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NewsBoyes Rees wins £3.5m Essex double
Cardiff firm bags contracts to build Royal Mail delivery office and Territorial Army cadet centre
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NewsHCA told to work up proposals for slimmed-down future
The Homes and Communities Agency has been told to work up a series of options for how it might be slimmed down to aid a ministerial decision about its future over the summer.
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NewsThe Siemens Pavilion: Going for green
Electronics firm Siemens has unveiled plans for a £30m conference and exhibition centre in London’s Docklands, which should be ready for the 2012 Olympics
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NewsCabe to call for single tough housing benchmark
Design quango wants standard, based on Building for Life, to be included in planning regulation
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NewsBank of Scotland abandons plan to sue over Silvertown
The bank which spent £60m and eight years working up plans for the £1.5bn development of Silvertown Quays in east London has withdrawn its threat to sue the London Development Agency over the termination of the scheme, Building understands.Two sources said Bank of Scotland, which had bankrolled developer SQL to ...
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NewsBaqus issues profit warning as public spending ‘disappears’
Listed QS Baqus has issued a profit warning as its public sector contracts dry up in the wake of the election
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Dubai property prices may fall 20%
Increase in supply blamed for rising vacancy rates in Middle East
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NewsSolar hot water heating
Baxi has developed the Solarflo range of solar thermal domestic hot water systems which it claims can provide about 55% of the annual hot water needs of a typical home.
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High-performance wall panels
Timber frame system provider Prestoplan has developed PresWall Plus, a wall panel with high thermal performance.
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Mechanical ventilation systems
Vent-Axia has added the Sentinel Kinetic Plus to its Sentinel Kinetic range of residential mechanical ventilation with heat recovery systems
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Flexible, thin film photovoltaics
Icopal has launched IcoSun, a lightweight, low-profile photovoltaic system suitable for new and refurbished flat roofs
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High-performance windows
Sapa Building Systems has introduced a new casement window to its Dualframe Si range that will help specifiers looking to achieve BREEAM “excellent” or levels three and above of the Code for Sustainable Homes
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Aluminium doors and windows
Comar Architectural Aluminium Systems has launched the Comar 7P.i Eco door system, which is suitable for residential and light commercial applications.
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NewsPhotovoltaic systems
Kingspan Insulated Panels has launched the PowerPanel systems, which combine photovoltaic technology with the firm’s insulated roof, wall and facade panels
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Acoustic performance
The first robust detail to qualify for the maximum sound insulation credits under the Code for Sustainable Homes has been revealed. E-WM-19 is based around Icopal Monarfloor’s Bridgestop acoustic isolation system for masonry separating cavity walls
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CIPS: Activity at 32-month high
May was construction’s strongest month since September 2007, according to the latest figures from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply
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Terry Farrell to masterplan 70-acre Earl’s Court site
Terry Farrell & Partners has won a competition to masterplan 70 acres of land on the site of the Earl’s Court exhibition centre in west London
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NewsNewcastle student scheme: Downing one
George Downing Construction, the in-house contractor of property group Downing, has started work on a £30m student development in Newcastle
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NewsGermany scores a hat-trick!
Even before it completed the central station redevelopment in Berlin in time for the 2006 World Cup, German architect von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (GMP) had opened an office in South Africa with a view to gaining work on the 2010 finals.
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Aecom bags Brazilian clean-up job
Aecom’s UK planning and design arm is set to masterplan the redevelopment of São Paulo’s crime-ridden Nova Luz district, making it the latest British firm to benefit from Brazil’s construction boom