All Supplements articles – Page 8
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Building pathology: Water ingress
Water penetration can be a problem for brick walls – even if a cavity is included to prevent moisture reaching the building interior
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FeaturesBaby, do you like my curves?
Great news for fans of blobby architecture – a technology that creates curvaceous structures with such speed and precision that it could change the way we build
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FeaturesCostain's Andrew Wyllie: Who wants to be glamorous anyway?
With £2.5bn of orders on its books, Costain’s move towards sectors such as waste, oil and roads seems like an inspired decision. Andrew Wyllie, the man who made it, tells Sarah Richardson where the contractor is heading next
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FeaturesAluminium facade panels
This residential complex in London used almost 5,000 anodised aluminium rainscreen panels
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Infrastructure market overview: The road ahead
Sector overview Infrastructure has been one of the few bright spots in the construction market over the past year – but will it last? Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon makes some predictions for the next four years
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FeaturesNuclear programme: The age of proliferation
Programme update: Over the next two decades, the nuclear industry is set to provide 64,000 man-years of construction-related work – enough to keep a lot of companies very busy indeed. David Rogers and Thom Gibbs look at who’s best placed to make the most of the bonanza
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FeaturesGlobal infrastrucure financing: Where to find $35,000,000,000,000
That’s one prediction for the amount that will be spent on global infrastructure over the next 20 years. But with bank financing having fallen by up to 85% in the UK alone, where is the money going to come from?
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FeaturesDoes your job ever get on top of you?
Each construction profession requires different skills and personalities, so it’s easy to fit the person with the job, right? Well, actually it’s harder than that, and the consequences of failure can be very unhappy workers
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FeaturesHow lions and lambs can live happily ever after…
… after a takeover, that is, when two groups of staff, and two cultures have to be integrated. And as an economic uplift will trigger a round of corporate activity, it’s a problem that employers may be facing soon
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FeaturesTriple-glazing: Make mine a triple
There are notable precedents when it come to adding a third layer to things. But should the principle be applied to windows?
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School doors
Schüco has launched the ADS 50.NI pivot door and framing system, which has been designed as a cost-effective, non-thermally insulated solution for schools, hospitals, offices, retail premises and other commercial buildings
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Folding doors
Jeld-Wen, the makers of timber doors and windows, has launched Room Fold, a new internal sliding and folding door.
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Door graphics
Doorset maker Leaderflush Shapland has launched Envision, a patented door-facing material that allows high definition photographic images to be incorporated onto factory-assembled doorsets
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Plastic stable door
Hurst Plastics has added to its composite door range with a composite stable door
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Door handles
Dorma has launched a range of door furniture offered in three distinct categories: Premium, Plus and Pure.