All Building articles in 18 February 2011 – Page 3
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Credit where it's due
Your leading article on the rebuilding of Blackfriars station (28 January, page 44), was both interesting and informative.
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NewsHousing plan to trigger cuts
Affordable rented housing reforms could mean cuts in development programmes of up to 75%
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CommentDeleted expletives
Quentin Shears, 48, is a partner in Newt UK, a Hertfordshire-based quantity surveyor that its US owner, construction giant Gator Corp, has never been quite sure what to do with. Quentin has recently been making excellent progress in his anger management sessions, which he was obliged to take after several ...
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NewsGensler designs London snow resort
Acer Snowmec, ASL Developments and Gensler Architects have put forward plans to build Europe’s first indoor snow resort by converting the Olympic park media centre.
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CommentLocalism is a good thing for developers
Yes, the bill is ambitious but, if used correctly, could have a very positive effect on housing production
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FeaturesHome truths: Localism and development
The government maintains that localism will boost development, but the latest planning figures show the exact opposite. Just how scared should developers be by this new political reality?
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FeaturesDifficult jurisdictions: Kazakhstan
Continuing our series on difficult jurisdictions, Chris Hill explains how doing business in booming Kazakhstan has become much easier. That’s not to say it’s a walkover
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Extra special doors
Automated doors maker Besam has supplied 24 doors to a school in Sheffield as part of the BSF programme.
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Naylor Drainage open new factory in Scotland
Naylor Drainage has opened a factory in Scotland which will make the company’s Band Seal flexible coupling. The product is suitable for connecting new and old pipework made from a variety of materials.
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Drywall systems
Knauf drywall systems are being installed in the second phase of Bradford’s BSF programme
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FeaturesOpen mike: Early learning
If you care about school design, you’ve probably thrown up your hands in despair by now. But John Lyall is optimistic we can build on the achievements of recent years
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Emergency lighting test system
Cooper Lighting and Safety has brought out a new version of its Easicheck automatic test system for emergency lighting systems.
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Fabulous fenestration
Sapa Building Systems supplied the fenestration on Bideford Community College in Devon
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Multi-functional fans
Elta Fans has supplied 159 of its ventilation units for a mixed-use development on the east coast of Qatar.
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Stranger than fiction
I write regarding your piece on architects in film, (28 January, page 34). It was entertaining but, being limited only to American architects, remained firmly in fantasyland
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Prefabricated steel frame
Elliott Offsite Building Solutions has completed a multipurpose building at Hayes School in Bromley.
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Kingspan publishes Part L guides
Kingspan Insulation has published four guides to meeting the four sections of Part L of the Building Regulations. The guides detail the effect the new energy regulations will have on the methods of insulating walls, floor and roofs and the thicknesses needed to meet the new requirements.