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NewsBuoyant Capita group
Capita Symonds, the multidisciplinary consultant, has announced a 12.5% rise in turnover to £226m.
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Hanson posts 12% profit rise despite US hiccup
Hanson managed to weather the fall-out from the slump in the US housebuilding market to post a strong set of results.
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FeaturesWhat it costs: ceramic tiles
Ceramic tiles have come a long way since ancient Egypt. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans considers the options
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FeaturesMaximising daylight: Working on sunshine
Daylight improves productivity and wellbeing in the workplace, so theoretically it could help the brainwork at Edinburgh University’s new science facility. But how do you get a good helping of daylight in grey Scotland? Jan-Carlos Kucharek reports on an innovative brise-soleil
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Frame-free glazing system
Glass specialist Schott has extended its range of Pyranova fire-resistant glazing so that glass panels can be butt-jointed without using framing elements.
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Natural look for rainscreen
The Stancliffe Stone Company has launched a rainscreen cladding system featuring natural sandstone panels.
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Colourful panelling options
Fibreglass Grating has launched a range of composite, colour-tinted translucent screening and cladding panels.
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Apartment blocks
Marley Eternit's fibre-cement rainscreen cladding panels were selected by Heat Architects for the conversion of two 1950s light industrial buildings into apartments.
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Steel sheet finishes
Stainless steel maker Ugine & Alz has introduced a range of finishes to the UK.
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FeaturesMetallic finishes
Shackerley has added a range of metallic finishes to the ceramic granite panels of its rainscreen cladding system.
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FeaturesThe Cube route
ETFE specialist Vector Foiltec’s involvement in building an iconic aquatic centre for the 2008 Beijing Olympics has called for the relocation of its fabrication operation to China, as managing director Ben Morris explains.
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FeaturesWe’ve got it covered ...
As pressure mounts for suppliers to improve energy efficiency, Italian cladding maker Permasteelisa explains how it’s doing its bit for the environment.
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FeaturesThey love me. they love me not. they love me ...
The RIBA went all out in Valentine’s week to give fledgling architecture practices a chance to seduce Olympic decision-makers. Katie Puckett went along to the speed-dating spectacular and found that romance isn’t dead
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McInerney Homes buys Tyneside housebuilder
Irish housebuilder McInerney Homes has continued its UK acquisition drive by buying Lancing Homes of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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2006: a vintage year for PFI
Fifty-five PFI contracts worth a total of £8.6bn were signed last year, making it the busiest for four years.
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Lafarge sales rise 17% in ‘year of transformation’
French materials group Lafarge posted a 17% rise in turnover to *14.5bn (£9.8bn) for the year to 31 December.
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CommentSex and subbies
There’s nothing more annoying than builders and subbies who just don’t turn up. Especially when they get distracted by a sex shop on the way to your house.
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WYG considers acquisition after 28% rise in profit
White Young Green (WYG) is likely to make another acquisition this year following its report of a 28% rise in interim pre-tax profit.