More Focus – Page 292
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Single-point mortice lock
Roto Frank has added a single-point mortice lock to its DoorSafe range.
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Jamb anchor
Height safety and rescue specialist Capital Safety has added a door and window jamb anchor to its DBI-SALA range, which it says gives users freedom of movement while they work safely at height during construction or maintenance.
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Bay window
LB Plastics has added to its Sheerframe range with a bay window that comes in 90°, 135°, 150° and 180° joint options.
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Security screen
CounterShield is a security screen that closes in one second to protect public-facing staff from verbal or physical assault.
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Pocket door track-and-beam set
Royde & Tucker has added a white track-and-beam set to its Krona pocket door range.
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A-rated window
Eurocell Profiles and Haven Home Improvements have launched what they claim is one of the most cost-effective windows on the market with an A-rating for energy efficiency.
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FeaturesWhat to remember: Flood proofing
As water levels and flood risks rise across the country, Peter Caplehorn of Scott Brownrigg offers some guidance to specifiers trying to protect doors and windows
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FeaturesCan the Olympics save their jobs?
Furniture supplier Remploy needs to save £227m and is planning to shut 32 of its factories – a move that the TUC says would spell disaster for its largely disabled workforce. Now there’s hope that orders for seating for Olympic venues could provide a lifeline.
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FeaturesA giant leap for Foster
Star architect prepares to boldly go where no man has gone before …
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Cost update: September 2007
In this quarter’s analysis, Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon reports on the continuing rise in construction materials prices, driven by demand from the Far and Middle East
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FeaturesShould councils be able to set their own sustainability targets?
Council planners are currently slugging it out with builders and developers over the right to set their own carbon emission targets for new developments.
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FeaturesPump up the volume
Martin Spring takes a look at the latest advances in volumetric construction, from novel uses for shipping containers to designs for modules that are – whisper it – less boxy. But will any of this increase its popularity among housebuilders?
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FeaturesDigs with a difference
Students won’t live in grotty bedsits any more. And with 1 million of them needing somewhere to live, it’s a market you’d be wise to swot up on – just leave the kids to add their own personal touches …
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FeaturesEat your heart out, Jamie
One part the Naked Chef, two parts Ready, Steady, Cook, Bovis Lend Lease’s away day at a cookery school might have been a recipe for disaster – but turned out dead pukka. Eleanor Harding put her apron on …
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FeaturesDivine mystery
What’s the secret of this baffling monolith of raw concrete that stands in a field near Cologne?
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FeaturesSunand Prasad
Politician and academic – not to mention architect – the new RIBA president certainly has the CV to tackle the top post in British architecture. But does he have the policies?
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FeaturesHousebuilders or planners - who should set sustainability targets?
An almighty row has been brewing between local authorities, who want to set their own sustainability targets, and developers who claim this is causing chaos. The two met last Tuesday to thrash out their differences...
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FeaturesAre company fines for construction site deaths strong enough?
Amid the recent spate of on-site deaths, we ask: do you think fines for negligence are strong enough?