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0.9% tender price fall
Tender prices fell by 0.9% in the third quarter of last year, the seventh consecutive quarter of declines, according to data from the RICS
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NewsThe wilds of Chester: Proctor and Matthews' biodome
Working with engineer Aecom and consultant Barton Willmore, architect Proctor and Matthews has designed a gigantic biodome for Chester Zoo
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EDF: We will build four nuclear power stations by 2025
EDF intends to have completed four nuclear power stations in the UK by 2025, it told MPs this week
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Government to approve 36 model eco-schools in England
The government is set to approve plans to build four exemplary zero-carbon schools in each of the nine regions of England by 2016
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NewsWheels of steel: Olympic velodrome
Work has been completed on the steel structure of the £80m London 2012 velodrome at the Olympic park in east London
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CommentGovernment intern system: Slow learners
Have you ever logged on to graduatetalentpool.direct.gov.uk?
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Features
What it costs: Tiled cladding
Tiles, shingles and slate can provide traditional and thermally efficient covering for external walls. Peter Mayer of BLP Insurance considers the options
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FeaturesPutting on the glitz: Brass cladding
More and more architects, enamoured of the golden lustre of brass, are choosing it as a cladding material, while others love it just because of the way it weathers
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FeaturesPanel system
Eurobond’s composite panel system has been used on an £11m “Lifestyle” building at Stoke-on-Trent college’s Cauldon Campus
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Movers and makers
Solar Gard, which makes solar control films, has launched the Capsol audit tool, which measures the impact of solar gain on office buildings. Capsol, and Solar Gard’s complementary consulting service, can be used to predict the results of retrofitting solar control window film
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FeaturesTextured panels
DuPont has launched a range of decorative panels with 3D patterns for interior decor
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Fibre cement cladding
Marley Eternit’s Natura Plus fibre cement cladding has been used on the 3 Assembly Square building in the Cardiff Bay Waterfront
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Prefabricated walls
Szerelmey has launched a lightweight prefabricated wall structure combined with external stone cladding that it says speeds up construction and cuts costs
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Aluminium frame system
Technal, the architectural aluminium specialist, has launched its Modal facade system for low-rise buildings
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Brick slips
Hanson has launched the Structherm Fastbrick, an a insulated real brick slip cladding system that aims to combine the advantages of modern construction techniques with the appeal of traditional brickwork
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FeaturesAluminium cladding
James & Taylor has supplied the aluminium cladding for the exterior of Jamie Oliver’s first independent restaurant in Canary Wharf
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My digital life: Niall wright
What are you listening to? Rolf Harris and his didgeridoo. And in particular his Six White Boomers song - a great festive tune.What’s your favourite website? YouTube makes me chuckle. There's a really funny video on there of a man cycling into a puddle. And the one with two cats ...
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NewsView from my office: Paul Lomas-Clarke
The Knowles director dreams of an empty sandy beach on an isolated Greek island…
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NewsDozens of zero-carbon schools to be built by 2016
Pilot green schools planned in all English regions as part of implementation of newly published Zero Carbon Task Force report