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Archive TitlesA&B Glass celebrates 25 years
A&B Glass, the Sudbury-based manufacturer of PVC-U doors, windows and conservatories, has reached a key corporate milestone, celebrating 25 successful years in business.
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Visit the CIBSE workshop at Nemex 2006
Nemex (the National Energy Management Exhibition) is the UK's largest event for energy managers and professionals and is a must for property developers, energy managers, consultants and anyone else who needs to keep up to date with energy issues. It takes place on 16-18 May.
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Market review 2001-2005
Market research carried out by MBD, reveals that while the UK market has been down, there are forecasts of a recovery.
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Archive TitlesThousands of LEDs, fluorescent tubes and lamps have been used to light Bristol's Clifton Suspension Bridge as part of the 200th birthday celebrations for its designer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
The lighting is controlled using Ex-Or's SceneSelect II, scene setting and dimming system.
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K2's Fab Four Reach New Height
While the tried and tested combination of flowers and chocolates preoccupied most people's minds on Mother's Day (26th March), four adventurous K2 employees were focused only on raising cash for Macmillan Cancer Relief Charity.
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FMB and K2 search for Britain's best
The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has launched its annual search to find the best builders and conservatory installers in Britain. The overall winner is set to receive a brand new Nissan Light Commercial Vehicle of their choice.
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15 years of Plastics Plus
On 1st May Plastics Plus celebrates 15 years of supplying plastics to industry, with a team that boasts over 320 years combined experience in the plastics industry.
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Carbon off - 100 days of carbon clean up
And make 2006 the year you start cutting your building's carbon emissions
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Synseal: Our roof is No. 1, Ultraframe: Not yet it isn't
New market research claims that Synseal has overhauled Ultraframe as the market-leading conservatory roof system, having entered the market as recently as 2002.
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Archive TitlesListers: delivering the goods g05 fabricator of the year still striving for perfection
In 1976, Rod Lister started manufacturing window frames in an old pig shed in Leek, Staffordshire. In 2005, Lister Trade Frames were crowned G05 'Fabricator of the Year'. The company's passion and hunger for improvement continues unabated. Roland Ellison met with MD Mark Warren
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Introducing Kate
I have been working for Carillion (formerly for Mowlem) for almost two years and am in the final run of a two year part time MSc Quantity Surveying course at London South Bank University. Although at 18 it did not really cross my mind to be a quantity surveyor, looking ...
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A little more than ‘brick counting'
The last couple of weeks have really only been about one thing - coursework, coursework, coursework! It is the last stretch of the taught part of the course so it's non-stop number crunching, late night panic phone calls and that guilty feeling when you're not doing the work (although not ...
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Wembley 'substantially complete' next month
Multiplex tells Australian Stock Exchange main works will end in June
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Construction on the up in 2006
RICS report points to strong return for private sector
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Archive TitlesSupermarket sweep
The big supermarket chains are increasingly seeing the potential of building housing on their sites, but what's in it for them and what's in it for everyone else? Chloe Stothart examines the latest plans by Tesco, Sainbsury's, Asda and Waitrose
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Retail
Want to attract retailers to your mixed-use project? You need to know how they think. Find out here …
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Archive TitlesThe whirligig of power
Just around the corner from my home is a park. It's a pretty, well-designed park, with swings and roundabouts and a small cafe. But it shouldn't be there. It sits on a prime London site that was intended to house a major mixed-use regeneration scheme.