All Features articles – Page 395
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FeaturesShop lighting: A LED balloon?
They’re easy to maintain, last ages and don’t cook the food. So will LEDs knock fluorescent tubes off their pedestal in shop design? ‘That’s a laugh,’ detractors tell Alistair King
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Aluminium high-capacity gutter
Serpentine 175 is the latest addition to Guttermaster’s range of aluminium gutters.
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FeaturesWhere did it all go?
One of the things Blair’s tenure is certain to be remembered for is the surge of public spending that began in his third year in office. Here, Angela Monaghan, Mark Leftly and Sarah Richardson explain what it was spent on
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FeaturesAylesbury and after
When Blair made his first speech as prime minister on south London’s Aylesbury estate, it was an illustration of the immense task Labour faced in regenerating Britain’s inner cities, and a symbol of its determination to tackle it. Overleaf, we look at what it did. But first, Mark Leftly returned ...
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30dB acoustic seal
Intumescent technology specialist Mann McGowan has unveiled the DD1 acoustic threshold seal, which has a rating of 30dB.
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FeaturesThe class of 1997
Tony isn’t the only one who had an eventful decade. These industry professionals all graduated in 1997 and have been climbing the career ladder ever since. Katie Puckett asks them if things really did get better, for them and for construction
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FeaturesMaking best practice the obvious practice
From segregating waste to re-using materials - cost effective waste management can become second nature
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FeaturesImproving the quality of affordable housing with off-site construction
Best Practic Case Study on Raines Court
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Finn Forest
Fulcrum have a unique track record in built solutions that deliver the following: Comfort and performance Low through-life cost Simplicity in operation and maintenance We have established that sustainability is the natural result of the correct understanding of the potential compatibility between these objectives. We therefore find that ...
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FeaturesFulcrum Consulting
Our objective is buildings that work; for the procurer, the user, and for future generations.
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FeaturesAre we really ready for eco-towns?
Do we have enough green experience to develop sustainable towns?
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FeaturesWho owns this place?
Some PFI consortiums have won leases on their hospital that run for almost a century after they finish their contract. Mark Leftly reveals the Department of Health’s risky gamble
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FeaturesA man on a mission
Arup engineer Daniel Rea tells Lydia Stockdale how he followed a path trodden by Dr Livingstone and ended up at the Building Awards