All Building articles in Specifier 08 September 2006

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  • Behind the vibrant, diverse and richly modelled architecture of Lovell’s new housing in east Manchester stands Kingspan’s standardised system of  structurally insulated panels
    Features

    Thats The Way

    2006-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Martin Spring reports from The Way, Lovell’s vast, highly sustainable and distinctly eye-catching panellised housing project for New East Manchester

  • News

    Off-site housing

    2006-09-08T00:00:00Z

    This week, all the latest innovations from the ever-shifting off-site market.

  • Off-site timber homes
    Features

    What to specify: flooring

    2006-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Specifiers hunting for flooring systems that improve the acoustic performance of buildings,insulation systems that don’t require purlins and environmentally-friendly timber homes need look no further

  • Features

    H+H Celcon: Not so set in their ways

    2006-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Danish-born, Kent-based H+H Celcon is a £70m-turnover concrete manufacturer that specialises in aircrete blocks but has now launched a structural housing system.

  • Features

    What to remember: £60,000 homes

    2006-09-08T00:00:00Z

    A new government report has examined the lessons learned so far from the £60,000 housing competition. Peter Caplehorn of Scott Brownrigg considers the implications for specifiers