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NewsInside the offsite empire
This is the first glimpse inside Laing O’Rourke’s £100m state-of-the art offsite building facility in Steetley, Nottinghamshire, as seen by the Duke of Kent on a royal visit last month
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CommentThe z factor
What’s the point of using a standard contract if you’re going to add so many extra clauses that you’re essentially creating a bespoke form? Take Z clauses in NEC3 for example …
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CommentThe people vs BP
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is said to have harmed the livelihoods of at least 37,000 Americans. Most will claim compensation. How on earth is that going to be possible?
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Data centres: What you need to know
Banks have to comply with tough regulations on data security. And that affects how they procure the buildings
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Halting a project: Breaking up is hard to do
With funding cuts looming over the industry, clients may want to stop projects at short notice. How can they protect themselves against subsequent damages claims?
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Features
2012 countdown: It starts here …
Forget the World Cup. The biggest show on Earth is the Olympics, and the good news is we’ve already won it
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Features2012 countdown: Jonathan Edwards and the Olympic village
Don’t worry. Jonathan Edwards hasn’t fallen on hard times since winning gold at Sydney in 2000. Rather, Locog is using his expert knowledge to help with the delivery of the £1bn Olympic village, right down to the fixtures and fittings
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Features2012 countdown: The velodrome
The plan with the velodrome was to make it as lean as a racing bike, says Chris Wise, one of its designers
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Features2012 countdown: The Games in numbers
The sheer scale of the 2012 project makes it a statistician’s dream. Here are a few figures, from the biggest buildings to the barest bones …
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NewsFreak power
A giant energy centre for the Olympic park with a flue stack the size of Nelson’s column could hardly be hidden away. So the architect decided to flaunt what it had by dressing up a neutral box in durable black rubber
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NewsJames & Taylor's Senses Aluminium tiles
James & Taylor has helped provide the cladding for a college building at the Aquinas sixth-form college in Stockport, which is due to open in September
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Movers and makers - 02 July 2010
Latest news from the world of construction product manufacture
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Aluminium curtain walling
Senior Architectural Systems has supplied the facade system for the Cancer Research UK Centre in Cardiff
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Copper cladding
SFS Intec Irius austenitic stainless steel fasteners have been used to fix the multi-coloured geometric aluminum panels to the Cardiff office of the Wales Joint Education Committee
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Low-rise facade system
Architectural aluminium glazing specialist, Technal, has launched Modal, a rapid build modular facade system for low-rise applications
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Solar heating
CA Group in collaboration with Corus has developed SolarWall, a method of low-carbon solar air heating for the UK market
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NewsFibre cement cladding
Marley Eternit’s Natura Pro fibre cement cladding has been used on the facade of the Rock mixed-use development in Bury, Lancashire
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NewsRok in £450k High Court battle
Rok Building in High Court dispute over non-payment issues on a London housing scheme
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NewsCapita Symonds reveals Goodwood sculpture
Alfa Romeo sculpture made of 12 tonnes of steel is centrepiece of 2010 Festival of Speed