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FeaturesCamouflaged solar roofing: The power slate
Solar panels may be admirable, but they’re definitely ugly. Now two suppliers have launched products that look like simple roof slates.
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FeaturesPilkington is picked for Manchester
Glass maker Pilkington Building Products has supplied its laminated glass product Optilam I to the transport interchange at the North Manchester Business Park.
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Product innovation
Current environmental thinking is geared to reducing carbon emissions. But what about all the other pollutants in the atmosphere?
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FeaturesDurable gutters
Rainwater systems manufacturer Marley Plumbing & Drainage has updated its range of gutters and downpipes so that they retain colour and gloss for longer than standard PVCu rainwater systems.
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FeaturesSnow protection
Aluminium roofing maker MR Site Services has launched a device to prevent snow falling from commercial roofs. Called Snowguard, it is an extruded aluminium section that fits on standing seam roofs. It is fixed to standing seams with a clip system to ensure that the roof remains watertight.
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Insulated decking
Insulation manufacturer EcoTherm has expanded its Eco-Deck range of insulated decking boards for the flat roofs of residential and commercial buildings by making the product available with timber certified by the Forestry Stewardship Council.
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FeaturesVented eaves protector
PVCu roofline maker Swish Building Products has launched a protection system for vented eaves.
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Flat roof products
Building membrane maker Icopal has launched two products for flat roofs.
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Batten grading system
Timber importer John Brash has developed a quality control system that pre-grades roofing battens at the sawmill.
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FeaturesGrowth spurt
Green roofs are a rapidly expanding business for Greenfix. Its managing director, Mike Cottage, explains how they work and why the future is actually brown roofs.
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FeaturesTake a breather
DuPont Tyvek, part of the DuPont global conglomerate, was founded in Luxembourg in 1962. Its headquarters is still in Luxembourg City. Its UK business, which has operated since the late eighties, employs more than 20 people and its main market is for breathable roof membranes. Tim Smith, the UK’s national ...
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FeaturesGearing up
As the government prepares the ground for its long awaited nuclear new-build programme, engineers, programme managers and consultants are picking their teams to compete for the UK’s fastest growing market. Sarah Richardson looks at the main players
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Arup
As I’m meeting Arup for a pint, it’s fitting that the venue is a pub called the Engineer. I’m expecting a sombre place, inhabited by locals drinking at half-a-pint-an-hour beneath the fobbed belly of IK Brunel.
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Taywood shareholders approve Wimpey merger
The proposed merger between housebuilders Taylor Woodrow and George Wimpey moved a step closer this week after it was approved by Taywood’s shareholders.
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Buoyant BSS
Materials and equipment supplier BSS has reported a 28% rise in pre-tax profit to £47.3m for the year to 31 March 2007.
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Director steps down
Edward Roderick is stepping down as a non-executive director of building materials supplier Heywood Williams.
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Hanson in Yorkshire
Hanson has bought cladding and concrete supplier Structherm, of West Yorkshire for an undisclosed sum.
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Allenbuild chief
Renew subsidiary Allenbuild South East has appointed Andrew Dudley managing director.