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Unlimited liability time on cards
Contractors could be left with huge bills and no insurance, if a proposed law is passed
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Barclays proposes colleges fund
Barclays is to write to colleges left without funding by the Learning and Skills Council debacle, setting out details of a possible lending model.
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BRE to help out trade body
BRE has signed a deal with Constructing Excellence to take on a significant portion of the trade body’s overheads
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Charity must justify prince’s role
The Charity Commission has asked the Prince’s Foundation to explain its relationship with Prince Charles, after a complaint from the anti-monarchy group, Republic.
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CommentGlobal warning: Construction’s carbon cutting agenda
The Copenhagen summit will be the most important environmental conversation ever. Beginning our coverage in the run-up to the summit, Thomas Lane and the UKGBC’s John Alker look at which countries emit most carbon, and why construction will top the agenda
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FeaturesEnhanced security
Schüco International has become a member of Secured by Design, offering a range of police preferred specification doors and windows
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FeaturesDigital mixer taps
Rada has launched Acu, a range of digital thermostatic mixing valves designed for washbasins in healthcare buildings
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Exit signs
Cooper Lighting has expanded its Safe Edge range of exit signs, adding two models that incorporate LED light sources to increase energy efficiency
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Acoustic panels
CMS Acoustic Solutions has launched SuperPhon Hi-Impact, an acoustically absorbent wall panel for use in high-impact areas such as gymnasiums, sports halls and classrooms
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Foot troughs
Pland Stainless, a manufacturer of stainless steel washroom products, has launched the Piedmont foot trough for environments such as hospitals and leisure centres where high levels of foot hygiene are required
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Air-tightness adhesives
Responding to the demand for increased air-tightness, Natural Building Technologies has introduced a series of Siga adhesive tapes and membranes
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International costs 2009
No country has been safe from the effects of the global recession and even China’s legendary growth is at its slowest rate for a decade
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CommentWestfield fit-out dispute: An everyday story of building folk
This shopfitting dispute sounds hair-raising, but it is really nothing out of the ordinary. That’s because people who work in construction are like everyone else: they mess up
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Environmental damage: Have we got newts for you
The EU’s Environmental Liability Directive has now, at last, been written into UK law. Here’s what it says – and how to minimise your risk
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FeaturesMedia City, Salford: This is the BBC
Developer Peel Holdings and Bovis Lend Lease enjoy a high level of trust – which is just as well, because when they took on the Beeb’s new studios at MediaCity in Salford, there was a fair degree of risk involved – and getting the project in before the pips was ...
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Building pathology: Air permeability
Reducing air leakage is a cost-effective way of improving a building’s energy efficiency and reducing bills.
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NewsPassivhaus site visit: ‘We think this is the future’
Building.co.uk has been charting the construction of this Passivhaus in West Yorkshire for the past 18 weeks. Now, Stephen Kennett visits the site to hear how the builders are hitting the tough energy targets – and what the clients think of it
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NewsFire protection at More London
Promat UK has supplied fire protection and thermal upgrading solutions to 7 More London Riverside, part of the More London development
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CommentHansom: Be very afraid …
Gather ye round for ghost stories and seadogs’ yarns, from tales of the living dead at the SEC Group to night-time sabotage on the briny. Thank goodness we have some illumination from the RIBA …