All Building articles in Specifier 3 February 2006

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  • News

    Roofing

    2006-02-03T00:00:00Z

    This week’s Specifier focuses on the crowning moment of any project – putting the roof on. Overleaf, we look at the latest products and the key points to consider when specifying flat roofs, but first Sonia Soltani cranes her neck to admire the vast glass covering above this university quadrangle ...

  • Features

    Checklist

    2006-02-02T17:38:00Z

    From bitumen-impregnated felt to PVCu, flat roofs come in many guises. Fortunately, here with a guide to the good and bad sides of each are Barbour Index and Scott Brownrigg

  • Features

    Costs: Flat roofs

    2006-02-01T16:35:00Z

    High-performance built-up bitumen coverings have expected service lives in excess of 20 years. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans considers some options and whole-life costs for flat roofs

  • Curved steel in the Botanic Garden
    Features

    Products

    2006-02-01T16:21:00Z

    This week, curved steel provides a sensitive addition to a historic garden, herbalists put a green roof on a Harringay school, plus the latest rooflights, rainwater drainage systems and solar panels

  • The glass roof at Middlesex University's Hendon campus has turned a weed-ridden quadrangle into a showcase for the university
    Features

    Roofing

    2006-02-01T15:23:00Z

    It sounds a little unusual to describe a university as a business, but that is, in effect, what they are.