More Focus – Page 299
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FeaturesSustainable schoolrooms: Here’s one for the kids
Willmott Dixon’s classroom of the future may sound like something made in the Blue Peter studio – with its strips of waste wood off-cuts and glue – but it’s quick to build, affordable and carbon neutral. Alistair King looks at one they made earlier…
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FeaturesThe Phoenix rises – pod by pod
Student accommodation provider Unite is using its off-site modular technology, which is capable of producing developments up to 11 storeys high, for the first time at its £15m development, Phoenix Court in Bristol.
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FeaturesTimber-frame system
Timber-frame maker Eleco Timber Frame’s system ElecoFrame has been specified by Hemlock Construction for use in The Gallery, an 82-flat development in Manchester.
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Lightweight steel roof tile
Roofing maker Decra Roof Systems has launched a lightweight steel roof tile for the modular building industry, called the Elegance tile.
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Piled raft foundations
Ground engineering company Abbey Pynford has developed two piled raft foundation systems that it says provide a safer alternative to traditional piled foundations.
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Modular lecture theatre
Pre-owned modular buildings supplier Foremans Relocatable Building Systems has launched a standardised design for a lecture theatre. Developed in partnership with the University of East London, the lecture theatre will contain 300 tiered seats in a self-contained facility constructed from refurbished and recycled building modules.
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Modular rooflight
Polycarbonate sheet products maker Brett Martin has launched a modular rooflight called Mardome Glass.
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FeaturesBoxing clever
Yorkon general manager David Johnson explains why the company’s building systems can be used for anything from airports to animal houses.
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FeaturesTemporary catering facilities: Fast food in tricky situations
Peter Caplehorn of Scott Brownrigg explores the options for specifiers organising temporary catering facilites.
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Belfast is booming
All sectors of the construction industry performed strongly in April, but what really catches the eye is the surge in activity in Northern Ireland, according to Experian Business Strategies’ survey
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FeaturesExperimenting with friends
Although launched nearly three years ago, Facebook has in recent weeks overtaken Friends Reunited and MySpace as the UK’s biggest social website. Mark Leftly spent a day investigating this latest alternative to work vital tool for networking …
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FeaturesShould Hips come into force on August 1?
Yvette Cooper today confirmed the Hips start date despite a shortage in energy assessors but should she have put the date back further?
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FeaturesFollow the team leader
Building users are getting used to recycling their waste, but what about the people who construct it? British land is one client that knows the benefits from meeting sustainability targets and feels a responsibility to take a lead
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About WRAP
WRAP works in partnership to encourage and enable businesses and consumers to be more efficient in their use of materials and recycle more things more often. This helps to minimise landfill, reduce carbon emissions and improve our environment.
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FeaturesBetter by design
Designing out waste at the very start saves time and money, and it’s green
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FeaturesFirst word
reducing waste and making use of recycled materials is no longer the preserve the minority. In fact, the uk’s biggest construction project is leading the way, says david higgins, chief executive of the Olympic delivery authority