All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 658
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Great wine in new bottles: brand preconceptions can sometimes be misleading
Nick Dutton, Sales & Marketing Director of Synseal Extrusions, questions the usefulness of some traditional terminology and proposes a new way of categorising window systems
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Archive TitlesLongest glass beams at Sloane Square
The atrium at London's 15 Sloane Square is a remarkable structure that features probably the longest glass beams ever used, each spanning almost 10 metres. True to the design aims, the glass atrium features an all-glass roof which positively floods the interior of the deep plan offices with light, keeping ...
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Good guys and bad guys: Rod Appleyard’s day in the life of a fenestration surveyor
This month, Rod Appleyard gets to the bottom of a conservatory gone wrong
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Archive TitlesComposite considerations: Am Profiles m.d. on the benefits of coimposite window systems
AM Profiles is one of the few British owned companies that has quietly gone about the business of promoting composite systems. Managing Director Alistair McBain, talks to Glass Age
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Archive TitlesGreat year for Alumet girls
It’s been a magnificent year for Warwickshire facade company Alumet Systems (UK) Ltd.
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Planets all over the place
Planet Group, the UK’s largest installer of conservatories, has announced the opening of two new Planet franchises in Milton Keynes and Exeter.
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Archive TitlesSigned sealed decisions: Alfas restructuring opens the door to new niche solutions
illbruck Sealant Systems UK is the new name of the group behind the Alfas, Webbseal, Seal-it and Compriband brand names. They have many exciting developments to come.
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Showroom is a real advantage: real conservatories opens new showroom in doncaster
Real Conservatories Ltd of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, has opened a new showroom. It features four show conservatories displaying some of the different styles that are available to its retail customers.
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GP&T advanced registration goes live
The Advance Visitor Registration Hotline has now gone live for the Glass Processing & Technology Exhibition (GP&T), the highly successful new exhibition and conference dedicated to UK flat glass professionals, which is set to take place at the NEC this May (17th – 19th May 2005). Anyone wishing to pre-register ...
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Archive TitlesCleaninng up our act: safe, non-hazardous manufacturing is already possible
Chris Wood of Siegenia-Aubi Ltd looks at how the window industry can join the move towards ‘cleaner, greener’ manufacturing
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Forecasts buck slowdown: competition will intensify in the slower economy in 2005
Year on year sales for for the UK conservatory market were up in the last quarter of 2004, and expectations remain high despite signs of a slowdown in the economy
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Archive TitlesTotal customer support is the key to K2’s success
It’s hard to believe that it is still less than five years since K2 first took the conservatory market by storm. The company has invested significantly in developing its range since then, securing its place at the forefront of the industry.
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Archive TitlesG 05 is the new G 04
Following on from the successful reintroduction of the G-Awards to the industry calendar, the date for the G 05 Awards Presentation Gala Dinner has been announced. The event will take place at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, NEC Complex on June 10th 2005 and will be held once more in ...
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To be or not to be VAT is the question
A lower rate of VAT on repairs and maintenance may – or may not – be on its way, but in the meantime don’t overlook the reductions RSLs are already entitled to
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No trouble at Rochdale pathfinder
Your report on the Tenant Participation Advisory Service incorrectly refers to demonstrations in Rochdale regarding demolition plans (HT 21 January, page 13).
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New shoots
This artwork is displayed in Buddleia, a grade II-listed building in Liverpool’s Independent District, which is being redeveloped into a cultural and employment centre for black and minority-ethnic communities by Novas Group.
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Archive TitlesOn the move
Rebecca FrostDane Housing has appointed Rebecca Frost to the newly created position of policy and strategy officer. She used to work for the charity Shelter in Manchester as a housing aid case worker. Marcus KeysMarcus Keys has been appointed affordable housing director for developer Mansell Partnership Housing. He ...
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This index is useless
I can understand the enthusiasm of journalists for league tables but I don’t think you will find much support from housing associations for using them when it comes to the “cost index”.
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Welsh homes for locals policy stalls
Plans to reserve new homes for local people in a Welsh national park were put on hold last week.