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Waymarking system
Zumtobel Lighting has launched an LED-powered waymarking system suitable for providing visual guidance in a range of environments including hospitals and care homes.
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FeaturesWall-hung boilers
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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FeaturesWhat to wear on your walls
Back in the 1930s, plasterboard was a revolutionary material and, according to British Gypsum鈥檚 Paul Campbell, it still is.
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FeaturesLight duties
A balance must be struck between limiting heat loss and controlling solar gain when trying to get daylighting right in schools, says Peter Caplehorn of Scott Brownrigg
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Flying high
The construction industry has been buoyant so far this year with all three main engineering sectors expanding, most regions experiencing growth and the burden of high interest rates easing, says Experian Business Strategies鈥� latest survey
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FeaturesHansom鈥檚 tales of mipims past
Nothing much surprises me now I鈥檝e passed my 200th birthday, and seen the the human cabaret in all its sordid glory. On the other hand you, dear reader, have not. So let me share with you a few true stories from the south of France ...
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FeaturesAn audience with The Shahs
Not satisfied with taking on the print unions, millionaire businessman Eddy Shah is breaking into housebuilding by constructing a luxury property development on a golfcourse.
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FeaturesEyeball to eyeball
In the first in a series of close encounters, new members of professional institutions ask their leaders some tough questions. First up is Kevin Bundy, one of 精东影视鈥檚 graduate advisers, who wants the RICS鈥� new president to explain why the subs are so high, what members get for them and, ...
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The wolves at the door
About 21% of large strategic sites in Britain are owned by commercial developers. Private housebuilders own 8%. David Blackman wonders why they aren鈥檛 more worried ...
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FeaturesCost model: Car showrooms
Those temples to the automobile can be lavish enterprises, with double-height glazing, blazing lights and costly stone floors. And that鈥檚 before you even get into the realms of internet cafes and branded clothing. Maxwell Wilkes of Davis Langdon offers an unbeatable all-in price
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FeaturesThe digi-box
Want a three-storey extension to a grade II-listed building in less than a day? Or a house that鈥檚 been digitally manufactured to be as easy to assemble as an Airfix model? Martin Spring visits two projects that are taking off-site manufacture to the next level
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Good 鈥� but not good enough
The National Audit Office has just inspected the government鈥檚 city academies programme. Mark Leftly reports on what it had to say, and what the industry says in reply
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Windpost-free blockwork: Tackling the block
There鈥檚 never been much call for change in the world of blockwork. But now a small contractor from London has found a way to make walls more elegant, stronger and cheaper.
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FeaturesThanks a mullion
Technal鈥檚 structurally glazed curtain walling system has been used for the first time in the UK on the refurbishment of a sixties building at the University of Sunderland.
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Fire-resistant curtain walling
Aluminium cladding maker Kawneer has launched a fire-resistant version of its AA100 curtain walling system.
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Features鈥楤ut Zaha is in there 鈥� is that because she鈥檚 British?鈥�
Making the news The founding partners of Herzog & de Meuron may not have made 精东影视鈥檚 Hall of Fame but with a RIBA gold medal and two major projects their luck is changing in the UK
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FeaturesLife after the death of old king coal
The National Coalfields Programme was set up a decade ago to rescue communities wrecked by mine closures. Mark Leftly toured the areas to gauge its progress