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NewsOver 160 cats rescued from Olympics site
ODA works with charity CHAT to rescue cats and kittens from Olympic Park site
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News£1bn ‘city beneath a city’ planned for Amsterdam
Lack of space and high land prices drive engineers to plan 1 million m2 project under canals
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Contractors workload to last until 2011 …
The credit crunch will not hit building tender prices for another three years, according to EC Harris.
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NewsBlow to schools as Whitehall design chief steps down
Mukund Patel to leave school building unit, as report unveils plans to cut BSF bid costs by £250m
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Basildon council shortlists firms for £150m projects
Firms selected for £150m Wickford town centre regeneration project and £30m sports village
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CommentGreat walls from China
If China hadn’t been busy establishing a stone industry while ours was sliding into decline, we wouldn’t be able to supply the natural finishes that today’s green clients want
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Wembley roofing firm calls in administrator
Roofing contractor Weatherwise UK has gone into administration because of cash flow problems, partly triggered by its work on Wembley stadium.
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Sweett closes Thameslink deal…
QS upsets framework applecart by winning consultancy work on Network Rail scheme
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City planning boss backs Prince Charles’ anti-tower harangue
Prince of Wales finds unlikely supporter in Peter Rees, the City’s long-serving head of planning Rees agrees that the location of tall buildings should be better controlled
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NewsLutyens, Lasdun … Cullinan
Architect celebrates entry into RIBA hall of fame with attack on prince
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FeaturesWood-grained PVCu facias
Swish Building Products has launched a range of M-Boss roofline products.
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News£1bn ‘city beneath a city’ planned for Amsterdam
Lack of space and high land prices drive engineers to plan 1 million m2 project under canals
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APC Trainer: Dissolving confusion around insolvency (T0202)
How to get it right in your final assessment
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NewsGreat safety breakthroughs of our time
Thanks to David Bright, who witnessed this state-of-the-art job in Henley-on-Thames.
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FeaturesPlane sailing
Fitting a roof shaped like a gigantic aeroplane wing in an elevated and exposed location near the Atlantic coast might seem foolhardy, but this was exactly what the team building the new Killanin Stand at Galway racecourse in Ireland decided to do.
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FeaturesGreen roofing failures: Root causes
Green roofs offer many attractions. For a start you get a host of environmental benefits and an extra plot of grass, on which you can have plants or even trees. Also, by putting a garden on your roof, the weatherproofing layer lasts two to three times longer than one exposed ...
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FeaturesAluminium roof
More than 10,000m2 of aluminium composite panels from Reynobond Architecture were used to clad and roof the Cité de la Voile Eric Tabarly in l’Orient, France.
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Roof lights
Glidevale has introduced the Sunscoop, a discreet way to increase natural daylight in dark rooms and passages.
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Ventilation tiles
The new Redland ThruVent tile has been developed for high-level roofspace ventilation, mechanical extraction and soil ventilation.