All Building articles in Specifier 4 March 2005

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  • News

    Cladding

    2005-03-04T00:00:00Z

    This week weve got cladding well and truly covered, with an array of impressive products to make your facades beautiful and efficient, a breakdown of the whole-life costs of natural stone vs concrete finishes and eight steps to the perfect specification. But first, how the stainless steel at St Marys ...

  • Features

    Specifier Products

    2005-03-03T17:55:00Z

    In our cladding special this week, glass for flush facades or fighting fire, frameless glazing systems, multicoloured render or steel panels and 30 storeys of curtain walling in Liverpool – plus the latest news

  • Features

    Checklist

    2005-03-03T17:49:00Z

    Aesthetic and energy-saving requirements are resulting in increasingly sophisticated cladding specifications. Barbour Index and Scott Brownrigg dispense some words of advice

  • Features

    Costs: Stone facades

    2005-03-03T17:40:00Z

    So do you go for natural or reconstructed stone for your stone facade? Which will offer the best whole-life value? Peter Mayer of the Building Performance Group breaks down the options

  • St Mary’s Hospital has been reclad using Rheinzink, a zinc–titanium alloy sheet.
    Features

    Cladding: The walls of St Mary’s

    2005-03-03T17:31:00Z

    This week we’ve got cladding well and truly covered, with an array of impressive products to make your facades beautiful and efficient, a breakdown of the whole-life costs of natural stone vs concrete finishes and eight steps to the perfect specification. But first, how the stainless steel at St Mary’s ...