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Movers and makers - 14 May 2010
Latest news from the world of construction product manufacture
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Fire retardant for timber frames
Arch Timber Protection has launched Vacsol FR treatment, a fire protection system for timber frame components during the construction phase
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Cavity closers
Big Blok cavity closers from Cavalok Building Products have been specified on the Minehead Eye youth and community centre for their ability to span a 300mm cavity
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Off-white bricks
Brick maker Wienerberger has launched an off-white brick to complement its architectural range
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Ground stabilisation
Tensar International’s TriAx geogrid has been used at one of the stadiums hosting the 2010 World Cup
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Low energy blocks
Interlocking blocks from Durisol have been used in the construction of the New Horizon Youth Centre in King’s Cross. Because they are stacked like Lego, skilled bricklayers are not required, which made it easier for the centre’s users to help with the construction
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Thermal break modules
Schöck Isokorb thermal break modules have been used in this extraordinary apartment building and crèche in Vienna, designed by Austrian architect Rüdiger Lainer for developer Heimbau and Eisenhof
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Smart ties
Ancon has developed a wall tie to fix traditional brick cladding to an internal leaf of cellular clay blocks with horizontal bed joints of just 1mm
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FeaturesBankside: Have you met the Tate’s new neighbours?
Once snubbed as the poor relation of the trendy South Bank, Bankside has been transformed over the past decade by ambitious design. Now, finally, the residential sector is moving in
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FeaturesEarthship: Sustainable building with 900 spare tyres
David Matthews wanted to build his own Earthship – a radically sustainable home built of recycled materials – and live in it forever. Trouble was, he didn’t have a clue how to go about it. So Building sent him on a three-day course to find out
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FeaturesElection 2010: Dear prime minister...
Sarah Richardson collects the industry’s messages to the new occupant of Number 10 and we reveal the final choices of our panel of floating voters
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FeaturesSteven Holl: After Mackintosh
For most people in the UK, Steven Holl is the best architect they’ve never heard of. Now he’s tackling the world-famous Glasgow School of Art, that’s about to change
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FeaturesCountry focus: Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is showing tentative signs of recovery after the most difficult year in its brief history. But what are the implications for construction costs? Miroslav Vasko of EC Harris reports
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FeaturesFirst impressions: Inntel hotel near Amsterdam
Architecture students Rachel Harding and Jo Parsons comment on the Norwegian scheme
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FeaturesThe many lives of Joseph Aloysius Hansom
Talented inventor, kamikaze contractor, prolific architect, hopeless entrepreneur, socialist eagle fancier and of course founder of the magazine in your hands … Nick Jones reviews a biography of one of the Victorian age’s most remarkable characters
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FeaturesThe new face of banking: Middelfart bank
3XN’s bold and dynamic savings bank in Denmark offers unbeatable interest. Ike Ijeh opens an account
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FeaturesKeith Whitmore: ‘I do not suffer fools gladly’
Working for Westfield’s head of design Keith Whitmore may seem a little intimidating at first. But once you’ve got used to his ferociously demanding standards and early morning phone calls, he’s really very approachable
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FeaturesThe Shard: Foot of the mountain
The Shard had already climbed to 21 storeys by the time 700 truckloads of concrete were poured to create its foundation. So what was stopping it from falling down?
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Chink of light
Construction prices edged up in the first quarter of the year. So does that mean the industry recession is at an end? Sadly not, says Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon
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FeaturesElection 2010: Invitation to a hanging
On this page Sarah Richardson and Roxane McMeeken look at what would happen to construction if nobody won the election, and overleaf we catch up with our floating voters, receive a letter from David Cameron and meet the former Jarvis man who founded his own political party