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FeaturesTimber-frame system
Timber-frame maker Eleco Timber Frame’s system ElecoFrame has been specified by Hemlock Construction for use in The Gallery, an 82-flat development in Manchester.
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Lightweight steel roof tile
Roofing maker Decra Roof Systems has launched a lightweight steel roof tile for the modular building industry, called the Elegance tile.
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Piled raft foundations
Ground engineering company Abbey Pynford has developed two piled raft foundation systems that it says provide a safer alternative to traditional piled foundations.
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Modular lecture theatre
Pre-owned modular buildings supplier Foremans Relocatable Building Systems has launched a standardised design for a lecture theatre. Developed in partnership with the University of East London, the lecture theatre will contain 300 tiered seats in a self-contained facility constructed from refurbished and recycled building modules.
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Modular rooflight
Polycarbonate sheet products maker Brett Martin has launched a modular rooflight called Mardome Glass.
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FeaturesBoxing clever
Yorkon general manager David Johnson explains why the company’s building systems can be used for anything from airports to animal houses.
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FeaturesTemporary catering facilities: Fast food in tricky situations
Peter Caplehorn of Scott Brownrigg explores the options for specifiers organising temporary catering facilites.
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Belfast is booming
All sectors of the construction industry performed strongly in April, but what really catches the eye is the surge in activity in Northern Ireland, according to Experian Business Strategies’ survey
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Midas reorganises for growth spurt
Privately owned construction group Midas has restructured and rebranded its business with the aim of increasing its turnover by 50% in the next three years.
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CommentGroovy times
We score some primo grass this week and, between bursts of coughing, drink enough booze to hospitalise ourselves before strapping on an axe and delivering a child. Alright. Yeah. Baby.
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FeaturesExperimenting with friends
Although launched nearly three years ago, Facebook has in recent weeks overtaken Friends Reunited and MySpace as the UK’s biggest social website. Mark Leftly spent a day investigating this latest alternative to work vital tool for networking …
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No mercy for architects
Tony Bingham may have been too hard on the clients who took their architect to the cleaners after he failed to carry out his fundamental duty of co-ordinating the works (25 May, pages 64-65).
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Rogue testing
The industry is going through a huge change in respect of envelope testing, with thermal imaging as the new kid on the block. I wish to warn your readers not to be too enthusiastic in using its practitioners.
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At the risk of banging on …
An average of 3 million UK households persistently suffer from noisy neighbours – a rise of 31% over the past five years, new research claims.
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An uncanny likeness
As an avid reader of Building I noticed a picture (18 May, page 60) captioned “Calatrava’s Tenerife opera house”.
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Developers face squeeze over green standards
Developers may have to accept lower margins, as they will probably be unable to pass on the higher cost of meeting environmental construction standards, says Savills.
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NewsThe rise and rise of Croydon
John Rowan and Partners (JRP) has begun work on a £27m residential scheme for Barratt Kent in Croydon, South London.
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NewsPfP beats housebuilders to Milton Keynes scheme
Social landlord Places for People picked over Crest and Urban Splash for 650-home scheme