All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 434
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Archive TitlesFire screens in sandbanks: Mann mcgowan project in new poole harbour development
Situated on the beautiful Sandbanks Peninsula, overlooking Poole Harbour, a new Mirage development consisting of 28 apartments has been developed and built by Gleesons Homes Ltd. The interiors have been finished to a very high standard and include individually designed kitchens, low voltage down lighters and Siemens Integrated Home Management ...
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Archive TitlesWendland's Sundyal design meet
Because the new Sundyal Sunroom roof system from Wendland is solid rather than glass or polycarbonate, homeowners are offered both better thermal efficiency and greater privacy.
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Desiccant filling - safely
Health & Safety is considered just as much a component as motors, pneumatic cylinders or any other material at Ashton Industrial: It has to be designed in to any machinery development right from the start.
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Archive TitlesPhoenix darkens its doors
Phoenix Composite Doors reports an increase in interest for its advanced-composite door, and especially in black.
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Archive TitlesSteve Davis on cue for Network Veka
Snooker champion Steve Davis OBE is to be the new face of Network VEKA. The signing of the sporting legend and TV celebrity was announced at the organisation's AGM where delegates were told his image of sincerity and dependability was ideal for the Network's brand values and its motto, ‘Reliable ...
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Emplas at Cranfield
A replacement window contract awarded to Emplas Window Systems by Cranfield University, has recently been completed. The contract involved the replacement of windows on the campus site on Building 52, one of four converted aircraft hangars occupying the site.
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Fire rated composite doors
CGI International's unwired Pyroguard Stippolyte glass provided the ideal solution when Hanover Housing Association was looking for ‘modern glass for a modern door'. Hanover was replacing fire-rated front doors at its sheltered accommodation near Oldham and decided that a wired glass would not create the right appearance aesthetically.
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Archive TitlesDevice for safe lifting: New device for compliance with working at height regulations
Window installers can opt to buy the Harnser manual winch with a six-monthly servicing contract from Eazi Lift
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Archive TitlesPanels create the right image: Decorative glass creation is in keeping with company's image
With the new building located on the perimeter of Manchester airport, iSOFT's CEO, Tim Whiston, had a clear idea of what he wanted in terms of colour to create the right ambience for the many government ministers and health experts that fly in to visit the company from around the ...
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Soft coat Low E option
John Fredericks has launched a new soft coat Low E glass option. Offering 70 per cent less UV transmission compared with standard clear glazing and a U value as low as 1.4 (1.2 with argon filling).
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Archive TitlesFranklin cleans up at glassex
Having picked up several category awards in the 2005 and 2006 Glassex Conservatory Design Awards, Leeds based, family-run Franklin Windows were awarded the title of Supreme Winner for 2006 at a special ceremony that took place on the CDC Winners' Pavilion at Glassex.
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Archive TitlesSolaglas lanterns light up Sheffield City Hall
Built in 1932 of Darley Dale stone and designed in the classical revival style, Sheffield City Hall is currently the home of over 400 events per year. Solaglas Structural Contracting has recently completed an £80K glazing project for the City Hall from main contractors HBG.
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Changing times
It's hard not to be sentimental about the Pilkington deal, in a month that has also seen BOC bought by Linde. But this is part and parcel of being a PLC, and shareholders have realised a price otherwise not possible. This has been widely debated, most often with the conclusion ...
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Archive TitlesNaples shopping centre uses Ma
Makrolon sheets from Bayer Sheet Europe have helped to create an impressive atrium in the roof of a new shopping centre in Naples, Italy.
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Europhobe or Europhile: Celebrate our differences, but be flexible in the market
Nick Dutton, Sales and Marketing Director at Synseal Extrusions explains how flexibility can be the best policy when it comes to metrification
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Archive TitlesHurst glazed cassettes: Hurst launches new range of decorative door cassettes
Developed through a combination of consumer research and advancing glass technology, 2006 will see Hurst launch a whole raft of new products, designs and techniques that only have one aim: to support the customer and give them new things to sell and just as importantly, help improve their bottom line. ...
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Archive TitlesNordic window trends: Finland's glass fair joins a crowded exhibition calendar
Scandinavia now has its own glass exhibition - Glass Expo Lasi, which had its first outing in February. Dominic Bentham was there
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Whiteline buys customer TWHI
Whiteline Group, a Kömmerling fabricator, has acquired its largest unglazed frame customer, Tunbridge Wells Home Improvements Ltd (TWHI), as a wholly owned subsidiary, part of a three year strategic restructuring of the company.
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Brown's Budget won't budge
Businesses will face a further blow to competitiveness after the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, announced a rise in the climate change levy in his 10th budget speech. And despite the environmental theme of this year's budget, there is no sign of VAT incentives.
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Schlegel bought from Unipoly
Lupus Capital plc has agreed to acquire the Schlegel Building Products Division from Unipoly.