More Focus – Page 238
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Wayfinding systems
The Triline wayfinding sign system is now available in the UK and has been adapted to accept braille signs to meet the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995
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Wiring accessories
MK Electric has developed a collection of products dedicated to healthcare environments.
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Wall impact protection
Construction Specialties has introduced a customising service which enables its CS Acrovyn wall impact protection sheets to be cut into eye-catching shapes and patterns
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Doorset with minimum door swing
Doorset maker Leaderflush Shapland has designed a doorset solution for the single-room pilot ward project at Hillingdon Hospital in Uxbridge, Middlesex.
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FeaturesReason to celebrate: a Building Awards preview
It’s easy amid all the gloom to forget what we’ve achieved as an industry over the past few years. The Building Awards are here to remind you and although you’ll have to wait until April to know who the winners are, we think you’ll enjoy this preview
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FeaturesCost model update, March 2009
With the construction market in reverse, it’s crucial to have the latest data. This cost update has been compiled by Max Wilkes and Simon Rawlinson, with help from Davis Langdon’s sector experts
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FeaturesThe race to build Britain's nuclear reactors
Japanese-owned nuclear giant Westinghouse is in a race with France’s Areva for the UK’s £20bn nuclear reactor market. And it looks like it’s falling behind. We asked the man spearheading the bid if he was worried...
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FeaturesI've started so I'll finish: David Tuffin of Tuffin Ferraby Taylor
David Tuffin started Tuffin Ferraby Taylor when people wore loon pants and voluntarily listened to the Bay City Rollers. Several recessions later, he’s handing it over to a new generation. But isn’t that going to be a bit tricky right now?
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FeaturesRoll over Beethoven!
This music theatre in Graz starts off in classical style, but inside it’s doing the twist
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FeaturesSurviving Mipim without champagne
Mipim looks set to a frugal affair this year, with fewer big boats, less free champagne and virtually no Russian oligarchs. Building gets some tips on doing Cannes on the cheap
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FeaturesDon't sweat it: Arup's National Physical Laboratory
Building a laboratory where temperatures are controlled to the nearest 0.1ºC is scary enough. But when you have the added possibility of radiation leaks and you know the job finished off the last firm to try it, well, you could forgive Arup for being ‘a bit nervous’
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FeaturesProfiled cladding
Euroclad‘s Elite Systems have been used on the £6.4m redevelopment of the historic market site in Minehead, Somerset
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FeaturesRivington Street Studio's York St John University: New York, New York
Rivington Street Studio’s flamboyant design for York St John University’s new quadrangle in England’s most complete medieval city provoked predictable outrage. Now that it’s built, its youthful verve frees it from the heritage vice
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FeaturesRainscreen panels
Eurobond’s Rainspan rainscreen support panels have been used on the refurbishment and extension of the Emersons Green Sainsbury’s store in Bristol
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FeaturesComposite panels
Kingspan Insulated Panels has added the KS1000 LV Louvre and KS1000 CW CurveWall to its architectural wall panel range
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FeaturesUnderground, overground: the ICE award winners
From tunnels under the Thames to tree-top walks in Kew, London was the scene of some impressive feats of civil engineering in 2008. Yesterday, the ICE celebrated the best of them
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FeaturesThe world construction outlook
In the old days, before the world banking meltdown, firms looked abroad for expansion opportunities. These days they are economic migrants. Davis Langdon looks at the best places to flee
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FeaturesSerbia: Construction's new hope?
Alright, it hasn’t got the shops, the offices, the hotels or the gleaming infrastructure – but then, that’s precisely why the so-called ‘Balkan Tiger’ is such a find for UK construction
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FeaturesThe return of the glazed terracotta tile
Like an old punk band that reunites for one last gig, glazed terracotta tiles – famous for their early appearances on Victorian pubs and tube stations – are making a comeback. Stephen Kennett gives a big hand to two completed schemes that are shaking up the streets of London