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  • News

    Contest hots up for Amec’s building arm

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Morgan Sindall and Balfour Beatty are battling it out to buy Amec’s construction and PPP business.

  • The HSE investigation followed fatalities in Liverpool and Battersea
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    HSE admits crane reports may have been inaccurate

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Battersea crane firm complains that inspectors who checked fleet were ‘not all specialists’

  • News

    OGC pushes for social housing body

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is in talks with leading social housing maintenance contractors over the possibility of forming a trade body to advise it on procurement in the sector.

  • Last year’s Colindale fire sparked fears over timber frame
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    Croydon evacuation renews fears over timber frame

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Housing association sues architect and contractor over construction of multistorey scheme

  • The luminous glass of Steven Holl’s extension counterpoints the original stone museum building
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    Kansas City finally gets its £100m ice Bloch

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Steven Holl’s pure glass extension to Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art opens next month

  • Features

    Blaironomics

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    We’ve seen where the money went. Now Peter Rumble of the Building Costs Information Service explores how Labour’s stewardship of the economy affected construction tender prices and output

  • Timber was used throughout the pool building
    Features

    Splash out

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Architect Feilden Clegg Bradley recently completed the £6m Formby pool in Lancashire. Part-funded by the Land Trust, the building had to reflect its woody surroundings, so sustainably sourced timber was used for large parts of the structure, including its roof and supporting columns.

  • Features

    Shop lighting: A LED balloon?

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    They’re easy to maintain, last ages and don’t cook the food. So will LEDs knock fluorescent tubes off their pedestal in shop design? ‘That’s a laugh,’ detractors tell Alistair King

  • Features

    The must-have ceiling for Redditch shoppers

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    A Luxalon aluminium open cell ceiling from Hunter Douglas has been fitted at the refurbished Kingfisher shopping centre in Redditch.

  • Features

    30dB acoustic seal

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Intumescent technology specialist Mann McGowan has unveiled the DD1 acoustic threshold seal, which has a rating of 30dB.

  • Features

    Twist-and-lock light

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Ansell Lighting has launched Twistlock, a range of luminaires designed to ease lamp replacement and to cater for halogen lamps and LEDs.

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    Lens for recessed luminaire

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Zumtobel has launched a lens for its semi-recessed luminaire, Mellowlight IV.

  • Features

    Waterproof tubular light

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Pracht Lichttechnik and Sill Lighting UK have joined forces to launch a waterproof tubular light fitting called Tubis.

  • Features

    Fire protection fan and vent sleeves

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Firecap CFS100 is a new range of recessed fan and vent sleeves designed to restore the fire ratings of ceilings penetrated by fans and ventilation ducts.

  • Features

    Stone wool ceiling tiles

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Rockfon has supplied its Pacific stone wool semi-concealed (E15) ceiling system to a Mercedes-Benz showroom in Blackpool.

  • Features

    Smaller security cameras

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Premier Electronics has reduced the size of its AV1300 high-definition IP security camera from 127 to 64mm long, enabling it to fit into smaller dome formats.

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    Aluminium high-capacity gutter

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Serpentine 175 is the latest addition to Guttermaster’s range of aluminium gutters.

  • Features

    North London fashions

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Various Kingspan insulated panels have been used at the Harringay shopping park, an £8m retail development in north London.

  • Features

    Through the looking glass

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Mirona, launched by Schott, is a decorative glass that switches from transparent to reflective according to the lighting conditions.

  • Features

    Spinning lights

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Lighting designer iGuzzini has launched two products: Tecnica and Deep Surface.