All Building articles in 20 April 2012 – Page 2
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FeaturesWorking in Asia: Rush to the East
Suddenly Asia is the place to be - witness Arcadis’ dramatic expansion into the area with its purchase of Davis Langdon & Seah last week. But with so many players moving into the market, what can they do to ensure they survive? Iain Withers reports
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NewsLaing O'Rourke back on top
£300m win propels contractor to poll position, while overall awards fall for second month in a row
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FeaturesSpecial report: M&E on BIM
Mott MacDonald has set itself a tough 2013 deadline for using BIM on all its projects, so it simulated a sports venue project to test out its skills
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CommentThe Building Information Modelling minefield: Bimming hell!
Rightly, we’re all getting excited over Building Information Modelling, but if you don’t get your head around some of the contractual implications, things could get heated
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CommentWonders & blunders with Bridget Sawyers
Bridget Sawyers thinks the elegant simplicty of the Olympic velodome deserves a lap of victory, but St George Wharf on the Thames should be disqualified
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CommentBrian Green on ... recession
Continuing hard times will see others follow Balfour Beatty’s lead
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Reclaimed brick range extended
Northcot Brick has extended its range of reclaim lookalike bricks with three new products: the Cherwell Urban Antique, Mixture, and Reclamation Blend
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NewsSmall builders fear exclusion from Green Deal launch
FMB claims delay on self-certification scheme will handicap small firms
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Fibre cement cladding solution
James Hardie has launched a fibre cement cladding solution called HardieLinea
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Sustainable cladding
Supplied by UK distributor Arnold Laver, Accoya wood was used for the cladding throughout the development of 64 luxury private flats at Granville Place in north London
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StoTherm Classic envelope
Sto supplied 5,000m3 of StoTherm Classic external insulation for the envelope of Westfield Avenue’s 193 flats in Edinburgh
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NewsGovernment drops plans for standardised school designs
Industry fears confusion as Gove shifts policy from standardisation to basic design guidance
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CommentMy digital life … John McRae
For the director of this architecture practice, Linkedin and Twitter are useful tools for staying up-to-date while you can’t beat face to face communication for explaining design
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Steel lintels ease installation
Catnic has supplied its CG90 steel lintels in various lengths for the development of six detached executive homes at Rivermeade, Welford-on-Avon
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Archive TitlesInsulation envelope
The Kingspan Kooltherm K-range of premium performance insulation was chosen to transform The Nook, a Victorian Villa in Brighton, into an energy-efficient home
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NewsUKTI examining how Olympic marketing rules could be relaxed
Concerns raised through Building ‘now being taken seriously’
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Finnframe flooring system
Metsä Wood’s Finnframe flooring system has been updated to improve its acoustic and thermal performance
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Flexible tile grout
Saint-Gobain Weber has introduced weber.joint pro, a water-repellent, flexible tile grout, to its range of tile preparation, fixing and finishing products
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Spring hasn’t sprung
Fears over the eurozone crisis may be subsiding, but construction is still in for a miserable year, with £5.4bn less work than 2011