All Building articles in 16 October 2009 – Page 4
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NewsVideo: 2009 trends in the Good Employer Guide
Hannah Fox tells Building how recession has affected attitudes to employers over the last year
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NewsGreen light for 50MW biomass plant in Tees Valley
Aker Solution will develop £200m green power station to supply 80,000 homes with energy
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CommentRefurb is the key to greener homes
Keepmoat's director of sustainability explains the thinking behind the Great British Refurb campaign
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NewsHighways Agency overspends on contracts
Report reveals above-inflation maintenance payments and not enough monitoring of cost and quality
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NewsSmart Korea move: the Asian Games stadium
Populous, working with local firm Heerim Architects and Planners, has designed the £190m main stadium in Incheon, South Korea, for the 17th Asian Games in 2014
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NewsDouglas cuts power-sharing deal with O’Rourke
Laing O’Rourke chief operating officer to retain key clients and take control of housing and off-site arms
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NewsThe nesting instinct
Charles Bosher spotted this creative contraption somewhere west of Reading
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CommentA word to the Wise
I followed Chris Wise’s logic in questioning, for environmental reasons, whether RIBA should have recognised the 100,000-tonne Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing (9 October, page 28), but I struggled to follow why he then used what was clearly a unique structure to criticise the efficiency of steel overall
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Ventilation systems
Vent-Axia has expanded its Lo-Carbon series of energy-efficient ventilation products with the launch of a range of low-energy DC residential fans
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Solar shading
Renson Sunprotection Screens has introduced Fixscreen, an external screening device for controlling light and thermal gains into both domestic and commercial properties
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NewsShow and sell
The world’s largest Audi showroom, designed by Wilkinson Eyre, opened this week in Brentford
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NFB to shed offices and staff
The National Federation of Builders has been forced to make redundancies and close offices
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Comment
Move with the times
The appointment of a chief construction adviser is welcome, but in the 10 years since the Egan Report the game has moved on a long way
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NewsMechanical ventilation
Ventilation company Vortice has launched three new products. The Vort Notus is a decentralised continuous mechanical axial extract fan particularly useful for refurbishments and for social housing applications
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Stormwater management
Wavin has enhanced its AquaCell stormwater management systems with the introduction of the AquaCell Plus. The unit is designed for use in extra deep installations or in conjunction with AquaCell Core and Lite to make it easy to inspect the installation with CCTV cameras
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Jobs: Wanted
I can’t quite believe the lack of support that the unemployed graduates are receiving (11 September, page 34)
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House prices rising
The number of RICS surveyors reporting a rising housing market is the highest since May 2007
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Solar hot water heating
Viridian Solar has developed Cirrus, a solar heating system suitable for installing in tall residential blocks
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HCA seeks helpers
The Homes and Communities Agency has sent 75 invitations to contractors, housebuilders, social landlords and developers to join its developer panel