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CommentBuilding buys a pint ... for Humberts leisure
In the seventies you used to get lots of buff women with heaving breasts in vampire films, but now it’s just buff men
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CommentDavis Langdon - An Aecom company
One of the best known and respected consultants in the UK has been bought by a US firm 10 times its size. Here, Tom Bill asks whether DL was forced into a marriage with Aecom, and what will happen to the 91-year-old brand once two become one
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The tracker: Still sinking slowly
The ONS might have recorded a rise in output, but figures record a continuing gentle decline …
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NewsThis house has been designed to be highly sustainable. So why isn’t it?
The gap between design and built performance is seriously hampering our chances of meeting the 2016 target for zero carbon homes
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NewsColoured render
StoRend Cote has been specified on an affordable, low-energy housing scheme developed by Fyne Initiatives, the commercial subsidiary of the Argyll-based Housing Association, Fyne Homes.The homes are said to be the UK’s first social housing development built to Passivhaus standards. Designed by Professor Gokay Deveci of Robert Gordon University, each ...
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Blown insulation
Rockwool, manufacturers of non-combustible stone wool insulation, has launched Rockprime, a mechanically installed blown insulation for the loft area of homes
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Wood fibre insulation
Natural Building Technologies’ (NBT) Diffutherm and Pavatherm Plus wood fibre insulation boards have been used to insulate the external walls of a timber frame home development in Dundee
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Composite cladding panels
Cladding manufacturer Steni UK has extended its range of composite panels with sparkling black and white variants.
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Curtain walling
WHS Halo, manufacturers of architectural facades and entrance systems, has introduced an enhanced version of its System 10 curtain walling
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High-performance windows
Pultec has launched the 5000 Series range of windows which can provide whole window U-values of 0.7W/m2K
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NewsSpray-on insulation
Walltite spray foam insulation from BASF Polyurethanes has been used to form an airtight thermal-efficient envelope at the BRE’s Victorian terrace retrofit demonstration project, in Watford
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NewsAluminium windows
Sapa Building Systems has developed the Crown Window System to help specifiers meet the higher levels of the Code for Sustainable Homes
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Residential salary survey - take part!
Your chance to air your views, anonymously, in our annual resi survey
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NewsRok shares tumble after suspension of FD
Chief executive Garvis Snook says he feels ’hugely let down’ as he reveals £8.5m hole in accounts
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NewsTimber frame tops out at Daventry's iCon
The £8.5m project in Daventry aims to attract 60 sustainable construction and technology firms
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NewsVocational training attracts 100,000 would-be electricians
The UK workforce has turned to vocational training in the downturn with sparkies being the most popular choice.
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News£77m B&Q centre gets go-ahead
A huge new B&Q distribution centre has been told ’you can do it’ by planning officers at Swindon council.
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NewsKingston student wins pro cycling poster competition
London Transport Museum runs student competition to promote the benefits of cycling
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NewsConstruction redundancies drop 23%
The number of redundancies has dropped for the fourth succcessive quarter