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East Anglia’s green energy centre falls three months behind
An “exemplar” biomass energy centre at the University of East Anglia, built by Morgan Sindall, is three months late in becoming operational
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NewsPFI deal signed for £50m Central Library in Liverpool: Library fine
A £50m PFI deal to renovate the Central Library in Liverpool was signed this week, following four years of planning. The 150-year-old building has now closed while the work is carried out by contractor Shepherd along with Amber Infrastructure.The architect on the scheme is Austin-Smith:Lord. The library is scheduled to ...
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FeaturesUnder floor building services: ground control
An M&E contractor on a south London civic centre project has come up with a neat way of packaging all the services together at floor level. Stephen Kennett gets down to the detail
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Newswetroom floors
Concealed wet floor shower tray manufacturer On The Level has introduced a system for creating wetroom floors using larger tile formats
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Movers and makers: 30 July 2010
Jones of Oswestry, part of Technogroup, has introduced a colour swatch that shows technical data of slip-resistant finishes, as an option on its Suprasteel and Suprabloc access covers. The finishes provide enhanced surface slip resistance and a choice of visual effects on all sizes and duties of the firm’s solid ...
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NewsVinyl flooring
Karndean has added Oak Premier to its Art Select range of vinyl wood-effect flooring
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NewsWood flooring
Wood floor manufacturer Kährs has launched Woodloc 5S, a mechanical, glueless joint for locking boards together with almost invisible joints
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Floor insulation
A BASF insulated flooring system has been used in the refurbishment of a Victorian stable block at BRE’s headquarters in Watford, Hertfordshire, to provide an overall floor U-value of 0.14W/m2K
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Rubber flooring
A red-orange rubber floor from Artigo has been fitted at the Art Institute of Chicago’s Modern Wing, designed by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop
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Floor screeds
Weber has added two levelling compounds to its range of floor screed products for domestic and commercial use
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Floor board fixing system
Norbord has launched a fixing system for use with its Caberdek tongue-and-groove flooring boards
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Underfloor heating
Timoleon underfloor heating has been specified for Anson primary school in Cricklewood, London
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NewsConnaught agrees extra £15m overdraft
Chairman of troubled social housing specialist ’delighted by tangible evidence of support from lenders’
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NewsTravis Perkins profit up 24%
Turnover rises 5% to £1.5bn as builders merchant looks to complete BSS purchase
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House prices dip 0.5%
Annual house price inflation falls by 2% as Nationwide reports a cooling housing market in July
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CommentNationwide joins other indexes to show house prices falling
House prices may be on the slide but there shouldn't be another collapse
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NewsPassivhaus refurb diaries, part 3: Building services
Prewett Bizley consider the design and installation of the building services in the eco-makeover of an Edwardian home
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NewsQuarry operator fined £30k after vehicle accident
Humberside Aggregates and Excavations pleads guilty after incident that hospitalised trainee