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  • News

    Hockey surface

    2007-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Sports surface manufacturer TigerTurf has developed TigerTurf WETT, an artificial hockey-playing surface that requires no water in its upkeep but which the company claims retains a soft, wet feel.

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    Hospital flooring

    2007-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Tarkett Marley Floors has provided a selection of floor coverings for a new university hospital in Coventry.

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    Block pavers

    2007-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Hard landscaping company Marshalls has added a new size to its Priora range of permeable concrete block pavers.

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    Carpet tiles

    2007-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Carpet tile maker InterfaceFLOR has expanded its range of modular flooring systems with six portfolios: NatureWorks, FlatWorks, TextureWorks, PatternWorks, CreativeWorks and OriginalWorks.

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    Vinyle flooring range

    2007-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Polyflor's Camaro StudioFlor collection of vinyl floor products has been chosen for houses and flats at a converted woollen mill in Keighley, Bradford.

  • Drake’s Circus, complete with Chinese granite
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    Szerelmey: The new stone age

    2007-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Stone firm Szerelmey started out in 1855, specialising in stone preservation and restoration, and time has been good to it.

  • Features

    The world according to ...

    2007-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Gary Williams, senior contracts manager, Szerelmey

  • Carpet tiles in Transport Scotland’s offices in Glasgow
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    Milliken Carpet: We’ve got it covered

    2007-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Mary-Lorraine Hughes of Milliken Carpet tells us how her firm works to increase the longevity of flooring in commercial buildings and reduce the amount sent to landfill

  • Comment

    Wonders & blunders

    2007-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Roger Bolton tells some harsh truths about his home town of Carlisle but is lost in wonder at the eternal city’s temple to all the gods

  • Features

    Lost in space

    2007-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Surface Architects’ conversion of Birkbeck College’s film and media research centre is a complex sculpture that breaks down distinctions between walls, floors and ceilings, opening it up to all manner of interpretations. Martin Spring makes one or two

  • The reception lobby spreads out between a wavy curtain wall and internal murals
    Features

    Find me a famous architect! Gehry's NY building

    2007-05-04T00:00:00Z

    For ask.com’s new HQ there was only one answer: Frank Gehry’s first New York building

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    Comment

    The youth of today

    2007-05-04T00:00:00Z

    While the industry’s old hands said adieu to Paul Morrell and discussed sustainable construction, the youngsters were engaged in a drunken debauch at the Marriott. Who said QSs don’t know how to party?

  • News

    Sharewatch — Alfred McAlpine falls again in wake of slate scandal

    2007-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Alfred McAlpine’s shares continued to fall last week after the announcement that fraud in the slate division had cost the contractor £56m before tax. McAlpine’s shares dropped 8.7% to 460p over the week, making it the industry’s biggest casualty.

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    Foster joins construction bigshots on Rich List

    2007-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Architect Norman Foster is a new entry in this year’s Sunday Times Rich List, coming in at 249th with £295m.

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    Connaught plans more growth

    2007-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Mark Davies, the chief executive of property services provider Connaught, said the company will continue to grow its asset management business, following a 37% rise in pre-tax profit.

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    Carillion enters domestic insurance market

    2007-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Carillion has launched a claims insurance business to manage domestic buildings cover on behalf of Norwich Union.

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    Estate agents warn that HIPS will bring housing ‘meltdown’

    2007-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Home Information Packs (HIPS) have come under fire this week and the government has been urged to postpone introducing them on 1 June.

  • News

    Jerusalem-on-Thame

    2007-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Metropolitan Housing Trust has won planning permission for a scheme that will provide accommodation for north London’s Orthodox Jewish community.

  • Features

    Not everyone’s cheering

    2007-05-04T00:00:00Z

    At 3pm on 19 May, all the public outrage that accompanied the delay to Wembley stadium will dissolve in the heat of an FA Cup final. But many of the firms that built it will find it harder to forget, particularly those in administration.