All Building articles in 23 March 2012 – Page 4
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NewsSupreme Court refuses to hear government FITs appeal
Solar installations completed before 3 March will attract the higher 43p per KWh rate
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NewsCanary Wharf Crossrail station five months ahead of schedule
Station ready for tunnel boring machines to break through
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NewsBAM bags five academies jobs in two weeks
Contractor edges level with Balfour Beatty in race for academies work
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NewsThumbs up for new Thameside hotel
City of London approves Queen Hithe Hotel for shadow of St Paul’s
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CommentQuietly positive
Green-light for infrastructure schemes and a date for the NPPF are welcome developments
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Particleboard
Over 12,500m2 of Kingspan access flooring is being installed in the new civic headquarters and customer service centre for York council
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FeaturesThe RICS' new rules of measurement
Next month, the RICS launches a suite of guidance and standards that is set to transform the way that costs are managed through the life-cycle of a building. Stuart Earl explains how it works
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NewsMinisters prepare to relax Olympic marketing rules
Action taken after frustration over ‘No Marketing Rights Protocol’
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NewsLevelling screed
Flooring systems by Saint-Gobain Weber have been specified for the Republic of Fritz Hansen store in London
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Heavy-duty vinyl
Polyflor’s new Polysafe Ecomax heavy-duty vinyl flooring combines the construction of Polyflor XL with safety aggregates to offer an engineered safety surface
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CommentHow to kick a can down a road
High court judges are rebelling and want to send standard final accounts disputes to the countu courts. All very well, but it would be a lot quicker to get adjudicators to hear them
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Vinyl for domestic renovations
Gerflor’s Easitex flooring is ideal for renovation projects and features
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CommentMy digital life ... Justin Nicholls
This partner in Make Architects is was an early convert to Twitter and LinkedIn and is branching out into blogging and analytics
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CommentThe Green Deal will turn the UK into a dynamic energy efficiency market
Our Green Deal vision will turn the UK into a world-leading energy efficiency market, says Greg Barker
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FeaturesDesigning a dancefloor: Ramboll's new moves
When Ramboll was faced with the problem of designing a lightweight, long-span floor capable of withstanding the combined weight of a school dance class, it needed to come up with some exciting new moves … Building reports
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Low-shrinkage concrete
Bardon Concrete has launched Bardon ExtendTM, a range of low-shrinkage concrete solutions for flooring applications
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FeaturesFrance's nuclear fusion reactor: The hottest and coldest place on earth
Building goes on the trail of the ITER - a £12.5bn multinational project that might just save the world …
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Cleaning up the contaminated land regime
Changes to the contaminated land regime are set to simplify the way in which local authorities designate sites, which spells good news for the building industry