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Solar shading
Renson Sunprotection Screens has introduced Fixscreen, an external screening device for controlling light and thermal gains into both domestic and commercial properties
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NewsGreen roof systems
Building membranes specialist Icopal has launched the EasyGreen modular roofing system, which the company claims will improve stormwater management and easy inspection of underlying roof waterproofing membranes
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NewsMechanical ventilation
Ventilation company Vortice has launched three new products. The Vort Notus is a decentralised continuous mechanical axial extract fan particularly useful for refurbishments and for social housing applications
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NewsCombined heat pump
Atmos Heating Systems’ Combinair hot water boiler combines a conventional boiler with an air source heat pump and heat recovery in a single unit, and is now covered by a new section in SAP Appendix Q. This means its energy saving potential can be taken into account when carrying out ...
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FeaturesDouble vision: Bill Hanway of Aecom UK on expansion plans
In five years’ time, Bill Hanway expects Aecom’s British business to be twice as big as it is now. The consultancy giant’s new UK boss tells Emily Wright how he plans to do it
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FeaturesSustainability: The future of offices
We’re going to have to make some important changes in the way we use offices in the future. Here Cyril Sweett director Hugh Mulcahey looks at what the options are – and which is better
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FeaturesThames Gateway Forum: Eastern promise
Billions of pounds worth of projects in the east of the Thames Gateway are staying on track despite the shortage of private funding. Here, one of the key players in the area explains how
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CommentHey, big spender: getting cash from the European Investment Bank
When Crossrail landed a cool £1bn loan from the European Investment Bank last month, it provoked a surge of interest from other businesses. Joey Gardiner looks at what chance they have of getting eurofinance
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Comment
Move with the times
The appointment of a chief construction adviser is welcome, but in the 10 years since the Egan Report the game has moved on a long way
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CommentA word to the Wise
I followed Chris Wise’s logic in questioning, for environmental reasons, whether RIBA should have recognised the 100,000-tonne Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing (9 October, page 28), but I struggled to follow why he then used what was clearly a unique structure to criticise the efficiency of steel overall
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Comment
Expose the OFT
It is not surprising, what with the draconian powers of the Office of Fair Trading and the possibility of future appeals, that few bosses are prepared to put their heads above the parapet and comment on the spate of fines imposed upon our industry
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Jobs: Wanted
I can’t quite believe the lack of support that the unemployed graduates are receiving (11 September, page 34)
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NewsCrossrail spend £3bn by next election
Scale of expenditure by next election makes cancelling Crossrail less attractive to an incoming government
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NewsShow and sell
The world’s largest Audi showroom, designed by Wilkinson Eyre, opened this week in Brentford
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Latest construction appointments - 16 October 2009
Mott MacDonald has appointed Richard Krasenberg sub-divisional manager in its renewable generation and environment team in Brighton
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CommentHansom: Lese majeste
Just as Hyde Park’s Rue du Roi was renamed Rotten Row, and Sir David Maxwell Fyfe became Dai Bananas, so the mocking laughter of the public continues to haunt the great and the good …
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NewsZero carbon agenda could destory SMEs: Ways and means
If the government is really serious about reducing overall carbon emissions, it doesn’t do to be too precious about the means to the end. Just make sure SMEs can bear the burden
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NewsEnviros: Failed bidders revealed
Failed bidders for Carillion's environmental consultancy arm include social housing firm Connaught
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Aecom’s five-year plan
Aecom plans to double the size of its UK and Ireland operation – the firm formerly known as Faber Maunsell – within five years, according to Bill Hanway, the company’s new UK chief executive
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Keller buys Singaporean firm
Keller Group, the gound engineering specialist, has bought Singaporean foundation contractor Resource Holdings for £30.6m