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    Travis Perkins profit

    2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Travis Perkins has reported a 17% increase in pre-tax profit to £128.6m for the six months to 30 June.

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    Beatty purchase

    2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Balfour Beatty Management has acquired NAP Partnership, a Middlesbrough commercial services firm with a turnover of £6m.

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    Persimmon sites

    2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Persimmon has bought three sites in the Leeds area with a development value of £46m.

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    College contract

    2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Contractor Bardsley Construction, from Manchester, has won a £10m project to build a sixth form college in Blackpool.

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    Hanson takeover

    2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Hanson shareholders have approved a takeover bid from HeidelbergCement.

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    Theatre fit-out

    2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Fit-out specialist Vivid Interiors has been appointed on a £1m refurbishment at Sir Cameron Mackintosh’s Gielgud Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue, central London.

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    Bucknall scoops up three contracts

    2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Consultant Rider Levett Bucknall has won a trio of contracts, including a £100m tie-up with social landlord Jephson.

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    House and garden

    2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

    This scheme, in the Royal Botanical Gardens in Ontario, Canada, has just begun on site.

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    Appointments

    2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

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    National Construction College moves step closer to reprieve

    2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

    The National Construction College (NCC) in Bircham Newton, Norfolk, may have been handed a lifeline after the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) reacted positively to proposals that would allow specialist training to remain at the centre.

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    Specifier 03 August 2007

    2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

  • Features

    The quiet revolutionary

    2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Don’t be fooled by the lack of windmills and solar panels – this Innovate Properties building in Leeds is the greenest office in the UK, even with its mechanical ventilation. Eleanor Cochrane finds out how it was done

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    Movers and makers

    2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

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    The art of Deco

    2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Ansell Lighting has launched Deco Highbay, a light designed for situations in which both illumination and visual impact are required, for example in offices, shops and restaurants.

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    Air-source heat pumps

    2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

    DEVI has released Danfoss, a range of air source heat pumps that supply heating and hot water simultaneously.

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    Mixed-flow fan

    2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Ventilation specialist Addvent has launched a range of mixed-flow fans that come in 100mm, 125mm, 150mm and 200mm models.

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    Lift for timber-frame buildings

    2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Stannah has developed a structure-supported lift, designed specifically for timber-frame buildings, for which traditional lift structures are too rigid.

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    Temperature and power monitoring

    2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

    ETI has developed the ThermaGuard, a system that monitors the temperature and power status of a building and reports it to the user by telephone.

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    Emergency stairway lighting

    2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

    LED lighting company EcoLEDLighting has launched an energy-efficient emergency stairway lighting range, which it says is ideal for public buildings and industrial and public walkways, bridges, tunnels, mines and underground rail systems

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    Chinese circus?

    2007-08-02T10:32:00Z

    Practicing their act in Beijing’s Forbidden City