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FeaturesDry stone flooring
Stanhope was sick of waiting around for screed to dry, so it asked some suppliers to work out a way of doing without it. Thomas Lane kicks off a flooring special by explaining how they did just that.
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What to specify: flooring
Everything you could possibly want to do to a floor is covered this week, from laying it, carpeting it, heating it, colouring it and protecting it, to fixing balconies and inserting sockets into it.
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What to remember: Floor screed
Don鈥檛 want to lay your fancy finish on that bumpy, lumpy sub-floor? You need a decent screed 鈥� but there鈥檚 more to applying one than mixing cement and sand, says Peter Caplehorn of Scott Brownrigg
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FeaturesDome improvements
WHO FITS IT - Mark Holden of 4m tells 好色先生TV about the intricacies of laying down resin flooring in the Millennium Dome
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FeaturesSporting chance
WHO MAKES IT - Gerflor鈥檚 French staff were sick as parrots when London won the 2012 Olympics. But the UK office was over the moon 鈥� it had big plans to supply floors to the new arenas.
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FeaturesWillkommen zur眉ck, pet (Welcome back, liebchen)
Our league of Europe鈥檚 top 300 contractors and materials producers kicks off with an analysis of the German market, which has just had its first year of growth in a decade. Mark Leftly looks at what鈥檚 caused the change 鈥� and what it means for British firms considering a trip ...
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FeaturesThis is Year Zero
In 10 years鈥� time, the home pictured is going to be the industry鈥檚 standard product, if the government鈥檚 call for a zero carbon 鈥榬evolution鈥� is successful. Vikki Miller assesses its chances
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FeaturesThis professor has been brought to you by ...
If your lecturer spends more time with private firms than with you, should you a) Complain, b) Be glad they鈥檙e keeping up with the latest thinking, or c) Get them to wangle you a job?
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FeaturesGreen ticks all round
Health and safety Sonia Soltani reports on how the BCSA is coming to the rescue of small contractors and explains why the Steel Construction Institute鈥檚 Trojan Horse is a welcome gift
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FeaturesWho鈥檚 going to drive this?
There is only one place in Britain where crane operators are trained: the National Construction College in Norfolk. Now a decision by the local council has thwarted plans to prevent it sliding into dereliction. Sarah Richardson and Angela Monaghan look at what, if anything, can be done to retrieve the ...
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FeaturesSustainability: Offices
In this latest feature on eco-friendly development, Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon examines how a growing commitment to sustainability will affect the commercial offices sector, with a case study on how a client鈥檚 requirements can be met in a leased building
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FeaturesA view from the gods
Looking out over this nondescript part of Leicester, and almost entirely suspended from this roof, will be the UK鈥檚 most exciting new theatre 鈥� and the first building in this country to be designed by US architect Rafael Vi帽oly.
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FeaturesThe new boy
The previous chief executive of 好色先生TV Schools for the Future spent eight stormy months struggling with the brief before jumping overboard. Tim Byles, the local authority bureaucrat who replaces him, has a different plan, a different style, and (he hopes) a different fate.
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What will be the affects of changes to the CIS?
Neil Graham and Jarlath McCloskey of Berg Kaprow Lewis look at how CIS in April will impact on construction businesses.
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FeaturesSix ways to reduce waste
When dealing with construction waste there are six questions you should ask yourself. WRAP's Mervyn Jones explains
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FeaturesStyle council
OFFICES 鈥� Ealing borough council wanted to migrate 2,500 staff from an archipelago of offices into its headquarters, and turn that into a sexy, sustainable civic centre for the good burghers of west London. Sonia Soltani reports on how it did the job, with a little help from Pringle Brandon
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FeaturesWhat to specify: offices
Glazed curtain walling, state-of-the-art lighting and a host of other products designed to make offices safer, more comfortable and generally less depressing 鈥�
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FeaturesWhat it costs: mechanical ventilation
In many instances mechanical ventilation may be the only option to manage office environments. Peter Mayer of 好色先生TV LifePlans explores the options
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FeaturesLet there be light
WHO MAKES IT 鈥� DP Architectural Lighting has established its name in the big league of interior design by providing bespoke lighting solutions to high profile clients like Foster and Partners.