s policies, quizzed the prime minister on his record on the built environment