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FeaturesSpecialist costs steel and concrete
The structures trades have been some of the hardest hit by the recession. Simon Rawlinson and Mark Lacey of Davis Langdon examine how specialist contractors and the supply chain have faced up to the challenges
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FeaturesGene Kohn: Sorting out the mess at Kohn Pedersen Fox UK
When the London office of Kohn Pedersen Fox was split in two by the departure of Lee Polisano in September, founding partner Gene Kohn did what any self-respecting 79 year old would – he moved from New York to London to sort the whole mess out himself. He tells Emily ...
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FeaturesParadise for petrol heads: Foster + Partners’ McLaren factory
Foster + Partners has designed a road car factory for McLaren to park alongside its Formula One centre and, like that, it’s an impressive demonstration of streamlined high-tech architecture
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FeaturesInnovative SMEs: 10 small firms with big ideas
You may not even know that you need them, but the companies featured here can do marvellous things for your business. Roxane McMeeken makes the introductions
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FeaturesDavis Langdon at the crossroads
Even men with hearts of iron have reason to be concerned about whether a sale to Aecom would make financial sense
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What it costs: Flooring
Level access showers can improve quality of life for disabled users. Peter Mayer of BLP Insurance looks at the design options and lifecycle costs for retrofitting them into existing floors
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FeaturesThe hard stuff
The world of flooring is coming up with cheaper, cleaner alternatives to traditional stone tiles
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FeaturesTiled floors
The £3.7m renovation of the Marianne North Gallery at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew has included the recreation of a Victorian geometric tiled floor, complete with intricate border, by Craven Dunnill Jackfield
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Movers and makers: 26 March 2010
Weber, the manfacturer of industrial mortar, has brought out a flooring systems brochure. The 16-page guide introduces the main product categories of commercial, industrial, decorative, calcium sulphate and marine screeds as well as innovative products such as Leca insulation fill, which allows for quick and easy foundation preparation
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FeaturesCarpet tiles
Burmatex has created a high impact floor for the Shoreditch showroom of interior designer Forster Inc
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FeaturesHeated floor module
Underfloor heating specialist Timoleon has launched the Toron flooring system, which combines a floor deck with an underfloor heating system in a single, structural unit
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Modular PVC flooring
Gerflor has launched Saga, a modular PVC floor tile that is an alternative to carpet tiles
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FeaturesAshley Primary School: Any colour as long as it’s green
Ashley Primary School is run with such zeal for the environment that when an expansion became necessary, it grabbed the chance to increase its sustainability credentials
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FeaturesThe 2010 Building Awards: Public projects shortlist showcase
Hard not to have a wiggle in your walk when you see the cornucopia of building projects shortlisted for the 2010 Building Awards
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Sustainability: Renewable energy
The old grudging attitude to renewable energy is being slowly transformed by a series of financial incentives
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FeaturesFast build nation: Richard Ogden on offsite construction
Richard Ogden, the man who built a McDonald’s in two days, thinks the speed, efficiency and sustainability of offsite manufacture, and investment from major contractors such as Laing O’Rourke, will at last win over a sceptical industry
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Sports flooring system
An innovative high-performance sports floor system, developed through a partnership between Gerflor and InstaCoustic, has been installed for the first time in the UK at the Moat House leisure and neighbourhood centre in Coventry
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Textured floor covers
Altro has provided a complete floors and walls package for the Ennerdale leisure centre in Hull
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FeaturesThe London Library: Speaking volumes
The London Library has been extending in higgledy-piggledy fashion ever since it moved to its St James’s home in 1845. Now Haworth Tompkins has set out to rationalise its circulation so that readers may actually be able to find the books they’re looking for