All Building articles in 20 July 2012 – Page 4
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Steel encapsulated flooring
Nearly 13,000m2 of Kingspan access flooring is being installed in new civic offices for Rochdale council being built by Sir Robert McAlpine
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Slip resistant vinyl floor covering
Polyflor has added Modena PUR to its Polysafe range of safety vinyl floor covering
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Cost model: Out-of-town retail
As the needs of shoppers change, so too do those of retail developers. Paul Zuccherelli, Ben Agyekum and Marco Ielpi of Davis Langdon, an Aecom Company, consider the kinds of shopping centre that we will need in a click-and-collect world
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Click-to-install vinyl floorin
Moduleo has launched its range of luxury vinyl flooring in the UK
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Pensions: Cleaning up our toxic legacy
Construction accounts for £34.4bn of the UK’s final salary pension deficit. How can the government restore confidence in workplace schemes?
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CIOB complex contract: Unpickupable
The new CIOB contract: Another standard contract that nobody will ever have the time or energy to read
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Recycled carpet
Forbo has launched a new addition to its entrance flooring range, called Coral Welcome.
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Rubber flooring for healthcare buildings
Nora has launched Noraplan Sentica rubber flooring which is suitable for healthcare buildings
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My digital life … Borja Goyarrola
The director of ALL Design reveals the app he’s in awe of and how he keeps up with innovative digital trends
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BIM: The inside story one year on
Building caught up with the team on the Manchester library refurb project to see if BIM was everything they hoped it would be
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Balfour Beatty still on top
Contractor scoops contracts worth £372m in June, while total construction output falls, again
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Whose privilege is it anyway?
Advice given to a firm may be protected by legal professional privilege, but things can get messy when there’s a conflict of interest between the company and its directors
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Should we work all hours?
Ray O’Rourke has said a 35-hour week would make the industry more attractive to recruits. How realistic is a shorter working week is - and does anyone really want it?
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The Construction Act: Lost in translation?
As we await the first court judgment on the Construction Act’s amended payment rules, questions remain over whether the law says exactly what legislators meant it to …
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Jam tomorrow but what about today?
This week’s announcement of £9.4bn of railway spending is great news. But we need to invest in housing to get out of the current slump
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Experimental flooring: 62 Buckingham Gate
Pell Frischmann’s experimental approach resulted in this unique post-tensioned floor slab system
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Construction appointments: 20 July 2012
Aecom’s real estate team recruits from Faithful + Gould and Kier Services announces new business development director