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Minimal hinge door
Manhattan Showers has added the Minimal Hinge Door to its semi-frameless range of shower enclosures.
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Steel lintels
Catnic, manufacturer of steel lintels and building products, has provided 96 lintels for the new residential development at Windsor Court, in Filey, North Yorkshire.
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NewsSolar panels
A property owner in north-east England chose Schott Solar when she wanted solar panels installed on her roof.
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NewsLift/slide door system
Kawneer has launched a lift/slide door to the residential and commercial sectors, which the company claims offers maximum panoramic views as well as high levels of thermal and weathering performance.
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CommentA singular voice
Making the industry work more successfully will be the biggest challenge facing new construction adviser Peter Hansford
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CommentThe New Homes Bonus: Home truths
The coalition’s much vaunted New Homes Bonus to increase housebuilding is falling victim to perverse incentives, lazy definitions and unsustainable cost
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NewsArchitects and engineers launch Olympic marketing protest
RIBA and Institution of Structural Engineers call for government to lift London 2012 marketing gag
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NewsCivil engineering workloads fall in second quarter
Civil engineering workloads fall in second quarter
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NewsThree divisions of Rotary fall into administration
Demise of M&E firm’s divisions comes as latest insolvency figures show rise in construction administrations in Q2
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NewsDerwent completes £83m re-financing deal
Developer Derwent London has completed an £83m re-financing deal.
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NewsCrossrail submits plans for Paddington office scheme
Plans submitted for Grimshaw-designed commercial and retail development for the site above station
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NewsCostain consortium bags £102m roads job
Contractors also made preferred bidder on £27m reservoir scheme
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NewsGovernment makes plans to boost energy efficiency work
Firms investing in energy efficiency could be given guaranteed income from retrofit work
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Construction appointments: 03 August 2012
Sheppard Robson, Stanton Williams, Seddon Construction amongst others announce recruits
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NewsWeihai Pavilion: How to Make it in China
Exhibition space on the Shandong Peninsula is architect’s first building in mainland China
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NewsFormer RMJM stars battle architect in the courts
Tony Kettle and Colin Bone sue architect at Edinburgh Employment Tribunal
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NewsMace boss demands construction investment
Pycroft calls on government to switch emphasis from big infrastructure schemes to projects that can be started quickly
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NewsUK ‘three years behind’ on PFI, says Scottish minister
Secretary for infrastructure and capital investment tells Treasury to ‘swallow its pride’ and use NPD model
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CommentCould we just add a staircase here, perhaps?
The Giles Mackay case shows the folly of using a lump-sum contract on a project where the amateur client, inspired by House & Garden, wants a hand in the design…
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FeaturesInternational costs 2012
Construction prices are rising in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Qatar, slowing in China and India, and grinding to a standstill across Europe. Paul Moore of EC Harris reports