All Building articles in Building Specifier August 2002
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News
Ruling it in
Changes to four of the Building Regulations mean that internal envelopes must be built to tougher specifications. Andy Pearson offers a rundown of what specifiers need to do to stay on the right side of the rules
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NewsInside information
This month's Specifier takes a look inside the warehouses of the most innovative interior specialists, where we find everything from 1960s-style wall coverings to a high-tech acoustic design program. Plus, internet company Valtech reveals its curious makeover
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Features
Lifetime costs: partitioning systems
Or, a specifier's guide to the whole-life cost of partitioning systems. Compiled by Peter Mayer of the Building Performance Group
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FeaturesStarck choices
Your mission: to take a superstar designer's concept for a baroque lounge for the Euro-elite at Waterloo International and bring it in on budget, complete with floating glass partitions, chandeliers and huge graphic artworks. Oh, and the entire site vibrates. Alex Smith finds out how architect Haskoll did it
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Features
Interior walls, partitions and ceilings
A huge range of choices, from plasterboard to rendered coatings, means that the specifier of interior walls and ceilings has a lot to think about. Peter Claridge of David Langdon Schumann Smith offers a step-by-step guide to the seven key points for you to tick off