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FeaturesGIA: Is this the UK’s grooviest building surveyor?
The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker – if they’re after second careers, they could do worse than apply to become building surveyors at GIA. Alex Smith talks to seven employees who all have wildly different backgrounds. Photography by Steve Schofield
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Willmott Dixon to build £16m academy
Willmott Dixon has beaten Kier to become preferred bidder on a £16m school in the government’s academies programme, it is understood.
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NewsHere's an idea - No 7
Materials firm Aardvark is selling concrete that allows rainwater to pass directly through it to improve flood drainage in urban areas.
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Royal Bam Group to rebrand HBG and Edmund Nuttall
Dutch-owned contractor HBG will rebrand to become Bam Construct UK later this year.
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NewsSharewatch: did you buy shares in Barratt?
The summer holiday tumbleweed has well and truly begun blowing through the Square Mile.
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Boris ditches design advisory board
Boris Johnson has axed his design advisory body and incorporated it into the London Development Agency.
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CommentInnocence abroad
Schools are out, summer is here and the mind naturally turns to jetting off (or, for the more environmentally squeamish, catching a train) to foreign climes
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NewsAt last! The theatre that goes to you
The Mobile Performance Venue, a 3,900m2 transportable theatre designed by Ramboll Whitbybird and Norwegian practice Various Architects, will tour the world in 2009.
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NewsThe battle of Waterloo: Elizabeth House
London mayor Boris Johnson has vetoed the development of Allies and Morrison’s Elizabeth House towers at Waterloo station.
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NewsThe Aedas touch: Cultural centre in Singapore
A flamboyant 54,000m2 civic, cultural and retail complex in Singapore has been designed by the Hong Kong office of Aedas.
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Housebuilders face wave of legal battles over withheld cash
The dispute specialist that successfully sued Barratt for wrongfully deducting cash from a subcontractor has written to 5,000 specialists offering to represent them in similar cases.
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FeaturesUnderfloor heating
Raychem’s electric underfloor heating system has been installed in the recently opened spa at the Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire, Scotland.
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Energy saving lighting sensors
MK Electric has introduced a range of lighting controls, designed to deliver energy savings, for a range of commercial situations
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Heat pumps: GaeaTherm ground-source heat pump
Potterton Commercial has launched the GaeaTherm ground-source heat pump which it says can help reduce the carbon footprint of commercial buildings.
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Lighting controls
Flex Connectors has launched Flex 7, a range of lighting control products built into Flex 7 plugs to create a range of plug-in switches, dimmer switches, occupancy and absence sensors, daylight dependent switches, daylight-linked dimmers and manual dimmers, which can be incorporated without extra M&E works.Flex Connectorswww.flexconnectors.co.ukwww.building.co.uk/enquiries (305)
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Wall heaters
DRU Verwarming has launched a new range of commercial powered flue wall heaters to complement its existing balanced flue and conventional flue products
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Wiring accessories
Legrand has added to its Synergy Modern range of wiring accessories by launching two new finishes: matt black and black nickel.
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School lighting
Concord Lighting has provided the lighting for the Treetops special needs school in Essex.