More Focus – Page 290

  • Middlestone Moor primary school
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    Wind turbine for primary school

    2007-11-15T10:07:00Z

    Miller included a wind turbine, PVCu-free cabling and rainwater harvesting on Middlestone Moor school

  • Forestry Commission's new visitor centre
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    Sustainable Dalby visitor centre

    2007-11-15T09:45:00Z

    Miller construction builds fully recyclable timber building in North Yorkshire

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    Operation landfill

    2007-11-14T11:24:00Z

    Reducing construction waste makes economic sense and is good for the environment but what should the industry be aiming for? Wrap and ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ gathered together a group of industry experts to discuss whether the goal of halving construction waste to landfill by 2012 is achievable and how it might be ...

  • Buttershaw Headquarters
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    Naturally ventilated utility headquarters

    2007-11-13T19:49:00Z

    Miller Construction designs and constructs the new Yorkshire Water headquarters

  • City of Edinburgh Council Chambers
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    Low energy building in Edinburgh

    2007-11-13T19:27:00Z

    Miller Construction built City of Edinburgh Council Chambers with low embodied energy, C02 and waste

  • Hagley Haybridge Sixth Form School
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    Excellent BREEAM rating at school

    2007-11-13T19:11:00Z

    Miller Construction achieved green rating at Hagley Haybridge High School in Worcestershire.

  • Wood Green High School of Sport
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    Very good BREEAM rating for college

    2007-11-13T18:46:00Z

    Vinci applied sustainable principles to buildings at Wood Green High School College of Sport

  • Hademore level crossing
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    Hademore level crossing

    2007-11-13T18:28:00Z

    Use of pulverised fuel ash by Vinci in replacement of a railway level crossing by a road bridge

  • Bishop Justus secondary school
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    Green roofs at Bromley school

    2007-11-13T18:05:00Z

    Vinci built the new Bishop Justus secondary school in Bromley to a high environmental spec

  • Ashburton Learning Village
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    Eco-Learning Village in Croydon

    2007-11-13T17:28:00Z

    Vinci aimed for environmental efficiency in new teaching buildings

  • Boiler room section of installed heating and chilled water supply system
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    Shell Centre Tower water reduction

    2007-11-13T17:09:00Z

    SPIE Matthew Hall worked with supply chain in refurb to reduce services water use

  • Air handling units for re-use through a charity in Moldavia
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    Shell Centre Tower waste reduction

    2007-11-13T16:49:00Z

    ISG and SPIE Matthew Hall used segregation to reduce waste going to landfill at 26-storey building.

  • Morgan Ashurst scheme at University of Manchester
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    Off-site uni build

    2007-11-13T15:35:00Z

    Morgan Ashurst has used off-site manufacturing for University of Manchester building

  • HBG work on the Bromsgrove PFI Schools
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    Engaging school children on PFI

    2007-11-13T14:43:00Z

    HBG employed a Learning Resource Coordinator to engage with community in Bromsgrove PFI scheme

  • TaylorWoodrow scheme for Cardiff International Sports Village
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    Remediation of land in Cardiff Bay

    2007-11-13T14:13:00Z

    Taylor Woodrow worked on the scheme for the sustainable remediation of a 33ha site.

  • Barhale uses plant nappy
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    Oils captured by nappies

    2007-11-13T12:58:00Z

    Contractor Barhale used 'plant nappy' to capture contaminating oils at water reservoir

  • Barhale sewage system
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    Efficient sewerage scheme in Kenilworth

    2007-11-13T12:10:00Z

    Barhale installedan efficient sewage tunneling system that overcame the challenge of soft soil.

  • Jon Emery
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    The outdoors type

    2007-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Jon Emery, the man behind Hammerson’s redevelopment of the Birmingham Bullring, is repeating the trick in Bristol and Leicester. He tells Lucy Handley why the era of the indoor out-of-town shopping centre is over and why he doesn’t enjoy spending time at Bluewater

  • Bishop’s Square, by Foster + Partners. It’ state of the art – but for how much longer?
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    Our dark materials

    2007-11-09T00:00:00Z

    As buildings become greener, the energy needed to make them becomes more and more important. Pretty soon it could add up to 40% of the total lifetime carbon footprint. And as one-tenth of that figure is used by the site office, you can bet that yet more regulations are on ...

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    Made in China

    2007-11-09T00:00:00Z

    Is the UK construction industry missing a trick? A recent report suggests that firms could be saving up to 30% on the cost of materials if they were to ship more from China. Stephen Kennett spoke to three companies that already use Chinese suppliers to find out if it really ...