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    Under siege: Construction in the Middle East

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Construction’s safe haven has turned into a war zone. As protest, revolution and regime change spread across the Middle East, what can companies do to ensure their staff and contracts are safe, and does this means the end of the good times?

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    Contractors call for clarity over Ministry of Defence cuts

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Cuts will be made in four broad areas; staff numbers, property disposals, utilities and direct estate costs. 

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    Galliford Try’s profits boosted

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Galliford Try “encouraged by performance”

  • Products
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    Energy centre in-a-box

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Zehnder will be launching ComfoBox at this year’s Ecobuild conference

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    Natural wood-fibre insulation

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Natural Building Technologies natural wood-fibre insulation systems will be on display at this year’s Ecobuild

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    Recycled PVCu window frame

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Epwin Group will be showcasing a PVCu window frame manufactured using 98% recycled end-of-life PVCu window frames.

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    Solar electric slate

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Solarcentury is launching a solar electric slate at Ecobuild, this year

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    Closed panel timber frames

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Timber frame manufacturer Cygnum will unveil a closed panel timber frame system that incorporates cellulose insulation, at Ecobuild

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    Energy saving glazing

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Tremco illbruck will show a number of new energy saving products for glazing systems, at Ecobuild

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    Energy efficient building advice

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    At Ecobuild, Saint-Gobain will be demonstrating how its technologies can be used together to create energy efficient buildings

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    Monitor your water trap seals

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Dyteqta will be showcasing a water trap seal monitor at Ecobuild

  • High Court
    News

    Kingspan wins High Court battle against rival Rockwool

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Judge rules Rockwool’s marketing campaign was misleading

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    Absorbent building board

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Gypsum fibre board manufacturer Fermacell’s Greenline building board has natural additives formulated to absorb volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from inside buildings.

  • Products
    News

    Recyclable aluminium rainwater system

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Rainwater systems manufacturer Marley Alutec will be exhibiting its Alutec Evolve range of recyclable aluminium rainwater systems, at this year’s Ecobuild

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    Architects pessimistic as work gets harder to come by

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Future Trends survey shows lack of confidence in the market

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    Kick start for Hackney

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Hawkins Brown Architects has secured planning permission for the Kick Start fifth phase of the Woodberry Down redevelopment project in north London.

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    Megablock

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Buckley Gray Yeoman Architects, working with Heyne Tillett Steel structural engineers, has secured planning permission for an office block in Shoreditch, east London. The 4,780m2 development has an exposed load-bearing diagrid structural frame.

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    Smarter school

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Willmott Dixon has won a £10.3m contract to refurbish and rebuild Birkenhead High School Academy

  • Comment

    Use your common sense

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    I found Alan Harris’ concerns that adjudicators rarely seek advice from specialists on matters of law or programming interesting (11 February, page 25).

  • Comment

    Water works

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    In your article about the new station over the river at Blackfriars (28 January, page 44), you refer to the role of the PLA in making the use of the river a possibility for moving materials to and from the site.