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    What's wrong with Laing O'Rourke

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Further to your article about Laing O’Rourke laying off 17,500 workers, when I worked there I only ever got in trouble for telling them their business models were flawed

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    A nonsulting request

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Those of your readers who managed to read e-Building on their sandy beach may have noticed the pretty fundamental consultation launched by Andrew Stunell, the Minister for Building Regulations (“What would you do with the Regs, 6 August, page 20)

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    The train line

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    News that the likes of BT and Network Rail have been inundated with applicants for their apprenticeship programmes should be welcomed.

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    It's just a step to the left ...

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Our thanks, and the usual £25 voucher, go to Mukesh Modhvadia, a commercial manager at the King’s Cross Redevelopment Programme, for these aerobic pictures of a window cleaner living dangerously.

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    Fire-rated doorsets

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    The £20m North Glasgow College campus includes more than 400 doorsets from Leaderflush Shapland’s Extended Performance and Designer ranges

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    Movers and makers

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    03 September 2010

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    Aluminium frames

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    SAS International has launched the XP frame, a range of aluminium door and window frames which can be varied in depth and provide up to 60 minutes’ fire resistance

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    Door operators

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Dorma UK has launched the ED100 low-energy swing door operator which is suitable for situations where users may be hampered, for example people carrying shopping or using push chairs

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    Adjustable door closer

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Sapa Building Systems has developed a new concealed door closer which will help building owners comply with disabled access regulations and assist the very young and the very old in using the doors

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    Fire-resistant doors

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Wrightstyle has launched a range of unlatched, fully-glazed interior and exterior fire-resistant doors

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    Composite windows

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Window manufacturer Idealcombi has launched the Futura+ range of composite doors and windows which feature a polyurethane core to enhance thermal efficiency and help designers meet the new Part L of the Building Regulations.

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    Empire State Building window refurb: The empire strikes back

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Manhattan’s Empire State Building is leaking air and carbon by the tonne. But a project to reduce heat loss and solar gain from its 6,514 windows has raised its green credentials - and drastically lowered its energy bill

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    My digital life: Leigh Jennings

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Are you into social networking?

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    Building buys a pint … for Cameron Black

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    “And what about Stuart sleeping in the Scooby Doo costume?” laughs Alison. All heads turn to Stuart

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    Hansom: Under cover

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Our usual quest to stick our noses into the private business of others takes us from the corridors of power at the RICS to a private betting circle, pausing briefly to admire some tugs in Afghanistan

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    PLP: So business is looking up?

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Remember the Polisano crew who busted out of Kohn Pedersen Fox and started up on their own? That must have been a year ago now. Emily Wright found out what happened to them next

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    A guide to Queensland's construction law

    2010-09-02T12:07:00Z

    Australia is one of the few places in the world experiencing something of a building boom and if you’re a UK firm keen to get involved, you might like to go to Queensland, where things are pleasantly familiar.

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    UAE's Sharjah in mega regeneration scheme

    2010-09-02T11:55:00Z

    Emirate follows neighbouring Dubai and Abu Dhabi with 25-year construction project

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    Growth in construction activity slows for third month

    2010-09-02T10:50:00Z

    Survey shows third successive month of slowdown for industry

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    Vinci early favourite on Crossrail tunnel jobs

    2010-09-02T14:09:00Z

    French builder only firm on shortlists for both Connaught Tunnel and Pudding Mill Lane job