All Building articles in Building Specifier June 2002
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News
Under pressure
Specifiers of curtain walling will be feeling the effects of the new Part L of the Building Regulations, which requires that it undergoes rigorous air-leakage testing and boasts super-low U-values. And then, of course, there's Parts A and E to consider …
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Features
Lifetimes costs: wall claddings
The range of wall claddings available is huge, and in deciding which to specify you must take into account their varying durability and whole-life costs. Peter Mayer of the Building Performance Group examines softwood, plastics and high-pressure laminates
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Features
Curtain walling and cladding
There are seven key points that need to be taken into careful consideration when specifying a curtain walling/cladding system, says Peter Claridge of Davis Langdon Schumann Smith. Here's what to watch out for …
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NewsCladded value
This month’s round-up of pannelling, frames, supports and boarding is an indispensible read, with a vast array of the innovative products used on the latest projects. Plus find out who’s behind the magnificent glazing on the new Greater London Authority building
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FeaturesMaking life a brise
Cladding an entire office block with motorised louvres to make it comply with the tough new Building Regulation posed a fiendish puzzle to the specifiers – especially as it had never been done before. Alex Smith discovered how the riddle was answered.