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Features
Safety flooring
Tarkett has launched Safetred Dimension Wood PU, its latest development in safety flooring.
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Bamboo flooring
Urbane Living has launched what it says is the industry’s first sustainable hand-scraped bamboo flooring.
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Floor paints
Johnstone’s Flortred range of floor coatings is available in four new bases that have been created for use with its colour-mixing machines.
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Underfloor heating
Waxman Energy Solutions has developed the Primary Heat underfloor heating system.
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Acoustic floors
James Jones and Screedflo have launched the Screedflo dB acoustic floor system to prevent noise transfer between party floors.
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Entrance matting
Emco has provided a bespoke entrance matting solution to the Thomas Deacon Academy in Peterborough.
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FeaturesFloor underlays
Novostrat has added to its Sonic and Comfort ranges of underlays with the introduction of Sonic Gold Excel.
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CommentWeb watch - Twitter on
Now that spring is finally here we can enjoy the magnificent sound of a million Twitterers tweeting away on the world according to them. Phil Clark looks at the rise of yet another global internet phenomenon
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Comment
But can we trust clients?
I was very surprised, considering you are a journal for the building industry, how one-sided your coverage of the Office for Fair Trading investigation (25 April) seemed to be. The contractors are always in the wrong, while nobody else seems to be even involved.
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A call for sense
Following the story “Family of dead woman calls for carbon monoxide alarms” (25 April, page 23), if Barratt did use Corgi-registered installers then they should be contacted and the other work they’ve done checked.
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CommentParadise postponed
You don’t hear much about Sir John Egan these days. Integrated teams, lean construction, innovation … all the great doctrines he set out in Rethinking Construction back in 1998 have faded with the years. It’s not hard to see why.
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FeaturesRotunda redux
Glenn Howells used advanced technology to convert a famous Birmingham landmark into flats – and secure a piece of modern heritage in the process
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CommentConflict zones
This week we get into a swordfight with the ODA, a bunfight with Nigella Lawson and a turf war in the West Country before getting ourselves mixed up in some kind of Russian espionage mission
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Glasgow appointment
Ian Manson has been appointed chief executive of the Clyde Gateway Urban Regeneration Company.
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Hospital site plans
Architect John Thompson & Partners has been appointed to work on plans for the latest of the former hospital sites being brought to market by English Partnerships.
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Osborne in Croydon
Osborne has been appointed main contractor for the £2.3m Sumner Gardens scheme for 13 homes in Croydon.
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Greening Coventry
Lovell is to build 55 homes in Coventry in partnership with Jephson Homes Housing Association.