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FeaturesPlume management kit
Buderus has introduced a plume management kit for use with its domestic, gas-fired, wall-hung boiler range.
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Slip-resistant ground covering
Stirling Lloyd has launched a range of pre-formed slip-resistant coverings for stairways, ramps, vehicular routes or walkways where fully bonded systems cannot be used.
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Navigational tool for fire-fighters
Notifier, a maker of fire alarm technology, has unveiled Onyx Firstvision, a navigational tool for firefighters.
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Hybrid fire detection solution
Fire Detection Products is offering a hybrid fire alarm system, designed for sites in which it is difficult to install cables.
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Gas interlock system
Caledonian Control Technology (CCT) has launched a safety control for commercial kitchens, which prevents gas from being turned on if the ventilation system is not operating correctly.
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Escape route sign
Zumtobel Lighting has launched an illuminated escape route sign called Puresign. It features a silver anodised frame, which measures 306 × 156 × 28mm, and comes with a selection of pictographs, back-lit by LEDs.
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Flush-fit consumer units
Hager has launched a range of flush-fit consumer units for solid and partition walls, which it says are fast to install.
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The sound of silence
David Holder from CMS Acoustic Solutions explains how his company seeks to cut noise transmission on projects from modern apartments to schools for the deaf
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FeaturesWhat to remember: CDM regulations
To explain the revised CDM regulations, guidance with information on each team member’s responsibilities is available on the internet.
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Comment
Snakes and lizards
I have for many years read and enjoyed articles written by Colin Harding. However, from what he says in Talking lizards (29 June, pages 34-35), he seems to be coming off the rails.
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Erroneous arguments
I was interested to read Edward Whipp’s views on masonry and brickwork (6 July, page 78).
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More pressure
I have been reading your “Under pressure” series with interest. At Malcolm Hollis, we are undertaking a development monitoring role on the BBC’s Broadcasting House refurbishment on behalf of Morgan Stanley and are very aware of the materials shortage.
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Reaching our limit
As a reader of “Limits to growth”, I rate the Building article “More than we can handle” (15 June, page 40) as a living testimony to the tipping point that the Club of Rome forecast all those years ago.
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A simple solution
Why are we building half as many houses as we did in the sixties? Because the public sector has stopped building its half.
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It doesnt fit the fitters
Having read your article The Handover (6 July, page 36) I sincerely hope that there is not to be a continuation of this one-size-fits-all approach in the Strategic Forum.
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FeaturesOhio silver: Coop Himmelb(l)au
Austrian architect Coop Himmelb(l)au has added sweeping glass walls, a jutting roof and a whole lot of metal to a Midwestern art gallery
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CommentThe Prince of Wails
Colin Harding has been writing his column for 20 years now. Looking back over that time, the single most significant event was probably Prince Charles’ attack on architects, and the howls of protest that followed it …