All Public buildings articles – Page 8

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    Lighting rafts

    2007-03-16T00:00:00Z

    SAS International has announced that its System 600 acoustic lighting rafts are now available as a range of standardised designs.

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    Hospital hand units

    2007-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Hospital bedhead services specialist Static Systems has brought out a range of patient hand units suitable for those with disabilities.

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    Training the nuclear generation

    2007-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Construction has begun on a £19m nuclear academy facility in Cumbria.

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    Food and formica

    2007-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Formica high-pressure laminate was used to create colourful screen-printed walls for a cafeteria at Acland Burghley School in north London.

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    Plumbing system extended

    2007-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Durapipe has extended its Wefatherm PP-R socket fusion plumbing system.

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    Wall-hung boilers

    2007-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Boiler maker Buderus has launched a range of wall-hung gas-condensing boilers called GB162 that are suitable for commercial applications including schools, offices and hotels.

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    Acoustic flooring

    2007-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Commercial flooring specialist Polyflor has launched an acoustic flooring system.

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    Doing justice to the law

    2007-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Michael Wilford’s law academy in the Hague is a judicious mix of the traditional and the avant-garde

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    Images: Welsh foresters select green offices

    2007-01-11T13:05:00Z

    Architect Powell Dobson wins design contract for local and national government offices in Aberystwyth

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    Cost model: PFI projects

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    The government has swept aside opposition and committed itself to the use of the private sector in delivering public services. With private finance sure to have a growing role in the government’s building programme, it’s time to ask if PFI will be able to deliver. Davis Langdon & Everest reviews ...

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    Cost model: Urban design and infrastructure

    2000-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Infrastructure and public realm projects are a key component of the strategies to regenerate urban districts drawn up by Lord Rogers’ taskforce. Davis Langdon & Everest, with urban designer EDAW, examine the funding, procurement and cost of the schemes that will bring people back to the city

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    Cost model: Town centre pedestrianisation

    1998-12-31T00:00:00Z

    Upgrading run-down city centres by pedestrianising streets and introducing hard and soft landscaping has become a popular and cost-effective improvement option. In the 12 of this continuing series of cost models, QS Davis, Langdon & Everest costs four alternatives: model design and planning criteria; procurement options and a guide programme; ...